Young Arbitration and ADR Forum (YAAF)
ICC YAAF Committee
ICC YAAF is headed by the Global Coordinating Committee (GCC) and based at ICC’s Global Headquarters in Paris. The GCC coordinates ICC’s seven YAAF regional chapters and is responsible for selecting the Regional Representatives and overseeing general coordination between the regional chapters.
The seven Regional Chapters include:
- ICC YAAF — Africa
- ICC YAAF — Middle East
- ICC YAAF — North Asia
- ICC YAAF — South Asia
- ICC YAAF — Europe & Central Asia
- ICC YAAF — Latin America
- ICC YAAF — North America
Each Regional Chapter is organised as follows:
- the Regional Director / Head of Chapter
- the ICC YAAF 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
| Amanda Jiménez Pintón | ICC YAAF Co-Chair, Counsel, Latin America Case Management Team, ICC International Court of Arbitration |
| Stella Leptourgou | ICC YAAF Co-Chair, Counsel, Middle East Case Management Team, ICC International Court of Arbitration |
| Katherine Lievano | Project Manager, Engagements and Initiatives, ICC Dispute Resolution Services |
Regional Coordinating Committees members
| Diamana Diawara | Director, Arbitration and ADR, Africa, ICC Dispute Resolution Services |
| Faisal Gbadegbe | Consultant, Kulendi @ Law, Accra, Ghana |
| W. Akoth Aluoch | Senior Associate Advocate, MG Law Advocates, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Benjamin Ng’eno | Associate, LALIVE, London, United Kingdom |
| Amine Khaliss | Principal, 42 Law, Rabat, Morrocco |
| Joseph Siyaidon | Managing Associate, Stren & Blan Partners, Lagos, Nigeria |
| Amara Inegbenoise | Principal ADR Consultant, NOISE & BLUE ADR Firm, Port Hartcout, Nigeria |
Aminatou Akobé | Lawyer, Trialys Law firm, Brussels, Belgium |
| Yaye Diabaté | Senior Associate, Clyde & Co, Paris, France |
| Siobhan Mary Zeiler | Associate, ENSafrica, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Victoria Nalule | Advocate and Natural Resources Law Lecturer, University of Bradford, Kampala, Uganda |
| Mohamed Adem Mokrani | Jaziri & Mokrani Lawyers, Tunis and Algiers, Algeria and Tunisia |
| Chérine Sophia Ftouki | International Arbitrator & Consultant, Almatura & Partners, Algiers, Algeria & London, United Kingdom |
| Lionel Kabeya | Legal and Business Consultant, Arbitrator and mediator, Fédération des Entreprises du Congo, Okapi Holding SASU, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Sarah P. Samaké | Legal and arbitration practioner, DOGUÉ-ABBÉ YAO & PARTNERS, Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire |
| Absalão Mapanze | Principal Associate, MDR Advogados, Maputo, Mozambique |
| Sherif Akl | Director, Arbitration and ADR, Middle East, ICC Dispute Resolution Services |
| Salma Nasreldine | Associate, Shahid Law Firm, Cairo, Egypt |
| Dr. S. Mohammadali Abdollahi | Managing Partner, Abdollahi & Associates, Tehran, Iran |
| Haifa A. A. A. Al-Huwaidi | Partner, Al-Huwaidi Legal Group, Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Fatma Al Amri | Senior Associate, Al Yaqdhan Al Busaidi Law Firm in association with Dentons, Muscat, Oman |
| Ahmed Habib | Senior Associate, DWF LLP, Doha, Qatar |
| Karim Mariey | Partner, White & Case LLP, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Zeina Obeid | Partner, Obeid & Partners, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Malak Nasreddine | Associate, Al Tamimi & Company, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Ulrich Kopetzki | Director, Arbitration and ADR, Europe & Central Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services |
| Caterina Aliberti | Senior Associate, SLCG, Florence, Italy |
| Sophia De Sampaio Jalles | Partner, Armesto & Asociados, Madrid, Spain |
| Jacob Ericson | Senior Associate, Westerberg & Partners, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Lukas Fellmann | Managing Associate, Walder Wyss Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland |
| Nora Fredstie | Partner, DAC Beachcroft, London, United Kingdom |
| Fulya Görer | Senior Associate, Balcioglu Selcuk Ardiyok Keki Attorney Partnership (BASEAK), Istanbul, Turkey |
| Anna Guillard Sazhko | Independent Counsel and Arbitrator, Paris, France |
| Dr. Ole Jensen | Managing Counsel, ArbBoutique, Berlin, Germany |
| Nadav Klein | Associate, FISCHER (FBC&Co.), Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Nenad Kovačević | Partner/Attorney at Law, CMS Belgrade (AOD Petrikic and partners in cooperation with CMS RRH), Belgrade, Serbia |
| Charlotte Matthews | Senior Associate, HANEFELD, Paris, France |
| Trisha Mitra-Veber | Senior Associate, Reed Smith LLP, London, United Kingdom |
| Piotr Paprota | Senior Associate, GESSEL, Warsaw Poland |
| Sebastien Pepin | Senior Legal Counsel, Dlocal, Paris, France |
| Matej Pustay | Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Prague, Slovakia |
| Dr. Stephanie Rohmann | Associate, Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte LLP & Co KG, Vienna, Austria |
| Marlene Ella Sauer | Senior Associate, Busse Disputes Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Eleni Serifi | Legal Counsel, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund, Athens, Greece |
| Irina Suătean | Senior Associate, Filip & Company, Bucharest, Romania |
| Dr. Donna Huang | Director, Arbitration and ADR, North Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services |
| Dr. Anran Zhang | Deputy Director, Arbitration and ADR, North Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services |
| Vera He | Deputy Director, Arbitration and ADR, North Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services |
| Djamel El Akra | Arbitrator, Mediator, Business Consultant, Phnom, Siem Reap, Cambodia |
| Thomas Fearis | Head of Business Development & Client Services, Asia-Pacific, Berkeley Research Group (BRG), Hong Kong, China |
