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Fuad Gashamov is Founding Partner and attorney-at-law at Legalize Law Firm, where he leads the firm’s international arbitration and cross-border disputes practice. He is a member of the Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and is included in the London Court of International Arbitration Database of Arbitrators.

His career combines legal practice, arbitration, litigation, academic teaching, and public-sector advisory work. Since 2021, he has served as Founding Partner of Legalize Law Firm, which has been recognised by IFLR1000 as Notable in 2025. He previously worked as Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution Practice at Ekvita, Senior Lawyer at Reta Commerce Investment Consulting, and lawyer in contract litigation at Azer-Turk Bank.

Fuad has extensive experience in cross-border dispute resolution, international litigation, commercial disputes, construction and infrastructure matters, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, and international arbitration. He has acted as arbitrator, co-counsel, and legal expert in significant arbitration matters, including proceedings connected with the LCIA, ISTAC, SIAC, ICC, TIAC, and SCC frameworks.

Alongside his practice, Fuad teaches alternative dispute resolution and international commercial arbitration at Baku State University and dispute resolution at Western Caspian University. He is also active in professional and policy work, including through the Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan, AmCham Azerbaijan, the Turkic Arbitration Association, and the Business Environment and International Rankings Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Fuad works in Azerbaijani, English, Russian, and Turkish.

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Ruslan Bayramov is Founding Partner of Legalize Law Firm and a dispute resolution lawyer with substantial experience in international arbitration, cross-border litigation, corporate law, and regulatory advisory work. His practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, construction and infrastructure matters, international trade disputes, and enforcement-related issues.

His career combines law firm leadership, arbitration practice, in-house legal management, and major reform-oriented advisory work. Since founding Legalize Law Firm in 2021, he has led the firm’s dispute resolution-focused practice and supervised a broad portfolio of corporate and contentious matters. He previously served as Group Legal Manager at Absheron Hotel Group, Legal Manager at Ekvita, Corporate Legal Manager at Synergy Group, and lawyer at Azenco.

Ruslan has acted as counsel in arbitration proceedings under the ICC, SIAC, SCC, and TIAC Rules, as well as in dispute board proceedings involving major infrastructure projects. He has also served as sole arbitrator under the ISTAC Fast Track Arbitration Rules and as emergency arbitrator under the ISTAC Emergency Arbitration Rules. In addition, he has acted as an expert on Azerbaijani law and advised on recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Azerbaijan.

He is included in the list of arbitrators of the Belarus Chamber of Arbitrators and regularly participates in leading arbitration events across the Turkic region and beyond. Ruslan works in Azerbaijani, Turkish, English, and Russian.

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Professor Mohamed Sameh Amr is Dean of the Faculty of Law at Cairo University and Professor of Public International Law. He is also an attorney-at-law in Cairo, an independent arbitrator, Founder and Managing Director of Amr & Partners Law Firm, and former Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Egypt to UNESCO.

His career combines academia, legal practice, arbitration, and diplomacy. Since beginning his academic career at Cairo University in 1988, he has taught international law, international organizations, and international arbitration at Cairo University and several international institutions, including Sciences Po and the University of Verona.

Professor Amr has extensive experience in corporate and investment law, cross-border transactions, commercial contracts, complex litigation, and international arbitration. He has acted as presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator, counsel, co-counsel, and legal expert in numerous domestic and international arbitration proceedings, including cases under leading arbitral institutions.

He is a member of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London. Professor Amr works in Arabic, English, and French.

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Prof. Tarik Lakssimi is a Professor of Law at Université Lumière Lyon 2 and Director of the Research Department at the École nationale de la magistrature (ENM), France's national school for the judiciary, where he founded and serves as scientific director of the Revue de la Recherche de l'ENM (LexisNexis). He is also a member of the scientific committee of Les Cahiers de la Justice (Dalloz) and editor of the professional practice section of Procédures (LexisNexis). He is admitted to the Paris Bar in 2017 and sits as an arbitrator in domestic and international proceedings.

Professor Lakssimi teaches contract law, contractual litigation, civil procedure and international commercial law. He also lectures at Sciences Po Paris and at the University of São Paulo.

His research focuses on contract law, civil procedure, international commercial law, and the legal regulation of artificial intelligence. He has authored numerous publications in leading French legal journals, including Recueil Dalloz, La Semaine Juridique (JCP G), Les Cahiers de la Justice, and the Revue de l'arbitrage.

Professor Lakssimi spent ten years as counsel at SCP Defrénois-Lévis, Avocats au Conseil d'État et à la Cour de cassation, where he handled appeals before France's highest courts in contractual, procedural, and arbitration matters. He also has ten years of practice at the Paris Bar in complex litigation, civil and commercial contract disputes, and arbitration. His work as an arbitrator covers contract law, civil and commercial litigation, property, and corporate matters.

In 2025, he served as a member of the French Ministry of Justice's working group on the deployment of artificial intelligence in the justice system, contributing to the report delivered to the Minister of Justice. Professor Lakssimi works in French, English and Portuguese.

