Regional Committees

The Campaign for Greener Arbitrations has eight regional committees who all work towards raising awareness, education, and achieving concrete action from stakeholders and supporters in their specific regions. Use the tabs below to view each committee’s members.

Africa

  • Stephanie Mbonu

    Freshfields

    Co-Chair

  • Abayomi Okubote

    Africa Arbitration Academy

    Co-Chair

  • Dr. Sylvie Bebohi Ebongo

    Association for the promotion of Arbitration in Africa, HBE AVOCATS

    Vice-Chair

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Members

  • Adam Shalakany (Shalakany) Egypt

  • Affef Ben Mansour (Aben Mansour) Tunisia

  • Amine Hajji (Hajji & Associes) Morocco

  • Arnuad Oulepo (Legal Counsel) Ivory Coast

  • Cherine Foty (Covington & Burling) United States

  • Des Williams (Werksmans) South Africa

  • Dimetrio Manjate (Filipe Sitoi Law Firm) Mozambique

  • Jackwell Ferris (Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) South Africa

  • Jonathan Barnes (Bowmans)  South Africa

  • Kenneth Ohene-Manu (ACIArb) Ghana

  • Madeleine Kimei (IResolve) Tanzania

  • Mahamat Atteib (Geni & Kebe Lawyers) Senegal

  • May El Shaarawy (Matouk Bassiouny) Egypt

  • Mohamed H Negm (State Counsel,Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority, Ministry of Justice) Egypt

  • Nania Owusu-Ankomah (CIArb) Ghana

  • Nelson Jeque (BAT) Mozambique

  • Svetlana Vasileva (AFSA) South Africa

  • Titilope Sinmi-Adetona (LACIAC) Nigeria

  • Vincent Manko (Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) South Africa

Asia Pacific

  • Rebecca James

    Linklaters

    Co-Chair

  • Tse Wei Lim

    Herbert Smith Freehills

    Co-Chair

  • Anna Kirk

    Bankside Chambers

    Co-Chair

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Members

  • Nicholas Turner, Pinsent Masons (Hong Kong)

  • Holly Blackwell, King Wood Mallesons (Shanghai)

  • James Kwan, Hogan Lovells (Hong Kong)

  • Caroline Swartz-Zern, ACICA (Australia)

  • Louise Wong, HKIAC (Hong Kong)

  • Marnie Shaw, HKIAC (Hong Kong)

  • Katie-Beth Jones (Australia)

  • Tony Nguyen (Vietnam)

  • Rajesh Sharma (Melbourne)

  • Mingchao Fan (China)

  • Chloe Vialard (Singapore)

  • Dimitrios Katsikis (Singapore)

