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.

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Global Coordinating Committee members
Regional Coordinating Committees members
Upcoming events

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