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Prof. Dr. Kamalia Mehtiyeva is a Professor of Law at the University of Paris-Est Créteil (France) where she co-directs LLM International arbitration and international economic litigation. Her teaching and research fields focus on international arbitration law, civil procedure, civil enforcement, international law of enforcement, as well as mutual legal assistance in both civil and criminal matters.

Professor Mehtiyeva is widely published. Among her various publications, she is author of the annual commentary of decisions related to international mutual legal assistance in the Journal du Droit International (Clunet).

Professor Mehtiyeva is admitted to the Paris bar. Prior to becoming a Professor of law, she practiced in the Public International Law and Arbitration Group of Shearman & Sterling in Paris (2007-2014), as co-founding partner of Barbier Mehtiyeva Law (2019-2024) and presently as Special Counsel at Clay Arbitration. She has represented clients in complex cases involving economic sanctions, commercial arbitrations relating to gas pricing, investment arbitrations arising from energy infrastructure construction projects, oil and mining exploration projects as well as in cases at the crossroads of international arbitration, white-collar crime, mutual legal assistance matters such as proceedings before INTERPOL, extradition proceedings as well as applications before the European Court of Human Rights and the United Nations Human Rights Committee.

Professor Mehtiyeva also regularly sits as arbitrator. She has acted as arbitrator (sole arbitrator, Chair and co-arbitrator) in cases across various sectors, such as contractual disputes, such as franchise agreement, sales contracts, banking sector, cases involving sanctions, gas pricing disputes, investment disputes (expropriation, fair and equitable treatment) arising namely out of energy infrastructure construction projects as well as investment in oil exploration projects and uranium mining projects.

She is also a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce and member of the Commission of the Centre de Médiation et d'Arbitrage de Paris (CMAP).

Professor Mehtiyeva is the President of the Azerbaijan Arbitration Association and co-President of the Turkic Arbitration Association. She is also member of the scientific-advisory council of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the President of the Baku Arbitration Centre.

Professor Maxi Scherer is a recognized expert in international arbitration and dispute resolution. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Law from Panthéon-Sorbonne University, with a specialization in private international law and commercial law. Professor Scherer has also held numerous academic appointments at leading universities worldwide, including New York University, Sciences Po, the University of Hong Kong, and others.

With more than twenty years of professional experience, Professor Scherer has served as expert or arbitrator in over 140 commercial and investment arbitrations. She is currently a professor of international arbitration, dispute resolution, and energy law at Queen Mary University of London. In 2024, she co-founded the law firm ArbBoutique, and she has been appointed President of the LCIA Court beginning in 2025. In addition, she is a member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and serves on the Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration.

Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Marrella received his legal education at the University of Bologna and at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University. He is a graduate of the Hague Academy of International Law. He completed a PhD in international law at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University. He is currently a professor of international law and arbitration at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He previously served as the university's Vice Rector for International Relations.

In his professional work, Prof. Marrella has deep experience in international arbitration and trade law. He has also worked as a legal adviser at several law firms. In addition, he has directed various academic programs in collaboration with international and European universities. His scholarly works have been published in multiple languages and have made significant contributions to the field of international law.

Dr. Habib Al Mulla is one of the United Arab Emirates' leading lawyers and arbitration specialists. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Law from the University of Cambridge and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School. With more than thirty years of experience, Dr Al Mulla has acted as arbitrator, counsel, and expert in international arbitration, handling disputes worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

He is the former Chair of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre and of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators' United Arab Emirates Committee, and he serves as a member of the Court of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration. Dr Al Mulla has also played an active role in promoting legal reforms in Dubai and internationally, has held leadership positions in a number of public and private institutions, and has authored books and articles on the law and economy of the United Arab Emirates.

Professor Dr. Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab is a professor at the Faculty of Law, Cairo University, and Dean of the African Arbitration Academy. He serves on the Boards of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague and the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, and he is Chair of the Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services of the International Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Professor Abdel Wahab is a member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators for the term 2024 to 2030 and is listed as an arbitrator by more than 30 institutions, including the Istanbul Arbitration Centre(ISTAC), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre(SIAC), the Dubai International Arbitration Centre(DIAC), the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce(SCC), and the London Court ofInternational Arbitration.(LCIA).