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Dr. Ilia Rachkov is an attorney at law in Russia, arbitrator, and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He holds an LL.M. and has extensive experience in dispute resolution, investments and capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions. Since graduating from the Law Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1996, he has advised foreign and Russian companies, banks, and state authorities on investment and dispute resolution matters, including litigation before state courts and domestic and international arbitration proceedings.

He is currently a Partner at Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners in Moscow. His previous professional experience includes positions at Clifford Chance Pünder, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vinson & Elkins, Noerr, and King & Spalding. Dr. Rachkov has also acted as a Russian law expert in proceedings before courts and tribunals in several jurisdictions, including the United States, England and Wales, Sweden, Jersey, Switzerland, and before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Dr. Rachkov is listed as a recommended arbitrator by several arbitral institutions, including the Baku Arbitration Centre, the Russian Arbitration Center, the Arbitration Center at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, DIAC, HKIAC, the International Arbitration Centre at the AIFC, the Israel Institute of Business Arbitration, LMAA, and SIAC. He has acted as arbitrator in numerous commercial and international disputes under various institutional rules, including appointments by the LMAA, AIFC IAC, DIS, ICC, ICAC at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, RAC, RSPP, and under the Swiss Arbitration Rules.

In addition to his legal practice, Dr. Rachkov teaches international economic law and arbitration-related subjects at leading Russian universities, including the Higher School of Economics, RANEPA, and Saint Petersburg State University. From 2012 to 2024, he taught various disciplines of international law at MGIMO, and from 2000 to 2007, he taught public international law at Lomonosov Moscow State University. His working languages include Russian, German, English, French, and Polish.

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Chartered Arbitrator (C.Arb.), ICC Court Member (2003-2015), ex-President of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce, delegate to the UNCITRAL II Working Group on Arbitration and Conciliation, until 2014, one of the key partners of Dentons (Salans). 

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Since 2015, a full-time arbitrator, mediator, and FIDIC-accredited adjudicator. Admitted in Paris and Warsaw, listed once. 100 rosters of recommended arbitrators worldwide. Chairman, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator or counsel in over 600 arbitrations, handled in 6 languages, in 30 countries, under the rules of more than 40 arbitration institutions.

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Agis Georgiades is an advocate, barrister, arbitrator, and mediator. He is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association, the Bar of England and Wales, and is also a registered practitioner in the DIFC Courts.

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He is based in Nicosia and is a Partner and Head of International Disputes at CGA, focusing on complex international dispute resolution, including arbitration and litigation before local and international tribunals, in Cyprus and abroad. As counsel, he has had a broad commercial and international practice since 2005. Agis has argued international commercial, construction, corporate (including corporate fraud), energy, IP and investment cases before arbitral tribunals and courts.

He has extensive experience in interim injunctions and other emergency proceedings of all types. He also appears frequently before the Tenders Review Authority in relation to large procurement projects. He regularly acts for and against states and state entities. Agis is listed as an arbitrator by several institutions, including DIAC, CAMC, BVI IAC, CAfA, ArbCEE, JCAA, RAA, UAA, APIAC, HKIAC and SCCA; and is also listed for Bilateral Disputes in relation to the EU’s Trade Agreements with Third Countries. As an arbitrator, he has wide experience in commercial, construction and corporate disputes.

Agis was a Member of the LCIA Court (2020-2025). He is an Ambassador of VIAC, a Fellow of the CIArb, and an Accredited Mediator. Since 2026, he has been a member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Cyprus Arbitration Forum and the founder and co-chair of Cyprus Arbitration. He was a member of the Cyprus Supreme Court’s CPR Revision Committee and is an advocate member of the Cyprus CPR Standing Committee. He is Adjunct Faculty at the University of Nicosia, where he lectures on the Law of Evidence. He also lectures on arbitration in the CIArb Maritime Arbitration Diploma and the Cyprus Centre for ADR.

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International arbitration practitioner with over 15 years of experience in cross-border dispute resolution, including proceedings under the HKIAC, SCC, ICC, LMAA, RAC, IAC at BelCCI, and ICAC at RCCI Rules, as well as litigation before Russian state courts and foreign courts (UK, Italy, Austria, Georgia, BVI, etc.). 

Brings a 360-degree perspective to disputes, combining extensive experience in leading law firms with a senior in-house role as a Head of Litigation in a major industrial group. Substantial experience in forming and leading legal teams, managing complex multi-jurisdictional dispute portfolios, structuring dispute strategies, coordinating parallel proceedings, and facilitating procedural efficiency. Available to act as arbitrator (sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator), as well as an expert in Russian law.

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Berkin Murat Soylu is a partner of Bezen & Partners.

He has extensive experience in corporate, commercial, finance and capital markets transactions in Türkiye. He advises corporates, banks, finance institutions, and capital markets institutions in transactional as well as litigious post-M&A, contractual, and commercial matters.

