The growth in cross-border investments in an increasingly globalised economy means that there are more international disputes between foreign investors and states than ever before. Investment treaty arbitration has become the preferred dispute resolution mechanism for resolving such disputes, however, securing a final arbitral award is often just the beginning of a complicated process.

Spearheaded by leading arbitration practitioner, Julien Fouret, this second edition brings together more than 70 experts to provide substantive analysis of recurring issues at the award enforcement stage plus practical perspectives on enforcing awards based on investment treaties. It further explores topics ranging from the specifics of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes mechanism to the enforcement of interim relief and the issues of sovereign immunity and state entities, as well as exploring intra-EU BIT disputes and their enforcement consequences.

This edition features additional country-specific chapters and now covers over 30 jurisdictions, including updated coverage of applicable international and domestic legal frameworks and reviews of the most recent practices. Jurisdictions new for this edition include: Algeria, Belgium, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Czech Republic, Greece, Lebanon and Romania.

Whether you are an arbitration lawyer in private practice or a user of investment treaty arbitration, this edition will provide you with holistic, practical and theoretical insight on the most important step of an arbitral process against a state or state entity.

This book provides substantial insights into the complex area of enforcement of investment treaty awards and its implications across a host of jurisdictions around the world. The wealth of substantive contributions and practical tips provided in this Second Edition by Julien Fouret and the leading practitioners who contributed country-specific analyses will arm any practitioner with the tools needed to understand and tackle investment treaty arbitration award enforcement effectively. This book is a must-have for investment treaty arbitration lawyers who are concerned not only with securing favorable awards, but also with enforcing them successfully.
Samaa Haridi

The practical perspective adds considerable values to the book for both practitioners and academics “as few publications address the various issues that arise at the end of an investment arbitration, when the award creditor faces the difficulty of ensuring the efficient enforcement of an investment arbitration award which is, by essence, final.”
Secondly, this book timely updates the already comprehensive and thorough national reports. The efforts and devotions of the editors and chapter authors deserve highest compliments and heartfelt thanks. They masterfully manage 38 chapters in a consistent and streamlined manner.
Thirdly, it responds to cutting-edge discussions and practices.

Peng Wang

This book is sui generis in the sense that the compendium is an ideal blend of theory and practice. The author has not come across any other book which has done justice to the topic of “enforcement of investment arbitration”. Whether a counsel is seeking, planning to initiate enforcement proceeding or a State contemplating strategies to defend itself from paying award amount - this book will provide impeccable guidance in terms of both theory and practice. Having said that, this book is indispensable not only for arbitration practitioners but also for academicians, government officials, policymakers, and other stakeholders in the field of investment arbitration.
Swargodeep Sarkar

Mohamed S Abdel Wahab
Founding partner, Zulficar & Partners Law Firm
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamed-s-abdel-wahab-185b1a8/

Professor Dr Mohamed S Abdel Wahab is chair of private international law and professor of international arbitration at Cairo University; founding partner and head of the international arbitration, construction and energy groups at Zulficar & Partners; vice president of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration; member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) governing board; member of the Mauritius International Arbitration Centre; vice chair of the International Bar Association (IBA) Arab Regional Forum; member of the Court of Arbitration of the Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Centre; member of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Arbitration (CRCICA) Advisory Committee; member of the board of trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb); member of the Advisory Council of Africa Arbitration; and dean of the Africa Arbitration Academy.
He has served as arbitrator and counsel in numerous cases involving parties from four continents, and is recognised as a world-leading arbitration practitioner on commercial and investment arbitration. He received the 2018 Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) International Arbitration Advocacy Prize; the 2019 Association of Young Arbitrators Hall of Fame African Arbitrator Award and the 2020 Client Choice International Award. Legal 500 (2019) states he is “one of the best in the world”, Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration (2020) says he is “at the top of the market” and “a very well-prepared, exceptional arbitrator”, and Chambers rank him as a “superstar” practitioner. In 2020 he co-edited (with Maxi Scherer and Niuscha Bassiri) International Arbitration and the COVID-19 Revolution.

Omar MH Aljazy
Managing partner, Aljazy & Co
[email protected]

Dr Omar MH Aljazy holds a PhD in international commercial arbitration law from the University of Kent in the United Kingdom (1999), an MA in international and comparative business law from London Guildhall University (1994) and a BA in law from the University of Jordan (1992). Omar is the managing partner of Aljazy & Co, a leading Jordanian law firm. He has extensive experience in arbitration law, corporate and international transactions, including hotel developments; intellectual property; construction disputes; energy, shipping and maritime issues; and competition and antitrust matters.
He has participated in drafting various Jordanian laws in conformity with the international conventions that Jordan has ratified, including maritime and companies laws. He is a listed arbitrator with many prominent arbitral institutes worldwide and has participated as president of the arbitral tribunal and co-arbitrator in approximately 150, local, regional and international cases, pursuant to various arbitration rules.

Gloria M Alvarez
Lecturer on dispute resolution, economic and energy law, University of Aberdeen
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmalvarez/

Dr Gloria M Alvarez has worked as an arbitration case manager and acts as tribunal secretary, arbitrator and expert on international arbitration proceedings in Africa, Europe and Latin America (International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)). Gloria’s academic work focuses on the socio-economic issues arising from energy and natural resources disputes. She has a particular interest in the present and future of energy investments in Europe and Latin America; and the protection of indigenous groups, including issues of public participation rights in investment disputes. She is the co-founder of Arbitration Links and has held prestigious academic posts at Queen Mary University of London, the Max Planck Institute and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (Cambridge). Gloria is a visiting lecturer at Osgood Hall Law School and is on the editorial board of the ICSID Review, the Journal of International Arbitration and European Investment Law and the Arbitration Review. She has recently published The ICSID Convention: A Practical Commentary and The Routledge Handbook of Energy Law.

