Center for International Investment and Commercial Arbitration (CIICA), Young Arbitration Group (YAG)

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Alexander G. Leventhal will be speaking at CIICA's 10th anniversary conference on the panel titled "Climate change and international arbitration". Mr. Leventhal is a Partner in Quinn Emanuel’s Paris office.?He is qualified as French avocat, an English solicitor, and a New York attorney-at-law.?He speaks Arabic and regularly acts in arbitrations seated in, or relating to, the Middle East.?Mr. Leventhal’s experience spans investment, construction, and commercial arbitration.?He is a leading voice in his generation on energy transition disputes. #CIICA10

We are very pleased to announce that Mr. Hafez Virjee will be speaking at CIICA's 10th anniversary conference on the panel titled "The Global North and the Global South of arbitral institutions." Mr. Virjee?is the President and a co-Founder of Delos Dispute Resolution. He also serves as an independent arbitrator at Virjee Arbitration after having acted for many years as counsel. He is qualified in England & Wales and in France, and co-edits the?Delos Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP). To register for the conference, please email us at [email protected]. Registration closes today. #CIICA10

We are delighted to announce that Ms. Marium Khalid will be speaking at CIICA's 10th anniversary conference on the climate change panel. Ms. Khalid is an energy and natural resources lawyer with over fifteen years of experience in leading law firms and as an in-house counsel. She started her career with Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan and currently heads the legal department at Punjab Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation Agency (PEECA), Energy Department, GoPb; the first public sector entity dedicated to demand side management to bridge the gap between the demand for and supply of energy. Prior to her in-house role, she was engaged in private practice with the law firm Ahmer Bilal Soofi & Co in Islamabad as part of the Disputes Resolution Team.?She represented the State of Pakistan and the Government of Balochistan in parallel arbitrations before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Court of Arbitration in Paris and London respectively in a significant gold and copper mining dispute. Ms. Khalid is the Co-Founder of Women in Energy- Pakistan which is a professional network focused on streamlining the role and fostering the growth of women in the energy sector. She holds a Master of Laws (2009), Graduate Diploma (2011) from University of Melbourne, Australia and LLB (Hons) from University of London (2005).?Her areas of practice and interest include international commercial and investment arbitration, energy and natural resources, climate change and energy transition. To register for the conference, please email us at [email protected]. Registration closes tomorrow, 25 March, 2025. #CIICA10

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Sohail Ali will be speaking at CIICA's 10th anniversary conference on the panel titled "The Global North v the Global South of arbitral institutions". Mr. Ali is a Litigation & Arbitration Partner at DLA Piper, one of the largest international law firms in the world. Mr. Ali has over two decades' experience acting for a range of clients across sectors, including sovereign states, state-owned entities and multi-national corporations on high-stakes, cross-border litigation and arbitration. Recent experience includes advising a sovereign state on a USD 15 billion arbitration dispute. Mr. Ali's extensive experience covers a variety of different dispute forums including litigation and international arbitration (both ad hoc and under institutional rules, including LCIA, ICC, DIAC, SIAC and CIETAC). Mr. Ali has been described as “a formidable intellect, exceptional strategist and an absolute pleasure to deal with”; “very commercial, strategic and has a cool head in a crisis” (Legal 500). Mr Ali sits on the UK board for UNHCR. He is an alma mater of Oxford University (St Edmund Hall) and the Harvard Business School. To register for the conference, please email us at [email protected]. Registration closes in 5 days. #CIICA10

We are delighted to announce that Ms. Charis Tan will be speaking at CIICA's 10th anniversary conference on the climate change panel. Ms. Tan is a partner at Peter & Kim in Singapore, specialising in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration and public international law. She is admitted in three jurisdictions (Singapore, England & Wales and New York) and her experience includes investment and commercial arbitrations under the rules of major arbitration institutions, including SIAC, ICSID, ICC, HKIAC, KCAB and SCC, as well as ad hoc proceedings under UNCITRAL Rules. Charis is appointed as Counsel and Arbitrator in both commercial arbitration and State-to-State cases. Ms. Tan has been referred to as “formidable arbitration counsel”, with “great familiarity with the rules and personas involved” and “simply outstanding”. To register for the conference, please email us at [email protected]. Registration closes next Tuesday, 25 March, 2025. #CIICA10

We are thrilled to announce that Ms. Gokce Uyar will be speaking at CIICA's 10th anniversary conference. We are especially pleased because based on our information, this may well be the first time an official of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is speaking at a conference in Pakistan in person. We are looking forward to hearing Ms. Uyar's inisightful talk titled "International Arbitration Through the Ages: The PCA’s Experience". Her brief bio is given below: Ms. Uyar serves as Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), administering international arbitration cases.?Before joining the PCA, she represented clients in investor-State and commercial disputes across construction, life sciences, and post-M&A matters in Istanbul, Washington, D.C., and London.?She also acted as Counsel at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), overseeing hundreds of commercial arbitrations involving parties from Asia, Europe, and the Americas. To register for the conference, please email us at [email protected]. Registration closes on 25 March, 2025. #CIICA10