Over the course of his career, Professor Abdel Wahab has acted in more than 265 high-value cases, some involving amounts in the billions of dollars, as sole arbitrator, presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator, legal expert, or counsel. These cases have involved the laws of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, England, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and other jurisdictions. Spanning the construction, energy, infrastructure, investment, and technology sectors, his work has applied the laws of more than thirty jurisdictions.

Prof. Dr. Ziya Akinci, is the founding partner of Akinci Law Office, carries out his duty as the President of Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC). Prof. Akinci served as a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and he is in list of ICSID Arbitrators Panel. He is currently serving as a board member of the Turkic Arbitration Association (TAA) for 2023-2025. He is also head of the International Private Law Division of Galatasaray University Faculty of Law.

Prof. Akinci focuses primarily on dispute resolution and has acted as counsel and sole arbitrator in many international proceedings, including international construction projects, energy projects, investment disputes, mergers and acquisitions, international commercial disputes.

Professor Akıncı has been listed and recognised by numerous international organisations such as WWL, Chambers &Partners, Legal500 and GAR 100 for his outstanding success in dispute resolution as well as construction law.

Prof. Akinci has authored numerous publications on topics including but not limited to international arbitration, international construction law, applicable law to the contracts and the international carriage of goods by road.

Nada Sader has more than 20 years of experience in international arbitration. She has acted in numerous ad hoc and institutional commercial arbitrations, as well as investment arbitrations, both as counsel and as arbitrator. These matters have involved institutions and rules such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Rules, the Lebanese Arbitration and Mediation Center (LAMC), the Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre (ADCCAC), the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR), the Paris Arbitration Chamber, and the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC).

Her experience covers disputes arising under civil law and common law systems, investment treaties, and public international law. Ms. Sader has handled legal disputes in the engineering and construction, energy (oil and gas), telecommunications, distribution, international sale of goods and services, real estate, and pharmaceutical sectors, as well as investment matters more broadly. She has also advised companies on public international law issues, including compliance with national, regional, and international sanctions regimes.

Professor Joongi Kim is currently a professor of law at Yonsei University, where he teaches and conducts research in international arbitration, international trade law, and corporate law. He received his Bachelor's degree in 1988 from Columbia College of Columbia University, his Master's degree in 1991 from the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University, and his Juris Doctor degree in 1992 from the Georgetown University Law Center. His academic work includes publications such as *International Arbitration in Korea* (Oxford University Press, 2017) and *Corporate Governance in Asia* (Cambridge University Press), as well as more than 80 articles and book chapters on international arbitration, dispute resolution, international trade, and transparency.

In practice, Professor Kim has served in more than 80 investment, commercial, and international organization disputes as presiding arbitrator, sole arbitrator, and emergency arbitrator. He has also appeared as a legal expert before courts in England, the United States, and Australia. Professor Kim is a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and serves as co-chair of several committees of the ICC and the International Bar Association. He is listed as an arbitrator on the rosters of the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, and other arbitral institutions, and in 2019 he was named "International Arbitrator of the Year" by the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board.

Wolfgang Peter is recognized by clients and peers as one of the most sought-after lawyers and arbitrators in the world. He has participated in more than 300 arbitration matters as counsel and as arbitrator. Dr Peter is particularly active on complex valuation issues, including post-merger and acquisition disputes, joint ventures, and projects arising from heavy industry. He has many years of experience with gas and oil contracts, including production (upstream) and processing (downstream) projects, as well as price reviews under long-term gas supply agreements. Dr Peter regularly advises third-party funding companies on the merits of claimants' cases, especially with respect to damages. An active speaker and contributor to the arbitration community, he serves on the Board of Directors of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).

Before establishing his independent arbitration practice, he led the arbitration group at Python & Peter, one of Switzerland's largest firms, of which he is a co-founder. Prior to commencing a full-time arbitration practice, Dr Peter headed a successful mergers and acquisitions and corporate practice for 14 years, completing more than 40 transactions and initial public offerings for well-known brands and companies including Gucci, Chaumet, Breguet, Tag Heuer, Ebel, and Leica. While working in the mergers and acquisitions field, he also served for more than eight years as Chief Executive Officer of the Breguet Group, a luxury watch manufacturer.