Caribbean

  • Dancia Penn

    33 Bedford Row

    Co-Chair

  • Tanya Goddard

    Arbitration and Mediation Court of the Caribbean

    Co-Chair

  • Nicolette Gardiner

    Arbitror Consultancy Services

    Co-Chair

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Members coming soon

Europe

  • Andrew Mackenzie

    Scottish Arbitration Centre

    Co-Chair

  • Monika Diehl

    Clifford Chance / Lewiatan Court of Arbitration

    Co-Chair

  • Laura Halonen

    Wagner Arbitration

    Co-Chair

  • Olga Dementyeva

    Herbert Smith Freehills

    Secretary

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Members

  • Gina Gioia, Università degli Studi della Tuscia , Italy

  • Sokol Elmazaj, Boga & Associates, Albania

  • Iuliana Iancu, Hanotiau & van den Berg, Belgium

  • Ruadhan Kenny, Matheson, Ireland

  • Denis Parchajev, Motieka & Audzevicius, Lithuania

  • Alicja Zielińska-Eisen, Queritius, Germany

  • Sorina Olaru, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, Romania

  • Cecilia Darrell, Volvo Trucks, Sweden

  • Alexandru Stan, Popovici Nițu Stoica & Asociații, Romania

  • Valentina Wong, Wolf Theiss, Austria

  • Ivalyo Dimitrov, Omnia Strategy LLP, England & Wales

  • François-Xavier Mirza, Addleshaw Goddard, France

  • Charlotte Matthews, Hanefeld, France

  • Christina Petra Grigoriadou, Moussas Partners, Greece

  • Stefano Catelani, Calimala Legal, Italy

  • Luisa Cassar Pullicino, Ganado, Malta

  • Alveen Shirinyans, CPR Institute, France

  • Dmitry Kaysin, Rybalkin Gortsunyan & Partners, Russia

  • Maja Menard,Fatur & Menard, Slovenia

  • Andreas Schregenberger, Gabriel Arbitration, Switzerland

  • Malcolm Robach, Mannheimer Swartling, Sweden

  • Javier Íscar de Hoyos, Asociación Europea de Arbitraje, Spain

  • Jamie Harrison, London Court of International Arbitration, England & Wales

  • Amanda Neil, Freshfields, Austria

  • Stavros Pavlou, Patrikios Pavlou & Associates LLP, Cyprus

  • Gábor Damjanovic, Forgó, Damjanovic & Partners, Hungary

  • Michael Nueber, Gasser Partner, Liechtenstein

  • Sorin Dolea, Dolea & Co, Austria

  • Erlend Haaskjold, Schjødt, Norway

  • Leonor van Lelyveld, Miranda & Associates, Portugal

  • Ekaterina Piskunovich, Russian Arbitration Center, Russia

  • Paloma Carrasco García, B. Cremades y Asociados, Spain

  • Vasylyna Odnorih, Vasil Kisil & Partners, Ukraine

  • Damian Hickman, IDRC, England & Wales

  • Toni Nogolica, Nogolica & Partneri, Croatia

India

  • Vishwam Jindal

    Webnyay

    Co-Chair

  • Kamala Naganand

    Aarna Law

    Co-Chair

  • Abinash Barik

    Finvest Legal

    Co-Chair

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Members coming soon

Latin America

  • Patricia Albuquerque

    MAMG Advogados

    Co-Chair

  • Sofia Galindo

    Adell & Merizalde

    Co-Chair

  • Liliana Veru Torres

    Veru Torres & Partners

    Co-Chair

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Members

  • Natalia Zibibbo, Freshfields, United States

  • Ignacio Tasende, Ferrere Abogados, Uruguay

  • Federico Achard Brito del Pino, Ferrere Abogados, Uruguay

  • Daniela Guzmán, Arbitration Centre of The Chamber of Industry, Commerce and Services of Cochabamba, Bolivia

  • Humberto Saenz Marinero, Novis Estudio Legal, El Salvador

  • Joana Holzmeister e Castro, Lefosse Advogados, Brazil

  • Caiã Lopes Caramori, MAMG Advogados, Brazil

  • Emilia Grijalva Reyes, Centro de Arbitraje y Mediadión Cámara de Comercio, Ecuador

  • Laura Denise Jaroslavsky Consoli, Argentina Very Young Arbitration Practitioners, Argentina

  • Roger Rubio, Court of Arbitration of the International Arbitration Center
    of AmCham Peru, Peru

  • José Antonio Moreno, Altra Legal, Paraguay

  • Pedro Ramirez, Freshfields, United States

  • Patricia Kobayashi, Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada (CAM-CCBC), Brazil

  • Adriana Vaamonde Marcano, Independent International Arbitrator, Venezuela

  • Claudia Benavides, Baker & McKenzie, Colombia

  • Andres Larrea Savinovich, SIAC, Ecuador

  • Eric Franco, Engie, Peru

  • Kevin Alarcon, Baxel Consultores, Peru

  • Rodrigo Zamora E, Galicia Abogados, Mexico

  • Karima Sauma, DJ Abogados, Costa Rica

  • Augusta Vezzani Diebold, Cescon Barrieu Advogados, Brazil

  • Fabio Elias, CONEXIG, Brazil

  • Letícia Baddauy, Arbitration and Mediation Chamber of the Industries Federation of Paraná, Brazil

MENA

  • Pamela McDonald

    Pinsent Masons

    Co-Chair

  • Hamza Nizam Kazi

    Jaffer

    Co-Chair

  • Nicholas Tse

    Alem & Associates

    Co-Chair

  • Amin Ameer

    Pinsent Masons

    Co-Chair

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Members coming soon

North America

  • Olivier Andre

    Freshfields

    Co-Chair

  • Glenn Gibson

    BLG

    Co-Chair

  • Adam Weir

    Freshfields

    Secretary

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Members

  • Brian Briz, Partner Holland & Knight LLP

  • Chris Campbell, Senior Counsel, Baker Hughes

  • Bill Crosby, Senior Vice-President, Associate General Counsel and Managing Attorney, Interpublic Group

  • Eleanor Dennis, Associate, Baker McKenzie LLP

  • Kabir Duggal, Senior International Arbitration Advisor, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

  • Christine Falcicchio, Founder, Sopra Legal

  • Adwoa Ghartey-Tagoe Seymour, Vice President Litigation, Albertsons Companies, Inc.

  • Christopher Gibson, Professor of Law & Director, ADR Program, Suffolk University Law School

  • Jennifer Glasser, Partner, White & Case

  • Jill Gross, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University

  • Doug Harrison, Independent Arbitrator

  • Sherman Humphrey, Senior Global Practice Manager, JAMS

  • Barry Leon, Independent Arbitrator, Arbitration Place

  • Mia Levi, Vice President of Global Development for Dispute Resolution Services, CPR

  • Dana MacGrath, President, MacGrath Arbitration

  • Tamar Meshel, Associate Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law

  • Alexandra Mitretodis, Partner, Fasken

  • Lee Rovinescu, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

  • Rekha Rangachari, Executive Director, New York International Arbitration Center

  • Natalí Sequeira, Team Leader/Legal Counsel, ICSID

  • Eve Perez Torres, Senior Attorney, International Legal & Regulatory Affairs, FedEx Logistics, Inc.

  • Ana Ulseth, Associate, Reed Smith

  • Adriana Uson, Director & Head (Americas), Singapore International Arbitration Centre

  • Jeffrey Zaino, Vice President, AAA-ICDR