Eric Bédard
Associate, Woods LLP
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-bedard-woods/

Eric Bédard has been an associate at litigation boutique Woods LLP since 2010. He has extensive experience representing domestic and foreign parties and his practice focuses on all aspects of dispute resolution. He acts as a litigator in civil and commercial litigation, and his expertise extends to domestic and international arbitration, including enforcement proceedings. He is well versed in the strategic issues associated with initiating, defending and managing complex lawsuits, including class actions, and regularly pleads before first-instance and appellate courts and administrative tribunals.
Eric has acted as counsel in the context of the North America Free Trade Association (NAFTA) Chapter XI arbitration and served as tribunal secretary under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). His practice has led him to develop particular expertise in the mining and financial industries.

Walid Ben Hamida
Professor of law, University of Paris-Saclay (Evry-Val d’Essonne)
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/walid-ben-hamida-883a791b6/

Dr Walid Ben Hamida is a professor of law at the University of Paris-Saclay (Evry Vald’Essonne), France. He was a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Arbitration Court for six years. He served as arbitrator, president of arbitral tribunal, expert and counsel in many cases under ICSID, ICC, Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) and ad hoc rules. His practice focuses on business and commercial law, investment law, international law, investor-state dispute settlement and arbitration.
Walid has authored more than 80 publications in the Arabic, French and English languages; and has been a visiting professor in more than 60 countries.

Abhinav Bhushan
Regional director for South Asia, ICC
Arbitration and ADR, ICC International Court of Arbitration
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhinavbhushan/

Abhinav Bhushan focuses on helping companies, investors and attorneys in South Asia understand how they can efficiently resolve international commercial disputes by increasing their awareness of the ICC’s dispute resolution services and its commitment to international arbitration, the procedure and thought leadership.
Prior to serving as regional director as the ICC court’s first Indian director, he was also the first Indian deputy counsel of the court, where he gained first-hand experience working on arbitrations arising in common law jurisdictions – in particular, working with parties from the United Kingdom, India, Singapore and other regions of Asia. Abhinav is a regular contributor to various publications on developments in international arbitration and Indian arbitration law. Additionally, he is the co-chair of the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF), Asia chapter. Abhinhav completed his LLM at Columbia Law School and earned his first law degree from the Government Law College, Mumbai, India.

Andrea K Bjorklund
Associate dean (graduate studies) and L Yves Fortier chair in international arbitration and international commercial law, McGill University Faculty of Law
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-bjorklund-17a0123/

Professor Andrea K Bjorklund is associate dean (graduate studies) and a full professor and the L Yves Fortier chair in international arbitration and international commercial law at McGill University Faculty of Law. She is an adviser to the American Law Institute’s project on restating the US law of international commercial arbitration, as well as a member of the advisory board of the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute for International and Comparative Law. She is an active arbitrator and expert on both commercial and investment arbitration matters. Before entering the academy, she was an attorney-adviser on the NAFTA arbitration team in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the US Department of State. Andrea has a JD from Yale Law School, an MA in French studies from New York University (NYU) and a BA (with high honours) in history and French from the University of Nebraska.

Hakim Boularbah
Partner, Loyens & Loeff
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hakimboularbah/

Hakim Boularbah is a partner at Loyens & Loeff Belgium, where he heads up the litigation and risk management practice group. He is recognised as an expert in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration at national, European and international levels (Legal 500, Chambers, Who’s Who Legal Litigation, Arbitration and Asset Recovery). Hakim has broad experience both as (sole chair or co-) arbitrator and counsel in national and international commercial arbitrations (eg, the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI), ICC, OHADA, ad hoc). He also specialises in all types of litigation relating to arbitration (eg, constitution of arbitral tribunal, challenge of arbitrators, setting aside of arbitral awards, interim and summary measures, document production against third parties).
Hakim is one of the most renowned experts in Belgium when it comes to enforcement of arbitral awards, especially against sovereigns. He is also a professor of dispute resolution law at the University of Liege.

William Brillat-Capello
Associate, Betto Perben Pradel Filhol
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wbcavocat/

William Brillat-Capello focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration and commercial litigation. He has experience as counsel in arbitration cases relating to the defence, energy, civil aeronautics, construction and fashion sectors. William previously worked in Milan and Paris in several international law firms, as well as at the Secretariat of the ICC.
William is admitted to the Paris Bar and holds a diploma from Paris Sciences Po. He also holds a master’s degree in European law from the University of Paris I (Panthéon – Sorbonne).
William holds both French and Italian nationalities and speaks English, French and Italian fluently. In 2018, he spent six months on secondment in Milan with law firm ARBLIT – Radicati di Brozolo Sabatini Benedettelli Torsello. He is also the author of several articles in various international publications.

Chad Catterwell
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-catterwell-hsf/

Chad Catterwell is a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills. He is now based in Melbourne and was previously based in the firm’s Greater China international arbitration practice in Hong Kong. His current practice sees him working on international arbitration matters across Asia, collaborating with colleagues in the region and elsewhere. He has particular expertise with respect to disputes arising from M&A activity and joint ventures in Asia, particularly China. He assists clients in a number of sectors, with a strong interest in the energy and resources, oil and gas and technology industries.