We are very pleased to announce that Mr. Aloysius Goh will be speaking at CIICA's 10th anniversary conference on the first day, 12 April, and conducting a training session on the second day, 13 April. Mr Aloysius Goh is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Sage Mediation.?Aloysius is an international mediator with a strong track record of achieving practical solutions to complex commercial disputes. He is empanelled with several leading mediation institutions in Asia and Europe. His clients span listed companies, as well as charities, non-government organisations, and public sector entities. Having previously worked closely with the Singapore government to launch numerous mediation projects such as the Singapore International Mediation Centre, the Healthcare Mediation Unit, and the Singapore Infrastructure Dispute Management Protocol, Aloysius now also consults for courts, governments, labour unions and large corporates to establish robust amicable dispute resolution systems. Aloysius currently serves as a member of the International Mediation Institute’s Appraisal Committee for Mediation Advocacy, and the Madrid International Arbitration Centre Mediator Appointment Committee.?He is also on the advisory board of Mundi Mediatores and a member of the NUS Research Ethics Committee. A National University of Singapore (NUS) Law School Research Scholar and a Public Service Commission Humanities Scholar, Aloysius has a Master’s degree in Law from the NUS, and a Master’s degree in Education Leadership from Boston College Lynch Education School. Outside mediation, Aloysius is best described as a spiritual, family-oriented, fitness fanatic. He has spent a year living in the rule of silence in a French Catholic monastery, owns a Montessori Kindergarten, and has run more than 10 full marathons. To register for the conference, please email us at [email protected]. Deadline for registration is 25 March, 2025. #CIICA10

We are delighted to announce that Ms. Amanda Lee FCIArb will be speaking at CIICA's 10th anniversary conference on the first day, 12th April, and conducting a session on careers in international arbitration on the second day, 13th April. Her brief bio is given below: Amanda J. Lee, FCIArb is an Arbitrator trading as LML Arbitration, and a Consultant at Costigan King, London. She is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, and to the Bars of New York State and the U.S. Supreme Court. Her practice focuses on the automotive, construction, financial services, and waste management industries. Amanda’s experience encompasses arbitration, construction adjudication, litigation, and mediation. She serves as sole and party-appointed arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings across a variety of sectors and seats. Amanda is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Law, UK and holds numerous advisory roles. She is the Founder of Careers in Arbitration and ARBalance. Amanda is recognized as a Future Leader: Arbitration by Lexology Index and named in the Lawdragon Global Litigation 500. #CIICA10

It's time for another speaker announcement and it is none other than Kabir Duggal, Ph.D. who we are thrilled to have as a speaker at CIICA's 10th anniversary conference! Although Dr. Duggal needs no introduction, here is his brief bio: He is a Senior Fellow and Advisor at the Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration at Columbia Law School (CICIA) and an attorney in Arnold and Porter's New York office, focusing on international arbitration and public international law matters, serving both as arbitrator and mediator.?He is recognized as a “Chartered Arbitrator” (the highest ranking for arbitrators) by both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution.?He also frequently serves as an expert on international arbitration and public international law matters. Dr. Duggal is also a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, an adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School, and a Course Director and a Faculty Member for the Columbia Law School-Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Comprehensive Course on International Arbitration.?He also acts as a Consultant for the United Nations Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries (UN-OHRLLS) on the creation of a novel "Investment Support Program."?Dr. Duggal works closely with the U.S. Department of Commerce's Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) as an expert.?He has also conducted training and capacity-building sessions for several Governments on public international law and dispute resolution matters. He has published over 60 articles and has spoken at over 400 arbitration events all over the world.?He is a graduate of the University of Mumbai, University of Oxford (DHL-Times of India Scholar), NYU School of Law (Hauser Global Scholar), Leiden Law School (2019 CEPANI Academic Prize), and is currently pursuing an SJD Degree from Harvard Law School.?Dr. Duggal is admitted to practice law in New York, District of Columbia, England & Wales (as a Barrister), and in India.?His LinkedIn profile is available here: https://lnkd.in/gT6nNBNs #CIICA10

We are delighted to share that Ms. Saadia Bhatty will be speaking at CIICA's 10th anniversary conference. Ms. Bhatty is a dual-qualified attorney, admitted to the New York and Paris bars. She is a Partner in the International Dispute Resolution (IDR) team of Gide’s London office and co-head of the international dispute resolution practice of London. Prior to working for Gide in London, she worked for Gide in Paris and global law firms' international arbitration and public international law practices in London and New York. She has more than 15 years of experience advising and representing States and private entities on a wide range of contentious and pre-contentious international dispute resolution law matters, in particular in international commercial and investment arbitrations. She also has specific expertise in public international law matters, including drafting and negotiating international investment treaties for States (especially in Africa). Ms. Bhatty has acted as counsel in numerous investment and commercial arbitration proceedings conducted under the rules of various institutions (including those of the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, SCC, the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA), HKIAC and CAS) as well as ad hoc arbitrations (UNCITRAL), dealing with the laws of both civil and common-law jurisdictions. She has specific experience in the energy, oil & gas and construction sectors, especially in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. She has also advised the African Union in the International Court of Justice’s advisory proceedings relating to the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. She also sits as an arbitrator and is part of the roster of a number of arbitral institutions including CIICA’s. Ms. Bhatty is a Board and Executive Committee member of a number of professional organisations, including the African Academy for International Law Practice (AAILP), the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA), the Center for International Investment and Commercial Arbitration in Pakistan (CIICA), and the ArbitralWomen group. She is also the President of the Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy and Development in London (Harvard W3D London Chapter). She also co-hosts the influential The Arbitration Station Podcast. A graduate from Harvard Law School, the Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris, and the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Saadia regularly writes articles and lectures in international law, trains private practitioners and government officials, and speaks at conferences in international arbitration across the world. She is ranked in the top legal directories including in Chambers Global, Legal 500 (both in the UK and Paris guides) in International Arbitration (“Powerlist” and “Next Generation Partner”), WWL (as a Future Leader in International Arbitration), and Best Lawyers UK and was recently shortlisted as “Partner of the Year” by Legal Leaders Awards. #CIICA10