| Yiduo Gong | Partner, Global Law Office, Shanghai, China |
| Morgane Guyonnet | Associate, Freshfields Bruckaus Deringer, Tokyo, Japan |
| Saemee Kim | Partner, Lee & Ko, Seoul, South Korea |
| Jing Li | Deputy Legal Director, SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Co. Ltd., Qingdao, China |
| Tianyu Ma (马天宇) | International Counsel, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, Beijing, China |
| Wasif Majeed | Partner, Lexium Attorneys at Law, Lahore, Pakistan |
| Kentaro Minato | Attorney at law, Atsumi & Sakai, Tokyo, Japan |
| Ellen Pang | Barrister-at-law, Des Voeux Chambers, Hong Kong, China |
| Joohyun Park | Partner, Yulchon LLC, Seoul, South Korea |
| Zambaga Tulga | Legal Manager, Inter Asia Energy Mongolia LLC, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Chengkai Wang | Partner, Dentons Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Yu Yao (姚宇) | Senior Counsel, Beijing Huamao & Guigu Law Firm, Beijing, China |
| Tejus Chauhan | Director, Arbitration and ADR, South Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services |
| Irene Mira | Deputy Director, Arbitration and ADR, South Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services |
| Mariia Artemenko | Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills, Melbourne, Australia |
| Dr. Shashwat Bajpai | Counsel and Founder partner, DRSB Law Chambers, New Delhi, India |
| Serene Chee | Senior Associate, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore |
| Kunadha Gajaseni | Senior Associate, Watson Farley & Williams, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Jia Lin Hoe | Senior Associate, King & Spalding, Singapore |
| Nguyen Huu Viet | Senior Associate, VILAF, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Abang Iwawan | Managing Partner, Abang & Co, Kuala Lumpur & Kuching, Malaysia |
| Alok Jain | Partner, Economic Laws Practice, Mumbai, India |
| Elan Krishna | Partner, Oon & Bazul, Singapore |
| Tasha Lim Yi Chien | Senior Associate, Messrs. Gan Partnership, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Jayashree Parihar | Counsel, PSL Advocates & Solicitors, Delhi, India |
| John Regalado | Partner, SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Shivani Singhal | Advocate, Transcend Law, Bangalore, India |
| Nivvy Venkatraman | Senior Associate, HFW, Sydney, Australia |
| Kendista Wantah | Senior Associate & Director, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Singapore / Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Dahara Wijeratne | Legal Officer, Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company PLC, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Patricia Ferraz | Director, Arbitration and ADR, Latin America, ICC Dispute Resolution Services |
| Paola Aldrete Rivas | Partner, Aldrete Arbitration, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Daniel M. Barbosa | Senior Associate, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, São Paulo, Brazil |
| María Angélica Burgos | Partner, Burgos Dispute Resolution, Bogota, Colombia |
| Carla Cepeda | Senior Associate, Bustamante Fabara, Quito, Ecuador |
| Luis Ernesto Cruz Gamero | Associate, Lexincorp, Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Nicolás De la Flor Puccinelli | Senior Associate, Bullard, Falla, Ezcurra +, Lima, Peru |
| Laura Ghitti | Senior Associate, Souto Correa Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Hugo Enrique Hernández García | Senior Associate, Greenberg Traurig, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Claudia Andrea Lopez Monterrey | Partner, Garron Bozo & Asociados, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| Raul Pereira Fleury | Senior Associate, Ferrere, Asunción, Paraguay & Brazil |
| Anna-Katharina Scheffer da Silveira | Lawyer, Adriana Braghetta Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Martín Vainstein | Partner, Marval O’Farrell Mairal, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Mateo Verdías Mezzera | Principal Associate, Cuatrecasas, Santiago de Chile, Chile |
| Marek Krasula | Director, Arbitration and ADR, North America, ICC Dispute Resolution Services |
| Abbey Hawthorne | Deputy Director, Arbitration and ADR, North America, ICC Dispute Resolution Services |
| Randa Adra | Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, United States |
| Philippe Boisvert | Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais, Montréal, Canada |
| Stephanie Clark | Associate, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Calgary, Canada |
| James Coleman | Associate, Goldman Ismail, Chicago, United States |
| Erin Collins | Associate, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, United States |
| María Carolina Durán | Special Counsel, Baker Botts LLP, Washington D.C., United States |
| Jennifer Huang | Senior Associate, Mayer Brown, New York, United States |
| Andrew Kavanagh | Associate, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver, Canada |
| Merra Kurubalan | Associate, Lubin Olson & Niewiadomski LLP, San Francisco, United States |
| Taylor LeMay | Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, United States |
| Enrique J. Molina | Investment Manager and Legal Counsel, Omni Bridgeway, Miami, United States |
| John Muse-Fisher | Senior Associate, Arnold & Porter LLP, San Fransisco, United States |
| Harshitha Ram, Esq. FCIArb | Attorney & International Arbitrator, Ram ADR; President, Global Arbitration Mediation Academy (GAMA), Michigan, United States |
| Julio Rivera Rios | Senior Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, United States |
| Thomas Villalon | Attorney, Three Crowns LLP, Washington D.C., United States |
| Mary Kate Wagner | Associate, BakerHostetler, Washington D.C., United States |
