The International Arbitration and Enforcement Forum 2024

Covering developing issues in International Arbitration and Enforcement through a

diverse and practical lens.

8th October 2024 | Central London

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Trevor Mascarenhas
Partner
PCB Byrne

Recognised as one of the leading dispute resolution lawyers of his generation, Trevor brings his extensive legal knowledge and shrewd analysis to bear for clients in highly-complex matters across various jurisdictions.

A thought leader and a ‘distinguished name in the English litigation market’, Trevor was awarded 2019’s Client Choice Award for Arbitration and ADR in the UK. Surveying senior corporate council only, this award recognised Trevor’s exemplary client service and his ability to add real value to clients’ businesses – above and beyond other players in the market.

He has been lauded by Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal for commercial litigation, banking litigation, civil fraud, asset recovery and his experience in co-ordinating proceedings in several jurisdictions, particularly in relation to injunctive relief.


Trevor Mascarenhas
Trevor Mascarenhas Partner
PCB Byrne
Emiko Singh
Associate
White & Case

Emiko Singh
Emiko Singh Associate
White & Case
Noor Kadhim
Founder and Principal
Kadhims

Noor Kadhim is a Solicitor Advocate of the English Courts, with 15 years’ experience in international dispute resolution. She has First Class (Undergraduate Honours and Masters level) degrees in the areas of Law, French, and International Dispute Settlement. Her areas of focus are commercial and investment arbitration, litigation financing, art and cultural heritage law, and international law.

Noor has established her legal consultancy, Kadhims, with global clients on matters ranging from representing individuals to States and State entities, in high value investor-State actions in the projects or financial sectors. Having worked for international law firms in London, Paris, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Noor is well versed in international law and cross-border disputes, notably those in the French and Arab-speaking regions of the world and those with a civil law element. In addition, Noor has in-house experience at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris (ICC) where she worked as Deputy Counsel in the Eastern Mediterranean team, and at a global litigation fund, Vannin Capital (now part of the Fortress Group). She currently advises Axia Funder on cases for funding.

 


Noor Kadhim
Noor Kadhim Founder and Principal
Kadhims
Abdul Azeem s/o Abdul Samad
Senior Associate
Dechert

Abdul Azeem s/o Abdul Samad
Abdul Azeem s/o Abdul Samad Senior Associate
Dechert
Egishe Dzhazoyan
Partner
King & Spalding

Egishe Dzhazoyan
Egishe Dzhazoyan Partner
King & Spalding
Professor Emilia Onyema
Professor of International Commercial Law
SOAS University of London

Emilia Onyema is a Professor of International Commercial Law at SOAS University of London where she teaches international commercial arbitration, international investment law and commercial law in a global context. She is qualified to practice law in Nigeria, as a Solicitor in England & Wales, Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and independent arbitrator. She is a member of the Cairo Regional CICA Advisory Committee, LACIAC Court member, among others. She convenes the SOAS Arbitration in Africa conference series and leads the SOAS Arbitration in Africa biennial survey research project; she co-authored the African Promise and founded the Arbitration Fund for African Students (AFAS) a registered charitable organisation in England. Her research interests focus on the development of international arbitration in Africa and the engagement of Africans in international arbitration. She publishes widely in her areas of expertise. She has experience as presiding, co and sole arbitrator, and acts as legal expert witness in international arbitration.


Professor Emilia Onyema
Professor Emilia Onyema Professor of International Commercial Law
SOAS University of London
Katrina Limond
Senior Associate
Allen & Overy

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.  


Katrina Limond
Katrina Limond Senior Associate
Allen & Overy
Alejandro Escobar
Partner, Practice Group Chair - Public International Law
Baker Botts

Alejandro Escobar
Alejandro Escobar Partner, Practice Group Chair - Public International Law
Baker Botts
Tatiana Menshenina
Partner
Withers

Tatiana is a partner in the litigation and arbitration team at Withersworldwide and focuses on disputes involving the CIS.

She is an experienced commercial litigator, working on both court cases and arbitrations, with market-leading experience in complex cross-border disputes. She has worked on a range of high profile cases for both corporates and high net worth individuals. Some recent individual instructions include representing a Lichtenstein foundation in discharge of Receivership Order application (in both High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings), representing a state-owned company in a multi-jurisdictional construction dispute in the ICC arbitration claim, acting for a company in arbitration claim challenging $72 million LCIA Award and representing a shareholder in an LCIA dispute and a related application for injunction in the High Court.

Tatiana qualified as a Solicitor – Advocate with Higher Rights of Audience, Civil Proceedings (England and Wales). She is also qualified as a Russian Advocate and was called to the Moscow City Bar in 2002.


Tatiana Menshenina
Tatiana Menshenina Partner
Withers
Hinesh Shah
Senior Associate Forensic Accountant
Pinsent Masons

Hinesh Shah is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and joined the Pinsent Masons forensic accounting team in February 2019 where he specialises in investigations and financial crime, with a particular focus on the rapidly evolving realm of cryptocurrency.

Hinesh has a wealth of experience in leading high-profile investigations and reviews across Europe and the Middle East. He has cultivated a deep understanding of the financial and legal intricacies associated with fraud, anti-money laundering, bribery and corruption, accounting irregularities, whistle-blower allegations, market abuse, and regulatory inquiries. Recognizing the profound impact of cryptocurrencies on the global financial landscape, Hinesh has honed his expertise in crypto-related investigations across both civil and criminal matters and he is also regularly cited in articles on the topic of crypto-fraud.


Hinesh Shah
Hinesh Shah Senior Associate Forensic Accountant
Pinsent Masons

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