YOUNG INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION GROUP

The Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) is an association of arbitration lawyers, sponsored by the LCIA to exchange views on, and to debate, topical issues in international commercial arbitration. Membership of the group is open to arbitration practitioners aged 40 and under. The group holds three symposia a year at venues throughout the world, providing opportunities for debate, discussion and networking.

Symposia have been held in London, Paris, New York, Dusseldorf, Barcelona, Hong Kong, The Hague, Vienna, Miami, Brussels, Hampshire (England), Sydney, Geneva and Singapore.

Membership of YIAG is free of charge and YIAG continues to attract new members at a steady pace. There are now over 1,900 members from more than 80 countries including: Australia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, India, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia and Singapore.

The Group is co-chaired by Kate Davies, Amir Ghaffari, Andy Moody and Marie Stoyanov.

Kate is a Senior Associate in WilmerHale's International Arbitration Practice Group. Her practice includes representation in both private and public international law disputes cited in both common and civil law jurisdictions under all of the major arbitration rules. Her private international law work covers arbitrations in a wide range of industries (energy, oil and gas, construction, telecommunications, insurance), while her public international law work includes representation in investment treaty and boundary disputes.

Amir is qualified as an English Solicitor-Advocate and is a Senior Associate at Herbert Smith LLP, based in the Dubai office since 2008. Amir has acted as counsel in international commercial arbitrations administered under several international arbitral institutions (including the LCIA, ICC, AAA, DIAC and NAI), as well as in ad hoc proceedings. He has also represented governments, international corporations and private clients in cross-border disputes, criminal investigations and in complex litigation. His clients range across sectors as diverse as investment banking, aviation, oil and gas, engineering, telecommunications and aerospace and defence. Amir served as a Judicial Assistant to The Rt Hon The Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, in the English Court of Appeal in 2002. Amir is fluent in English and Farsi.

Andy is an English solicitor with dual American and British nationality. He is a Senior Associate in McDermott Will & Emery's International Disputes Group and has been involved in a large number of international disputes including both investment treaty and commercial arbitrations. His experience includes both ad hoc and administered international arbitrations, ones governed by various procedural and substantive laws, and he has advised on arbitrations subject to the LCIA, ICSID, ICC and UNCITRAL rules.

Marie is an associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. Marie represents clients in commercial and treaty investment arbitrations before the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. She has advised clients in a variety of industries, including oil and gas and telecommunications. Marie speaks French, English and German.

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New Regional Representatives for YIAG

(April 2006)

The LCIA is delighted to announce that the following Regional Representatives were appointed in February 2006 for a three-year term:

Africa Adesina Salawu Aluko & Oyebode
	Central America & Latin America Portuguese speaking jurisdictions Luiz Claudio Aboim Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Central America & Latin America Spanish speaking jurisdictions Sofia Gomez Ruano Gonzalez Calvillo SC
	Eastern Europe/Russia and CIS Eastern Europe Barbara Steindl Torggler Rechtsanwalts-GmbH
Eastern Europe/Russia and CIS CIS Vladimir Khvalei Baker & McKenzie
	Middle East Laila El Shentenawi Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
North America Canada Martin Valasek Ogilvy Renault LLP
	North America USA Rachel Kent Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
South East Asia and the Far East South East Asia Yu Jin Tay Shearman & Sterling
	South East Asia and the Far East Far East Enrique dela Cruz University of Santo Tomas

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