Nayla Comair-Obeid
Founding partner, Obeid Law Firm
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-dr-nayla-comair-obeid-532173274/

Professor Dr Nayla Comair-Obeid is the founding partner of Obeid Law Firm, a professor of law at the Lebanese University and author of The Law of Business Contracts in the Middle East. She is a member of the ICC Executive Board, a Companion at the CIArb, a member of the LCIA and former president of the CIArb (2017), former commissioner of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), and sits on the ICSID panel of arbitrators and conciliators. Nayla is a specialist in international business law and Islamic and Middle Eastern legislation. She has been systematically identified as one of the world’s leading practitioners in the fields of litigation, international arbitration and dispute resolution by internationally renowned legal publications. She is fluent in Arabic, French and English, and is qualified at both the Paris Bar and the Beirut Bar. She is also an associate member at 3 Verulam Buildings.

Philip Devenish
Senior associate, Jones Day
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-devenish-473460121/

Philip Devenish is a member of Jones Day’s global disputes practice and specialises in international arbitration and public international law. He has appeared as counsel in international matters before the UK Supreme Court and the federal courts of Australia, and in dozens of arbitrations before World Bank (ICSID), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), ICC, LCIA and ad hoc tribunals.
He has also advised states on the negotiation and drafting of treaties, headquarters agreements and intergovernmental agreements. He holds postgraduate degrees in international law from Sydney University and Christ Church, Oxford.

Guy-Prosper Djuma Bilali Lokema
Lecturer, University of Kinshasa
[email protected]

Guy-Prosper Djuma Bilali Lokema, is from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He is a barrister at bar of Kinshasa/Gombe (DRC), lecturer at the School of Law of the University of Kinshasa (DRC) and member of the Department of Public International Law and International Relations at the School of Law of the University of Kinshasa. He is also a researcher at Centre d’Etudes en Règlement des Différends Internationaux en Afrique (CERDIA) and at the Centre of Research and Studies on Rule of Law in Africa.

Stephen L Drymer
Partner, Woods LLP
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-l-drymer-41929620/

Stephen L Drymer is head of international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) at Woods LLP. He represents parties and acts as arbitrator and mediator in international commercial and investment treaty disputes. He has pleaded cases and served as partyappointed arbitrator or president of tribunals in matters involving the laws of many common law and civil law jurisdictions around the world, in disputes in the manufacturing, construction, petrochemical, oil and gas, mining, energy, environmental, financial services, IT, outsourcing, hospitality, transportation, aviation, aerospace and telecommunications industries, among others. Stephen also advises and represents clients – both government and non-governmental – in matters of public international law and dispute resolution, including in disputes involving maritime delimitation and transboundary resource management. He is also active in the resolution of sport-related disputes and has acted in numerous cases involving a wide range of issues and sports in Canada and internationally.

Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou
Of counsel, Eversheds Sutherland
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/athina-fouchard-papaefstratiou-ba492333/

Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou, counsel at Eversheds Sutherland (Paris), specialises in international commercial and investment arbitration.
Athina is listed as a “Future Leader” of the international arbitration market in France by Who’s Who Legal and as one of 10 “Rising Stars” in commercial arbitration for France by Euromoney’s Expert Guides. For over 12 years, she has acted as counsel or arbitrator in arbitrations in various sectors, such as energy, telecommunications, mining and construction. Her experience includes arbitrations under the ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution (SCAI), Arbitration Centre of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, CRCICA and Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA) arbitration rules. She also has significant experience in Africa-related arbitration.
Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Athina worked at arbitration boutique Lazareff Le Bars, specialising in Africa-related arbitration; and at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris. She has also served as inhouse counsel in the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs of UNESCO. She is the co-chair of AfricArb; the chair of the Steering Committee of CIArb’s Young Members Group; a member of the ICC Arbitration Commission; and a board member of the Arbitration Committee of ICC Greece. She is registered with the Bar in Paris and in Athens and works in English, French and Greek.

Julien Fouret
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julien-fouret-9108242/

Julien Fouret is a partner in the international arbitration and public international law practice of Eversheds Sutherland in Paris. He specialises in international commercial arbitration, with a particular focus on investment arbitration and public international law.
Julien has a wealth of experience in arbitration, having held positions of counsel, chair and co-arbitrator for a number of arbitrations, while also spending two years as counsel of the Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, Paris. He has been involved in many complex arbitration cases in Europe, the Middle East and Africa – notably on the construction, telecommunications and energy sectors. Regularly ranked in legal independent guides, Julien is notably praised for his work in Legal 500, Chambers Global, Who’s Who Legal, Global Arbitration Review (GAR) and French magazine Décideurs. Julien is a vice-chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee.
Julien is also the author of numerous publications about arbitration and a lecturer at several French universities. He has notably published the recently critically acclaimed The ICSID Convention, Regulations and Rules – A Practical Commentary (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) and is the co-editor in chief of the ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin.

Niyati Gandhi
Senior associate, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/niyati-gandhi-5abab549/

Niyati Gandhi is a senior associate in the dispute resolution practice of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. She specialises in international and commercial law, including in particular international investment and commercial arbitration and complex commercial litigation.
Niyati has advised and acted in a wide range of international arbitrations, under institutional (including Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), LCIA and ICSID) and ad hoc arrangements, seated throughout the world (eg, Singapore, London, Paris, Mumbai, New Delhi, Mauritius and The Hague). Niyati is a graduate of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, where she has also been a visiting professor. Before joining Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, she worked with leading law firms in Mumbai and Paris, the ICC International Court of Arbitration and UNCITRAL in Vienna.

Simon Greenberg
Partner, Clifford Chance
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-greenberg-116a2a1/

Simon Greenberg is a partner with Clifford Chance’s international arbitration group in Paris, representing clients in international arbitrations and acting as arbitrator. His experience covers all major arbitral institutions and a range of dispute types, notably including technology/intellectual property, telecommunications, aviation, postacquisition and aviation.
Before joining Clifford Chance in early 2012, Simon spent four years as deputy secretary general of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, having previously practised with leading international arbitration firms in Paris and Australia. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 articles and two books on international arbitration. Simon also lectures on international arbitration at Sciences Po in Paris and is a visiting professor of international arbitration at Hong Kong University. He is a former court member (Australia) of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and a former Australian government delegate to UNCITRAL.

Christopher Harris QC
Barrister, 3 Verulam Buildings
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-harris-kc-0964a72/

Christopher Harris QC is a barrister specialising in commercial law. He is particularly known for his expertise in commercial and investment arbitration, and frequently appears as counsel before arbitral tribunals and before the English courts on arbitration-related matters. In addition to his wide-ranging commercial arbitration practice, Christopher has been instructed as counsel in over 20 investment arbitration disputes for both investors and states. Christopher has also been instructed in some of the most renowned enforcement actions involving investment treaty awards, such as Stati v Kazakhstan, Yukos v Russian Federation, Gold Reserve v Venezuela, WWM v Kazakhstan and Flamengo v Poland.
In addition to his counsel practice, Christopher sits regularly as an arbitrator, having been appointed in over 30 cases under all of the main rules. He speaks French and German fluently and studied both French and Swiss law during his academic training. He is a fellow of the CIArb and holds a diploma in international commercial arbitration from the School of International Arbitration of the University of London.

James Hope
Partner, Vinge
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-hope-3279506/

James Hope is a partner at the Stockholm office of Vinge in Sweden. He is a dual-qualified Swedish advokat and English solicitoradvocate, with over 25 years’ experience of working as a dispute resolution lawyer. He started his career as a solicitor in Scotland and then spent 10 years in London before moving to Stockholm in 2006. James has acted as counsel or arbitrator in more than 90 international arbitration cases. He is also a Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution accredited mediator. In addition to arbitration, James has extensive experience of litigation in Scotland, England and now Sweden. Recent cases include several setting-aside cases, competition law litigation and a large construction law litigation. As well as having a busy practice, James is a guest lecturer in arbitration at Stockholm, Uppsala and Edinburgh Universities. He is also a member of the LCIA Court.

Brenda Horrigan
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/horriganbrenda/

Brenda Horrigan is a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills and head of international arbitration in Australia. She has worked in the United States, Paris, Moscow, Shanghai and now Sydney. Her practice covers international arbitration with a particular focus on disputes involving emerging markets.
She works with clients on complex international commercial and investment treaty arbitration matters at both the arbitration and enforcement stages, acts as counsel in matters conducted under a wide variety of arbitration rules and also sits as an arbitrator.
Brenda serves as president of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, is a fellow of the CIArb and served for several years as global adjunct professor of law at NYU Law School (Shanghai campus).

Sofía Klot
Senior associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sof%C3%ADa-klot-4271b95/

Sofía Klot is a senior associate in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s international arbitration group. She focuses on the resolution of complex international disputes and the management of multi-jurisdictional crises in Latin America and other emerging markets.
Sofía has acted as counsel in more than 20 high-profile commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. Her practice covers a broad range of sectors, including telecommunications, energy, mining, electricity, infrastructure, water, agribusiness, manufacturing and airport services. She has particular expertise advising technology clients on the protection of their global investments.
Before joining Freshfields, Sofía practised international arbitration at two leading international law firms in the United States. A Uruguayan native, she for worked several years as a corporate and M&A attorney at Ferrere, Montevideo.
Sofía has taught international arbitration as a guest lecturer and frequently writes and speaks on the topic. She served as vice-chair of the New York State Bar Association’s International Arbitration Committee and is chair of the ERA Pledge Young Practitioners’ Subcommittee.

Ioana Knoll-Tudor
Partner, Jeantet AARPI
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ioana-knoll-tudor-internationalarbitration/

Dr Ioana Knoll-Tudor is a partner at Jeantet, in charge of the international arbitration practice. She is a member of the Paris and Madrid Bars and is registered as a European lawyer at the Budapest Bar.
Ioana has over 15 years’ experience advising and representing clients in international commercial and investment arbitration proceedings as well as complex cross-border transactions, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. She also acts on a regular basis as arbitrator (sole and party-appointed) in international arbitration proceedings.
Ioana is the author of numerous publications on international dispute resolution issues. Her book The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard in the International Law of Foreign Investment (Oxford University Press, 2008) was the first monograph on the topic and is a reference in the field of international arbitration (a second edition is in preparation).

Robert Kovacs
Senior associate, Withers LLP
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-kovacs-441ab116/

Dr Robert Kovacs specialises in international arbitration, public international law and business and human rights. He has represented individuals, companies, states and state-owned entities in a wide range of international disputes across numerous sectors, including energy, mining, construction, banking, mergers and acquisitions, sport, property and technology.
Robert holds a PhD in international law, is the former co-chair of the Asia-Pacific Forum for International Arbitration and is a senior fellow at Melbourne University Law School, where he teaches international commercial arbitration.

