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:

Each Regional Chapter is organised as follows:

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 PintónICC YAAF Co-Chair, Counsel, Latin America Case Management Team, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Stella LeptourgouICC YAAF Co-Chair, Counsel, Middle East Case Management Team, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Katherine LievanoProject Manager, Engagements and Initiatives, ICC Dispute Resolution Services

Regional Coordinating Committees members

Diamana DiawaraDirector, Arbitration and ADR, Africa, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
Faisal GbadegbeConsultant, Kulendi @ Law, Accra, Ghana
W. Akoth Aluoch
Senior Associate Advocate, MG Law Advocates, Nairobi, Kenya
Benjamin Ng’enoAssociate, 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
Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 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 FtoukiInternational 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 MapanzePrincipal 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 KopetzkiDirector, 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 RohmannAssociate, 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 HuangDirector, Arbitration and ADR, North Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
Dr. Anran ZhangDeputy Director, Arbitration and ADR, North Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
Vera HeDeputy 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 GongPartner, Global Law Office, Shanghai, China
Morgane GuyonnetAssociate, 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 ChauhanDirector, Arbitration and ADR, South Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
Irene MiraDeputy 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, Cavenagh Law LLP (Clifford Chance Asia), 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, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Singapore
Dahara Wijeratne
Legal Officer, Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company PLC, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Patricia FerrazDirector, Arbitration and ADR, Latin America, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
Paola Aldrete Rivas
Partner, Aldrete Arbitration, Mexico City, Mexico
Daniel M. BarbosaSenior 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 PuccinelliSenior 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 KrasulaDirector, Arbitration and ADR, North America, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
Abbey HawthorneDeputy 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