ICC Institute of World Business Law names  new Council members 

The new Council members are Caline Mouawad, Ciccu Mukhopadhaya, Crina Baltag, Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Dominique Hascher, Funke Adekoya, Giuditta Cordero-Moss, João Bosco Lee, José María Pérez and Roland Ziadé. 

Caline Mouawad is American and works as a Partner at Chaffetz Lindsey LLP in New York. Having obtained her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, Ms Mouawad has practiced law for almost 25 years. She has acted as counsel in arbitrations in multi-jurisdictional disputes in sectors including oil and gas, mining, consumer goods and telecommunications. She also serves as liaison for the Steering Committee of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR to the ICC Task Force on Addressing Corruption Issues. 

Ciccu Mukhopadhaya is an Indian Senior Advocate with more than 35 years of experience in dispute resolution. He has acted as counsel in over 225 arbitration cases under various institutional rules and frequently serves as a neutral arbitrator. Beyond arbitration, Mr Mukhopadhaya appears before the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts on constitutional and commercial matters and is a former Vice-President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. His experience covers a diverse range of areas, including construction and infrastructure projects, technology transfer, trade and complex corporate transactional advisory work. 

Crina Baltag is an Associate Professor in International Arbitration Law at Stockholm University and an attorney-at-law with over 20 years of practice in international commercial and investment arbitration. Ms Baltag has extensive experience serving as counsel, arbitrator (including presiding and sole) and expert under the rules of major arbitral institutions, with expertise spanning foreign investments, energy and construction projects. Ms Baltag also holds a PhD  in International Arbitration from Queen Mary University of London. 

Diego P.  Fernández Arroyo is an Argentinian Professor of Law and Director of the LLM in Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Settlement at Sciences Po Law School in Paris. He is also President of the Curatorium at The Hague Academy of International Law and President of the Arbitration Academy in Paris. Mr Fernández Arroyo holds a PhD in Law and has been awarded numerous academic awards and distinctions. He has acted as both an arbitrator and legal expert in numerous international proceedings in sectors including oil and gas, electricity, construction, mining, financial investments, banking, naval industry, telecommunications, M&A, and more. 

Dominique Hascher is a French international arbitrator and an International Judge at the Supreme Court of Singapore. He previously served as Judge Supreme at the Judicial Court of France, General Counsel and Deputy Secretary General at the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and Secretary to the ICC Commission on Arbitration. Mr Hascher has arbitrated in cases including tourism, electricity, oil and gas, food manufacturing, mining, construction, sports and more. 

Funke Adekoya is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and currently acts as an independent arbitrator. Ms Adekoya has accumulated over 45 years of experience including as Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group at Aelex. Ms Adekoya is frequently appointed to arbitral tribunals, either as chair, sole or party-appointed arbitrator in disputes involving gas sales agreements and oil rig supply contracts to joint ventures in construction and real estate. Her specialties lie in commercial arbitration and litigation, investor disputes, corporate insolvency, and restructuring disputes. 

Giuditta Cordero-Moss is a Professor at  the University of Oslo, where she teaches International Commercial Law, Private International Law, Comparative Law and Norwegian Law of Obligations. In Italy, she worked as a corporate lawyer before entering academia, where she researches issues she also encounters as an arbitrator.  In 2025, Ms Cordero-Moss was designated by the Government of the Kingdom of Norway to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators. 

João Bosco Lee is a Founding Partner of JBLEE Advogados and an experienced arbitrator and counsel who has participated in more than 260 national and transnational arbitral proceedings over the last two decades. He served as the first President of the Brazilian Committee of Arbitration and is a former member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Mr Lee is a former Professor at Universidade Positivo, has served as a Visiting Professor at several European universities and currently holds membership roles within several international arbitration bodies, including the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. 

José María Pérez, a Partner at Bredin Prat, is recognised for his dual expertise in corporate law and international arbitration, boasting over 20 years of cross-border transactional work, with a specialisation in post-M&A and complex shareholder disputes. His arbitration experience is extensive, involving counsel roles in commercial and investment disputes, and frequent appointments as arbitrator in numerous institutional and ad hoc proceedings. Mr Pérez’s legal work spans a broad array of industries, including distribution, telecommunications, banking and finance, construction, infrastructure, public works, public transport, energy, natural resources and mining. 

Roland Ziadé is Global Co-Head of International Arbitration at Linklaters and a member of the Paris, New York and Beirut Bars. He acts as counsel in both commercial and investment arbitration cases and has acted as an arbitrator in approximately 50 arbitral proceedings. His experience covers complex, high-value disputes. Mr Ziadé was a member of the ICC Court from 2009 to 2018 and teaches arbitration at Paris Saclay University, Paris II (Assas) University, and Sciences Po. He holds an LLM from Harvard Law School as well as postgraduate degrees from Assas and Sorbonne University. 

On the new appointments, Director of the ICC Institute of World Business Law Sybille de Rosny-Schwebel said: 

“We are proud to see the enthusiasm and motivation of our new Council members. Their diverse geographical academic backgrounds and legal experience will further develop the Institute’s mission to foster the development of international business law and arbitration.” 

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