Jaroslav Kudrna
Legal adviser, Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaroslavkudrna/

Dr Jaroslav Kudrna is a legal adviser at the International Arbitration and Investment Protection Unit of the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic. He defends the Czech Republic in investment arbitrations, negotiates bilateral investment treaties (BITs) on its behalf and represents it in international forums such as UNCITRAL. Prior to joining the ministry, Jaroslav worked for several years as an associate in the international arbitration group of White & Case in New York, where he focused on investment and commercial arbitration. He regularly speaks and publishes on international arbitration.
Jaroslav obtained a PhD in public international law from Charles University in Prague; an LLM from New York University; a master’s degree in European economic law at the University of Strasbourg; and a master of laws at Sciences Po Paris. He has passed the New York Bar and Paris Bar exams.

Andreas Kulick
Visiting professor, Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-kulick-a965a2b4/

Andreas Kulick (Privatdozent, venia legendi et docendi, Tubingen; Doctor iuris, Tubingen; LLM, NYU School of Law; First and Second State Exams, Berlin) is visiting professor at the Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg. He has been a visiting fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, the NYU School of Law, the WZB Berlin and the University of Göttingen. His research focuses on public international law and on German and comparative constitutional law and theory. He has experience advising and representing states in various matters of public international law before international courts and tribunals, including the European Court of Human Rights and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and in ICSID proceedings, as well as before domestic courts. He is a member of the International Law Association Study Group on Content and Evolution of the Rules of Interpretation in International Law.

Maxim Kulkov
Managing partner, KK&P Trial Lawyers
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximkulkovtriallawyer/

One of the most recognised and well-known Russian litigators, Maxim Kulkov has over 24 years’ experience representing clients in international commercial arbitration, in Russian courts of all levels, including the first case on recognition and enforcement of investment award in Russia (Tatneft v Ukraine); he also handles cross-border litigation cases. He has extensive experience giving evidence in foreign courts and arbitral proceedings as a Russian law expert.
Maxim is a listed arbitrator at SIAC, the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Arbitration Centre. He has considered 44 cases (ICC, SCC, International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) and RSPP Arbitration Centre) in different roles (co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator and tribunal chair).
Maxim is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR; the ICC Russia Arbitration Commission; the ICC Russia Commission on Intellectual Property; and the Russian Arbitration Association.

Claire Larue
Associate, Loyens & Loeff
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-larue-a383b1a3/

Claire Larue is a member of the litigation and risk management practice group of Loyens & Loeff Belgium. Claire focuses her practice on complex and international litigation and arbitration.
Claire specialises in the field of international dispute resolution, in particular arbitration and civil and commercial disputes. She is also experienced in the field of IP law, in particular trademark law and copyright. She advises and represents clients in court litigation in various fields and in different types of procedures (eg, summary proceedings, cease and desist proceedings). Claire also represents clients in international arbitration proceedings and has experience in the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. Claire is a member of CEPANI. She has been registered with the French Bar Association of Brussels since 2015.

Maude Lebois
Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maude-lebois-70b2b1/

Maude Lebois is a partner in the international arbitration practice of Shearman & Sterling LLP. She has over 15 years’ experience advising on arbitrations and projects worldwide, with a particular focus on Africa. She has represented states, state-owned entities and companies in international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, both ad hoc (including under UNCITRAL rules) and under institutional rules (including under ICC and ICSID). Maude has been featured in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration – Future Leaders since 2019, which notes that “she is held in high esteem by sources who say she really ‘fights for her clients and is always courteous with opposing counsel’” and “is a well-recognised name in the French arbitration market where she stands out for her impressive work handling Africarelated disputes”. She is also recognised as a “next-generation lawyer” in Legal 500: Algeria – Foreign Firms 2019 and was ranked one of the 50 most influential business lawyers in francophone Africa by Jeune Afrique in 2018. Maude regularly publishes and speaks on construction and arbitration issues.

Sam Luttrell
Partner, Clifford Chance
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-luttrell-03108abb/

Sam Luttrell is a partner in the international arbitration group at Clifford Chance, based in Perth, Western Australia. His practice covers both international commercial arbitration and investor-state arbitration, with a focus on disputes in the natural resources sector. Sam is ranked in Band 1 for arbitration in Australia in Chambers Global and listed as a recommended global leader in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration. He is widely published and regularly teaches at universities and arbitration institutions across Asia-Pacific.

Adrián Magallanes
Partner, Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amagallanes/

Adrián Magallanes is a litigation and arbitration expert admitted to practise in Mexico and New York, with nearly 20 years of experience working in Mexico City, Washington DC and Beijing.
He has acted as counsel in arbitrations (ICC, LCIA, ICSID, American Arbitration Association (AAA), International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), UNCITRAL, Milan Chamber of Arbitration and CANACO) in the commercial, infrastructure, energy and investor-state sectors, and also appears as an arbitrator. His litigation experience includes commercial and administrative law trials before Mexican courts, class actions and transnational litigations. He has also acted as an expert on Mexican law before courts in the United States.
Adrián is a former chairman of the Arbitration Committee of the Mexican Bar Association, treasurer of the Arbitration Committee of the IBA and professor of international litigation at the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City. He has been recognised as a leader in his field by publications including Chambers & Partners, Global Arbitration Review, Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, Leaders League and Who’s Who Legal.

Anaïs Mallien
Associate, Loyens & Loeff
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaismallien/

Anaïs Mallien is a member of the litigation and risk management practice group of Loyens & Loeff Belgium. She specialises in national and international dispute resolution. She focuses on complex civil and commercial disputes and the enforcement of domestic and foreign judgments and arbitral awards. Anaïs is also a member of the insolvency and restructuring team. She has been registered with the Flemish Bar Association of the Brussels Bar since 2017.

Noiana Marigo
Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/noianamarigo/

Noiana Marigo is a partner in Freshfields’ international arbitration group, head of the arbitration group in the Americas and co-head of its Latin America practice. Noiana is civil and common law trained, and has acted as counsel and arbitrator in more than 45 highstakes, cutting-edge, commercial and investment treaty arbitrations conducted under the auspices of the ICSID, ICC, PCA and ICDR, as well as under the UNCITRAL rules, in both English and Spanish. She regularly acts for Latin American corporations, foreign investors and sovereign states in disputes in the energy, infrastructure, public services, airlines, airports, telecommunications, sovereign debt, steel plants and mining sectors. Noiana is a member of the ICCA Drafting Committee on Protocols for Fair and Efficient Arbitration; and co-chair of the IBA Investment Arbitration Sub-Committee.

Ishbel McLachlan
Associate, Clifford Chance
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishbel-mclachlan-aba908142/

Ishbel McLachlan is an associate in the international arbitration group at Clifford Chance, based in Perth, Western Australia. She is a graduate of the University of Sydney and the University of Otago, and holds a JD and a BA (honours in Chinese).

Cameron Miles
Barrister, 3 Verulam Buildings
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-miles-93502b32/

Cameron Miles is a barrister practising from 3 Verulam Buildings in London. He is a public international lawyer with a particular focus on state responsibility, state immunity, the law and practice of international courts and tribunals and international investment law. He holds an LLM and PhD from the University of Cambridge and has published peer-reviewed articles in the leading journals, including the British Yearbook of International Law, the American Journal of International Law, the Heidelberg Journal of International Law and the Journal of International Dispute Settlement. He is the author of Provisional Measures before International Courts and Tribunals (2017) and the co-editor of Landmark Cases in Public International Law (2017).

Ivon Mingashang
Professor, University of Kinshasa
[email protected]

Ivon Mingashang is a barrister of the Brussels/Belgium and Kinshasa Bars, and professor at the University of Kinshasa School of Law. He is also the chief of the Public International Law and International Relations Department at the University of Kinshasa School of Law and director of CERDIA.

Ignacio J Minorini Lima
Partner, Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi
[email protected]
https://bruchoufunes.com/en/profesionales/minorini-lima-ignacio-j-en/

Ignacio J Minorini Lima is a partner in Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi’s arbitration and energy and infrastructure groups. He has acted as counsel in numerous international arbitration proceedings, in both English and Spanish. He has been a regional representative of ICC YAF for Latin America (2017–2019) and a member of the editorial board of the IBA Arbitration News. He has been a member of the Steering Committee of the IBA Arb40 within the IBA Arbitration Committee (2014–2017). In the area of energy and infrastructure, he regularly advises companies in different regulated areas, such as power generation (both conventional and renewable), natural gas, administrative contracts, public utilities – electricity and gas transmission and distribution, water and sewage systems, railways, public-private partnerships and other regulated activities. Prior to joining the firm, he was a foreign associate at Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP (New York) in its international arbitration group. He has been recognised as a leading practitioner in international arbitration by Who’s Who Legal Arbitration.

Cecilia Möller Norsted
Partner, Vinge
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilia-m%C3%B6ller-norsted-1587179/

Cecilia Möller Norsted, a partner at Vinge in Stockholm, specialises in commercial dispute resolution. She has over 15 years’ experience of domestic and international arbitration and Swedish civil proceedings. Her experience covers disputes relating to a number of different industries, including energy, telecommunications and real estate. She has also acted in several cases regarding challenges of international arbitral awards before the Swedish courts.

Caline Mouawad
Partner, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/caline-mouawad-35376b/

Caline Mouawad, a partner in Chaffetz Lindsey’s international arbitration practice, represents clients in international commercial arbitrations and in investment treaty disputes with host governments. She counsels clients in an array of multi-jurisdictional disputes that span from Europe to Latin America and from Africa to Asia, in sectors such as oil and gas, mining, consumer goods and telecommunications.
Caline acts as counsel in arbitrations conducted in English and French under the rules of the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, AAA, ICDR and SIAC, as well as in ad hoc cases under the UNCITRAL Rules. She regularly advises clients on drafting dispute resolution clauses in international commercial contracts and on protecting their international investments under investment treaties. In addition, Caline regularly serves as an arbitrator. She is listed on the Panel of Neutrals for the ICDR and the AAA National Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators. Caline serves as vice-chair of the Steering Committee of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and is currently a member of the International Commercial Disputes Committee of the New York City Bar Association.

Ruqiya BH Musa
Legal officer, Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruqiya-b-h-musa-06089233/

Ruqiya BH Musa is a legal officer at the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), the financial arm of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. Ruqiya joined TDB in 2015, focusing on international development finance and corporate governance. She was a former legal consultant on one of the case management teams at ICSID.
Before joining ICSID, she also worked at the law firms of Hegazy & Associates in association with Crowell & Moring LLP and Baker McKenzie in Cairo, Egypt. Ruqiya holds degrees from Georgetown University Law Center (LLM) and SOAS, University of London (LLB). She is admitted to practise law in the state of New York.

Jean-Paul Mwanza Kambongo
Assistant, University of Kinshasa
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Jean-Paul Mwanza Kambongo, is from the DRC. He is a barrister at bar of Kinshasa/ Gombe; an assistant at the University of Kinshasa; a member of the Department of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Kinshasa School of Law; and a researcher at CERDIA.

Achille Ngwanza
Managing partner, Jus Africa
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/achille-ngwanza-735079b/

A doctor in law and qualified to the Paris Bar, Achille Ngwanza teaches oil and mining law and arbitration law at various European and African universities. A frequent speaker at international conferences, he has also authored numerous publications and co-edited the following books: Le contentieux extractif (Extractive Disputes), published by ICC Publishing, 2015; and Un demi siècle africain d’arbitrage d’investissement CIRDI: regards rétrospectifs et prospectifs (Half a Century of ICSID Investment Arbitration in Africa: Retrospective and Prospective Views), published by Lextenso Editions, 2017.
He focuses his practice on oil and mining contracts, investment transactions and commercial contracts. He has acted as arbitrator, counsel and expert in several arbitrations relating to oil and mining, commercial and construction disputes. He is experienced at arbitrating under ICC, OHADACCJA, Ouagadougou Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation Centre (Burkina Faso), Centre of Mediation and Arbitration of GICAM (Cameroon), ad hoc and UNCITRAL rules. He is a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry Arbitration and Mediation Centre. He is a member of the International Commercial Arbitration Case Law Subcommittee of the IBA Arbitration Committee and co-chair of the IBA Africa Arbitration Network. He chairs the OHADA Working Group of the French
Committee of Arbitration.

Ziad Obeid
Managing partner, Obeid Law Firm
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziadobeid/

Ziad Obeid is a partner at Obeid Law Firm and a dual-qualified dispute resolution lawyer with a civil engineering background and extensive cross-border experience gained through legal practice throughout the Middle East and Europe.
Identified as one of the world’s foremost dispute resolution practitioners in GAR’s Thought Leaders Arbitration 2020, Ziad regularly acts as counsel and arbitrator in multifaceted international commercial and investment arbitrations conducted in Arabic, French and English under a variety of arbitration rules and subject to a wide range of applicable laws from within the Middle East and North Africa and beyond. Ziad has specific expertise in assisting corporations in relation to international construction claims and arbitration in respect to large, complex civil engineering, industrial infrastructure and building projects. Ziad is a fellow of CIArb and is currently chair of the Lebanese branch; a member of the editorial board of the ICC Bulletin; a member of the ICC Commission; and a fellow of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers.

Georgy Obolentsev
LLM graduate in comparative and international dispute resolution, Queen Mary University of London
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-obolentsev-aa05a2145/

Georgy Obolentsev is a Russian-qualified lawyer who obtained an LLM degree in comparative and international dispute resolution from Queen Mary University of London in 2020. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in international law and a master’s degree in international economic and investment law from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He is currently working in the international arbitration group of Debevoise & Plimpton in London. Prior to that, Georgy worked in two major international law firms in London and Moscow. He participated in projects relating to international commercial and investment arbitration, as well as corporate and antitrust matters.

Patrick W Pearsall
Partner, Allen & Overy LLP
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pwpearsall/

Patrick W Pearsall is a partner at Allen & Overy in Washington DC. He represents parties and sits as arbitrator in commercial and investment arbitration. He served in the US State Department for nearly a decade, leaving in 2017 as chief of investment arbitration for both Presidents Obama and Trump. In private practice, Patrick has successfully arbitrated claims involving billions of dollars. He is often called upon to provide strategic counsel to parties when they face international disputes under investment treaties and has experience with nearly all of the major international commercial arbitration rules. He is a trusted adviser to Fortune 500 companies and governments alike. On behalf of the United States, he advised on the revision of the ICC rules and led the negotiations of several bilateral and multilateral treaties, including the investment provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement and the US-China BIT.
Patrick teaches at Georgetown Law School in Washington DC and has lectured at Harvard, Columbia and Yale Law Schools. He is ranked in Chambers and Legal 500, and is the youngest practitioner ever to receive a Global Leader designation from Who’s Who Legal. He is listed on the ICSID Roster of Arbitrators and Conciliators and is on the panel of arbitrators for the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board.

Philippe Pinsolle
Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippe-pinsolle-0139b583/

Philippe Pinsolle is head of international arbitration for continental Europe. He has acted as counsel in more than 270 international arbitrations, with a particular focus on investor-state arbitrations and commercial disputes involving the energy, power, oil and gas, construction and defence industries. He has been involved in arbitrations under the auspices of virtually all major arbitration institutions.
Philippe has also served as arbitrator in more than 55 cases, as well as expert witness on arbitration and French law issues. Philippe is the current co-chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee. He is a member of the Court of Arbitration of SIAC. In 2020, Chambers Global ranked Philippe in Band 1 for both Europe and Global International Arbitration. He was also distinguished by Who’s Who Legal as belonging to the Global Elite of thought leaders.

Martina Polasek
Deputy secretary-general, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martina-polasek-866b1a10/

Martina Polasek is deputy secretary-general at ICSID. Martina joined ICSID in September 2001 and has served as the secretary of tribunals in over 50 arbitrations under the ICSID Convention, the ICSID Additional Facility Rules and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. She has also served as committee secretary in numerous annulment proceedings. She has published numerous papers on ICSID case law and practice and regularly speaks at conferences. Before joining ICSID, she worked as an attorney with the law firms of Jeantet & Associés, Paris and White & Case LLP, Prague, focusing on international arbitration. Martina holds degrees from the George Washington University Law School (LLM), the University of Paris V – René Descartes (DESS) and the University of Gothenburg (LLM). She is admitted to practise law in Washington DC.

Wesley Pydiamah
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesley-pydiamah-5664949/

Wesley Pydiamah is a partner in the international arbitration department and deputy head of the Africa group at Eversheds Sutherland.
He specialises in international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and public international law matters. His experience includes dozens of cases in which he represented governments, state entities and multinational companies in complex and sensitive disputes across Africa and the Middle East. He has also developed a non-contentious experience on Iranian matters.
Wesley is regularly cited in legal reviews; is described by Who’s Who Legal 2020 as a Future Leader in International Arbitration; and has been listed in the Euromoney Expert Guide 2019 as one of 10 rising stars in international arbitration for France.
He lectures on OHADA arbitration and disputes in Africa at the University of Paris 2 Panthéon Assas. He is a founding member of AfricArb and serves on the advisory board of the MARC Court, the leading arbitral institution in Mauritius.

Noradèle Radjai
Partner, LALIVE
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/noradele-ghubril-radjai-0956b3/

Noradèle Radjai specialises in commercial and investment arbitration in the energy, telecommunications and construction sectors. She has acted as counsel, advocate and arbitrator in over 50 international arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutional (under the ICC, LCIA, SCC, ICSID, AAA/ICDR, UNCITRAL and Swiss rules), governed by a variety of procedural and substantive laws. Noradèle is an officer of the IBA Arbitration Committee; a board member of the ASA; a member of the ERA Pledge Steering Committee; and a member of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution European Advisory Board. She is a member of the SCAI Marketing Committee; and a member of several other professional associations, such as the LCIA, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, the American Bar Association and Arbitral Women.
Noradèle is a Swiss avocat and a solicitoradvocate of the Senior Courts of England and Wales; and she holds a diploma in law with distinction from the College of Law, London and an LLB (Hons) from King’s College London. She is highly recognised by the legal directories, including Who’s Who Legal, Chambers, and the Swiss rankings of leading arbitration counsel.

Jeremy Record
Associate, Eversheds Sutherland
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-record-a7b45b8a/

Jeremy Record is an associate in the public international law and international arbitration team of Eversheds Sutherland LLP in Paris. Jeremy’s practice focuses on the representation of states in international proceedings. He represents states both in stateto state disputes, including before the Iran-US Claims Tribunal; and in investor-state dispute settlement proceedings based on bilateral or multilateral investment treaties. Jeremy also has experience in commercial arbitration proceedings administered by the ICC. Jeremy is a qualified attorney in New York and in Paris. He holds a double degree in English and French law from King’s College London and Université Paris 1 Panthéon- Sorbonne; a master’s degree in international economic law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon- Sorbonne; and an LLM from the University of Chicago.

Jessika Rocha
Associate, Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessika-rocha-d%C3%ADaz-03823445/

Jessika Rocha has experience in civil and commercial litigation, commercial arbitration, constitutional amparo and administrative proceedings. Jessika has advised and represented national and international clients in complex matters relating to arbitration, civil and commercial litigation, administrative proceedings and constitutional actions. On the corporate side of cross-border deals, she has experience negotiating and drafting contracts and settlement agreements, particularly insurance, arbitration, force majeure and guarantee provisions of the contract. In litigation, she has developed legal strategies for the prevention or remediation of contingencies. She has led civil, commercial, administrative and constitutional litigations, at both a local and federal level, in all stages of a case, implementing litigation strategies to enable her clients to meet their goals.

Mattias Rosengren
Partner, Vinge
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattias-rosengren-55b1b5/

Mattias Rosengren is a partner in Vinge’s dispute resolution practice group. He specialises in arbitration and litigation, and has represented clients in a large number of Swedish and international proceedings. Mattias has acted in cases involving the application of Swedish as well as foreign and international law, and has conducted arbitrations under a wide range of rules, including those of the SCC, ICC, LCIA and UNCITRAL. His experience covers commercial disputes and investment treaty disputes relating to a number of different industries, such as construction, transport, energy, insurance, reinsurance, telecoms, banking and finance and M&A. In addition to counsel assignments, he sits as an arbitrator.

Noah Rubins QC
Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-rubins-kc-b45365/

Noah Rubins QC is the head of the international arbitration group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Paris office and also leads the firm’s Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)/Russia dispute resolution group. Noah has advised and represented clients in arbitrations under ICSID, ICSID Additional Facility, ICC, AAA, SCC, LCIA, ICAC and UNCITRAL rules. He specialises in investment arbitration, particularly under the auspices of BITs and NAFTA; and has also practised law in New York, Washington DC, Houston and Istanbul. He has served as arbitrator in over 40 cases, including two investment treaty disputes adjudicated under the UNCITRAL rules and one under the ICSID rules.
Noah has published widely in the field of arbitration and is a frequent conference speaker. His publications include Investor-State Arbitration (2nd edition, 2019, with B Sabahi and D Wallace) and International Investment, Political Risk and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide (2nd edition, 2020, with T Papaefstratou and S Kinsella).

José Ángel Rueda García
Senior associate, Cuatrecasas
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jos%C3%A9-