Maria Chiara Malaguti is Full Professor of International law at Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore (Milan/Rome,Italy). She served as the President of UNIDROIT from September 2020 to August 2025 and is the first woman in history of UNIDROIT to hold this position. Of counsel at PedersoliGattai (Milan/Rome), she is also legal advisor to the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs on trade matters and to the World Bank on legal reform of payment systems, financial markets, and governance. An international arbitrator for commercial disputes and foreign direct investments included in various rosters, she supports the General Attorney's Office of Italy in the procedures opened against Italy as for international investment law.

She is member of various national and international arbitration associations and is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, as well as President of the Italian Nomination Committee for the ICC International Arbitration Court. She co-chairs with Eduardo Silva Romero, an ICC-UNIDROIT Working Group on International Investment Contracts which will deliver by end of 2026 a set of Principles and Model Clauses. She is part of the Italian delegation of the UNCITRAL Working Group on ISDS Reform. Dr. Malaguti holds degrees in law and in economics, an LLM from Harvard Law School and a PhD from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. She has various publications, mainly focusing on financial markets and sovereign debt, harmonization of law and international investment law.

Azar Aliyev is a Professor of International Economic Law and Comparative Law at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in law from Baku State University with distinction, then completed a Master of Laws at Heidelberg University, graduating magna cum laude. His research focuses on international contract law, international commercial arbitration, the law of digital technologies, and the comparative analysis of the legal systems of post-Soviet countries.

Professor Aliyev currently serves as the scientific director of the project "The European Center of Just Transition Research and Impact-Driven Transfer" (JTC) and is co-director of the Institute for Structural Change and Sustainability at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He is a member of the Scientific-Advisory Council of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan and a member of the working group on the modernization of the Civil Code. Professor Aliyev has served as a legal expert before international and domestic courts, including arbitral institutions such as the International Chamber of Commerce and the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and has acted as an international expert in private and business law reforms for a number of states.

Kamil Valiyev completed his bachelor's degree in law at Baku State University, then earned a master's degree in intellectual property, technology, and commercial law at the University of New Hampshire in the United States. He also participated in an exchange program in political science at the University of Oregon.

Kamil Valiyev is a Partner and Co-Managing Officer in Dentons' Baku office. His practice focuses on corporate and mergers and acquisitions (energy and telecommunications), intellectual property and technology, oil and gas and infrastructure, regulatory matters, litigation, and dispute resolution. He provides legal strategy and comprehensive advisory services to both domestic and multinational companies, with extensive experience representing clients in the oil and gas, construction, and technology sectors. Mr. Valiyev also teaches at Baku State University and ADA University, delivering lectures in information law, energy law, and related subjects.

Alexis Mourre is a renowned arbitrator and lawyer in the field of international arbitration. He is currently a founding partner of the law firm Mourre Gutiérrez Chessa Arbitration. From 2015 to 2021, he served as President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, during which time he led the institution's modernization and transparency initiatives. He has also acted as chair or member of arbitral tribunals in numerous international investment and commercial disputes under leading rules such as the LCIA, ICSID, and UNCITRAL.

Mourre lectures on international arbitration at Paris Panthéon-Assas University and Sciences Po Paris. He is fluent in French, English, Spanish, and Italian, and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1988. His numerous scholarly articles and book chapters are widely cited in the field of arbitration law and have played an important role in the development of contemporary international arbitration.

Paul Key K.C. is recognised as one of the leading KCs at the English Commercial Bar. He has particular expertise and specialism in arbitration, both international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration (including ICSID). He also regularly appears in arbitration-related Court matters, including appearing in the English Supreme Court. He has been ranked in the top tier (band 1) rankings for arbitration for over 10 years and has consistently been identified as one of the leading figures in that field ("a real arbitration expert", "few can rival his expertise, ability and knowledge in the field of arbitration", "the first port of call for important arbitration disputes", "an arbitration guru").

He has appeared as an advocate in over 300 major international arbitrations worldwide, as well as appearing regularly before the English Courts (at all levels) and foreign Courts on arbitration matters. In addition to his extensive experience in international commercial arbitration, he is one of the very few English KCs to have real expertise in investment arbitration. He has been lead counsel in a very large number of BIT/investment arbitrations, acting both for and against States. He is Visiting Professor in international arbitration law at King's College, London, and has lectured and published widely in this field. He has been a longstanding representative of the UK on the ILA International Commercial Arbitration Committee and is also a delegate for the UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration.