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ICC YAF Committee

ICC YAF is headed by the Global Coordinating Committee (GCC) and based at ICC’s Global Headquarters in Paris. The GCC coordinates ICC’s seven YAF regional chapters, and is responsible for selecting the Regional Representatives and overseeing general coordination between the regional chapters.

The seven Regional Chapters include:

ICC YAF — Africa
ICC YAF — Middle East and Turkey
ICC YAF — North Asia
ICC YAF — South Asia
ICC YAF — Europe and Russia
ICC YAF — Latin America
ICC YAF — North America

Each Regional Chapter is organised as follows:

the Regional Director / Head of Chapter
the ICC YAF Representatives

The Regional Director/Head of Chapter works with the GCC to select the Regional Representatives nominated for a two-year term.

Representatives operate semi-autonomously with the guidance of their Regional Director to ensure that the Regional Chapter achieves its goals. Each Chapter is in charge of promoting and developing its designated region’s network of young practitioners and organising events.

Global Coordinating Committee members

Ana Serra e Moura	ICC YAF Co-Chair, Deputy Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Alya Ladjimi	ICC YAF Co-Chair, Manager, ICC International Centre for ADR
Stephanie Goubelle	Senior Manager, ICC Promotion Arbitration and ADR

Regional Coordinating Committees members

ICC YAF — Africa

Diamana Diawara	Regional Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR for Africa, Paris, France
Pascoal Justino Bié	Associate, TTA Sociedade de Advogados, Maputo, Mozambique
Omakwu Marx Ikongbeh	Principal/Founder at Everlaw Associates [Formerly Ad-Infinitum Legal], Abuja, Nigeria
Chloe de Jager	Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons Africa LLP, Johannesburg, South Africa
Aicha Mane	Managing Director, Ayana Strategy Limited, Consultancy Firm, Dakar, Senegal
Perenami Momodu	Partner, ǼLEX (LEGAL PRACTITIONERS AND ARBITRATORS), Lagos, Nigeria
Albert Mukasa	Managing Partner at M&K Advocates – advocate lawyer and arbitrator, Kampala, Uganda
Mame Ama Esaama Orleans-Lindsay	Head of Legal, Forewin Ghana Limited, Accra, Ghana
Tabitha Joy Raore	Senior Associate \| Litigation Department Anjarwalla & Khanna LLP, Nairobi, Kenya

ICC YAF — North Africa, Middle East & Turkey

Dania Fahs	Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR, Middle-East, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Faizy Syed Ahmad	Partner and Group Head of Corporate Practice, Al Hashmi Law, Muscat, Oman
Sherif Akl	Counsel Egypt at Philip Morris International, Cairo, Egypt
Nicole Araygi	Associate, Araygi & Maalouly Law Firm, Beirut, Lebanon
Anthony Feghali	Attorney at Law, Associate, Boustany & Gemayel Law Office, Qatar
Sima Ghaffari	Associate, Ferdowsi Legal, Tehran, Iran
Rawdha Hidri	Junior Legal Counsel, HOUERBI Law Firm, Tunis, Tunisia
Nuna Lerner	Partner, Gornitzky & Co, Tel Aviv, Israel
Amr Omran	Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Dubai, UAE
Korkmaz Ozgecan	Senior Associate, Kabine Law Firm, Istanbul, Turkey
Zaynab Penot	Senior Associate, ICLO, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Noor Sadiq	Junior Associate, Zeenat Al Mansouri & Associates, Manama, Bahrein
Dara Sahab	Associate, Squire Patton Boggs, Dubai, UAE
Iliass Segame	Lawyer, Segame&Partners: Phd Student, Casablanca, Morocco

ICC YAF — Europe and Russia

Laetitia de Montalivet	Regional Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR, Paris, France
Joana Granadeiro	Associate at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados, Lisbon, Portugal
Paul Hauser	Counsel, Clifford Chance PartmbB, Frankfurt, Germany
Iuliana Iancu	Partner, Hanotiau & Van den Berg, Brussels, Belgium
Greg Lourie	Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Paris, France
Tamara Manasijevic	Arbitrator and Counsel, ARP, Vienna, Austria
Sean McCarthy	Barrister at Law, Dublin, Ireland
Benjamin Moss	Senior Associate, Sidley, Geneva, Switzerland
Samuel Pape	Lawyer, Latham & Watkins, London, United Kingdom
Denis Parchajev	Senior Associate at Motieka & Audzevičius, Vilnius, Lithuania
Fabio G. Santacroce	Senior Associate, ArbLit, Milan, Italy
Alexandra Shmarko	Associate, Baker & McKenzie, Moscow, Russia
Marie Valentini	Counsel, August-Debouzy, Paris, France
Alicja Zielińska-Eisen	Of Counsel, Queritius / Academic Coordinator, IDR LL.M. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany/Warsaw, Poland

ICC YAF — North Asia

Donna Huang	Regional Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR, Shanghai, China
Hassan Ali	Senior Associate, Axis Law Chambers, Lahore, Pakistan
Alison Shih Yun Chang	Equity partner, iADR, Taipei, Taiwan
Mino Han	Partner, Peter & Kim, Seoul, South Korea
Eriko Kadota	Managing Associate, Linklaters, Tokyo, Japan
Naranbulag (Nara) Khukhuu	Partner, Anderson & Anderson LLP, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Adela Mao	Barrister, Tower Chambers, Hong Kong
Shul Park	Attorney, KIM & CHANG, Seoul, South Korea
Diane Zhu Peng	Partner, Fangda Partners, Beijing, China
Cameron Sim	International Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton, Hong Kong
Ying Wu	Of Counsel, TianTong Law Firm, Beijing, China
Chen-Gang Yen	Associate, Jones Day, Taipei, Taiwan
Alex Yuan	Senior Associate, Junhe Law Firm

ICC YAF — South Asia

Tejus Chauhan	Regional Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR, Singapore, Singapore
Arthi Anbalagan	Senior Legal Counsel, Exyte Asia-Pacific Holding Ltd
Kabir Barat	Foreign Legal Associate, DLA Piper, Perth, Australia
Aanchal Basur	Partner, AB Law, Delhi, India
Grace Chaw	Advocate & Solicitor, Grace Chaw & Co., Sabah, Malaysia
Dutsadee Dutsadeepanich	Managing Partner, PT & Associates, Bangkok, Thailand
Erin Eckhoff	Senior Associate at King & Wood Mallesons, Sydney, Australia
Savani Gupte	Partner, SAMVĀD Partners, Mumbai, India
Sayed Hamidullah Hashemi	Head of Legal Affairs, Policy and ADR, ICC Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan
Yasith Hirimburegama	Attorney at Law, Colombo; LL.B(Hons), MA.IR, UTUGS funded doctoral researcher in Law, University of Turku, Finland, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dimitrios Katsikis	Senior Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Singapore, Singapore
Akshay Kishore	Partner, Bird & Bird ATMD, Singapore, Singapore
Nikki Krisadtyo	Senior Associate, UMBRA – Strategic Legal Solutions, Jakarta, Indonesia
Vikas Mahendra	Partner (Arbitration), Keystone Partners; Consultant, Center for Online Resolution of Disputes, Bangalore, India
Maria Luisa Dominique D. Mauricio	Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City, Philippines
Karen Gek Suan Ng	Partner, Karen, Mak & Partners, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kshipra Pyare	Associate, AK Law Chambers, Chennai, India
Kieu Anh Vu	Founding & Managing Partner, KAV Lawyers, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

ICC YAF — Latin America

Katherine Lievano	ICC Arbitration and ADR, Latin America, Panama City, Panama
Ricardo Ampuero	Independent Consultant, Lima, Peru
Álvaro Awad Sirhan	Partner, Contreras Velozo, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Nora Esther Cabrera Velasco	Partner, Magaloni Abogadas S.C., Mexico City, Mexico
Erick Clavel	Partner,Clavel Abogados; General Director, LawKit Software, Mexico City, Mexico
Aline Dias	Partner, Franco Leutewiler Henriques Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Pablo Jaroslavsky	Senior Associate, Dechamps International Law, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marcela Kohlbach	Lawyer, Kincaid \| Mendes Vianna Advogados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andrés Larrea Savinovich	Senior Associate, Tobar ZVS LLP, Quito, Ecuador
Mariana Martins-Costa Ferreira	Independent lawyer, São Paulo, Rio de Jaineiro, Brazil
Rafael Rincón Ordóñez	Founding Member, Zuleta Abogados, Bogota, Colombia
Silvia Trejos Zamora	Senior Associate, LPA Legal & Consulting, San José, Costa Rica
Bernardo Wayar Ocampo	Partner, Wayar & Von Borries Abogados S.C., La Paz, Bolivia

ICC YAF — North America

Marek Krasula	Regional Director, SICANA, Inc., New York, United States
Eric Bedard	Partner, Woods LLP, Montreal, Canada
Michael Fernandez	Counsel, Rivero Mestre LLP, New York, United States
Thomas Hatfield	Associate, McMillan LLP, Vancouver, Canada
Gabriela Lopez Stahl	Associate, White & Case LLP, Los Angeles, United States
Rebeca Mosquera	Associate, Akerman LLP, New York, Miami, United States
Malgorzata Mrozek	Associate, Fitch Law Partners LLP, Boston, United States
Diogo Pereira	Partner, De Almeida Pereira PLLC, Washington, United States
Eugenie Rogers	Senior Associate, Baker Mackenzie, Dallas, United States
Jose Sanchez	Counsel, Vinson & Elkins, New York, United States
Emily Sherkey	Senior Associate, Torys LLP, Toronto, Canada
Chris Smith	Senior Associate, King & Spalding, Atlanta, United States
Jocelyn Turnbull Wallace	Associate, McCarthy Tetrault, Calgary, Canada
Juliana De Valdenebro Garrido	Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells, Miami, United States
Florencia Villaggi	Of Counsel, Herbert Smith Freehills, New York, United States

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