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Mr. Soylu worked in a top-tier law firm in Istanbul, Türkiye, for 10 years before joining Bezen & Partners in 2016 as a partner. Until now, he was involved in various M&A, commercial, capital markets, finance, and arbitration work, in relation to various industry sectors. He is also heavily involved in commercial and investment arbitration and cross-border litigation cases.

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Natalia Alenkina is an Associate Professor at the American University of Central Asia, Ph.D. in Law.

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Dr. Alenkina is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic and is accredited by the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic as an expert in law and human rights. She is also a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and serves as the Ambassador of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre in Kyrgyzstan.

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She has contributed to the development of key legislative acts in Kyrgyzstan, including the Civil Procedure Code and the Law on Mediation. Currently, she is involved in supporting the Ministry of Justice in the implementation of the Singapore Convention on Mediation.

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Her professional interests focus on commercial law, comparative law, alternative dispute resolution, arbitration, mediation, and legal pluralism, with particular attention to the interaction between formal and informal dispute resolution mechanisms.

Nazli Ahmadova has over 25 years of experience in Business Law, Investment Law, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Arbitration and Litigation.

She is the founder and director of Apex Advisors, as law firm based in Azerbaijan. Nazli has advised numerous private businesses, international development organizations and government agencies on matters related to oil and gas services, construction, real estate development, agriculture and food, creative industries and heritage, institutional and capacity building.

Nazli Ahmadova is admitted in the Bar of the Republic of Azerbaijan. She is the founding Chair of the Business Law Committee of the Azerbaijani Bar Association and represents the Azerbaijani Bar Association at LAWASIA, the organization connecting the legal professionals from Asia and the Pacific. She is acknowledged by the Chambers Global 2011 as being "very positively viewed in the oil and gas market."

She was a speaker or moderator at several international conferences on creative industries, heritage and restitution, and international arbitration.

She has authored articles on practical issues of law, the first legal blog on intellectual property in Azerbaijani, nazliahmad.wordpress.com, and amicus curae opinions for the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan. She is the founder of Culture4U, a research group on heritage law, Legal Postcards ("Hüquqi açıqcalar"), a legal educational project. Nazli was an adjunct lecturer on Property Law at the ADA University Law School, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Ms Ahmadova holds a Bachelor of Law and Master of Law from the Baku State University and the LL.M. from the University of Minnesota Law School, MN, USA.

New York-based, dual-qualified, trilingual (English, Ukrainian, and Russian) attorney and arbitrator specializing in complex commercial and investor-state disputes. Trained in both civil and common law traditions, Ulyana is qualified in New York and Ukraine. She has lived and worked across multiple jurisdictions in Europe and the United States.

Her internationalbackground lends her the cultural fluency that is highly valued in international disputes resolution.

With over a decade of experience as counsel in high-stakes cross-border disputes, Ulyana brings to this role a strong command of arbitral procedure, a nuanced understanding of substantive law, sharp analytical acumen, and an unwavering commitment to delivering justice efficiently while respecting the parties’ chosen procedures.

Ulyana’s industry experience spans a wide range of sectors, including aerospace, automotive, commodities, construction, energy, food, fashion, mining, and pharmaceuticals, among others. Her expertise has been recognized by leading directories, such as Lexology Index and Legal 500:
- “Ulyana is a leader in international arbitration thanks to her extensive and diverse experience handling complex cross-border disputes under major arbitral institutions.”
- “Her strategic and pragmatic approach to arbitration is truly impressive.”
- “She has a very calm demeanor and is an excellent communicator with strong advocacy skills.”

Ulyana is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and an Associate of theCollege of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA). Ulyana holds Ukrainian nationality.

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Anna Guillard Sazhko is a multilingual independent arbitrator and counsel based in Paris with over 15 years of experience in international arbitration under ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, SCC, SIAC, ISTAC and ad hoc rules. Her practice focuses on Ukraine, Central and Eastern Europe and the Turkic regions, where she has handled numerous high-stakes disputes. She is admitted to practice in France and Ukraine.
 
Anna has acted as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and presiding arbitrator in more than twenty cases conducted in English and Russian. Prior to establishing her independent practice, she worked at leading international law firms in Paris and Kyiv.
 
She is Co-President of the Turkic Arbitration Association as well as a member of the governing bodies and workings groups of different institutions and associations. In 2025, she was named a Global Elite Thought Leader in Arbitration by Lexology Index.

Antolín Fernández Antuña completed his bachelor’s degrees in law at UNED University and in economics at Maastricht University and Oviedo University. He subsequently earned a master's degree in public administration, public finance, public policy, and taxation at UNED University, and holds a diploma of high specialization in international taxation from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IEF).

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He is currently the founder and managing partner of Antuña & Partners, acting as a full-time independent arbitrator. His practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitrations, with specialized expertise in the construction, energy, infrastructure, mining, and finance sectors. He provides extensive experience from his previous roles as a State Tax Inspector and Counsel for the Kingdom of Spain, having participated in over 50 arbitrations. Mr. Fernández Antuña also serves as Vice-Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and is a frequent speaker at international seminars regarding energy and dispute resolution.

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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.