The International Arbitration and Enforcement Forum 2025 - 2nd Annual

Katrina is a senior associate in Allen & Overy’s International Arbitration and Public International Law team. She has acted for a range of State clients in cross-border investment-treaty and commercial arbitrations under the ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICC, CIArb and SIAC rules. Before joining Allen & Overy, she studied Law at the University of Cambridge and French Law at the Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), and worked as a legal advisor to the Legal Affairs, Disarmament and Terrorism Committees at the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, New York. 

Her State clients in investment treaty claims have included the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Republic of Slovenia.

She has also acted on enforcement and challenge proceedings before the UK courts, including defending enforcement proceedings against a State on the basis of sovereign immunity.  

Pavini Emiko Singh is a dual qualified partner in White & Case's Dispute Resolution group based in London, whose practice focuses on international arbitration.

Emiko has a broad range of experience representing states, companies, and individuals on high value cross-border arbitrations under the LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL Rules. She has represented clients in the energy, construction, financial services and regulatory sectors on matters ranging from shareholders' and financial services disputes to investor-State disputes.

Emiko also has substantial experience with advising and representing corporate and financial services clients before the English courts, particularly in relation to the challenge and enforcement of arbitral awards arising out of investor-state and commercial disputes.

Stuart is the Global co-head of our international arbitration practice.

Stuart has drafted complex choice of law clauses and multi-tier and multi-party arbitration and jurisdiction agreements for many transactions, including multi-million dollar M&A deals and international oil and gas projects in the Middle East, Nigeria, India and South America.

Stuart has conducted arbitrations under both common law and civil law in England, mainland Europe (including Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic), the Middle East, Africa and Australia. He has acted for and against parties from the UK, mainland Europe, Central Europe, Asia, North and South America, Australia and Africa.

Alejandro has 20 years of dispute resolution experience. His practice focuses on international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration. Alejandro is recognised as a “global leader” in international arbitration (Who’s Who Legal) and a leading directory describes him as a “brilliant mind [who] always finds a way around a problem”.

Jonathan Lim is a triple-qualified English solicitor, Singapore advocate, and New York lawyer with a focus on complex international disputes. He has a broad practice representing clients in all types of commercial and investment treaty arbitrations seated in common law and civil law jurisdictions worldwide, including England, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Brazil, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. His experience also includes ad hoc and institutional arbitrations under the rules of the HKIAC, ICC, ICDR, LCIA, PCA, SIAC, UNCITRAL, and others. He has represented both private sector and government clients in the aerospace, construction, energy, financial services, insurance, telecommunications, technology, and retail sectors, among others. Mr Lim has also worked on WTO dispute settlement matters and advised international organisations and governments in Africa and Asia on public international law issues.