Kateryna is Ciarb’s Arbitration Professional Practice Manager. Before joining Ciarb Kateryna trained with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and practiced litigation with Integrites in Kyiv, Ukraine. Kateryna holds an LL.M in comparative and international dispute resolution from Queen Mary University of London and an LL.M in international trade regulation from the Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, where she also obtained an LL.B in international private law. Kateryna is responsible for maintaining the research strategy that contributes towards Ciarb objectives concerning the use of alternative dispute resolution. She is, in particular, a co-author of the Ciarb Guidance Note on Remote Dispute Resolution Proceedings, Ciarb Framework Guideline on the Use of Technology in International Arbitration and acts as the lead UNCITRAL Working Group II (Dispute Settlement) delegate.

Eimear is a former lawyer, with 11 years of experience working in contentious sectors.  Currently Commercial Director at TrialView, an AI-driven litigation workspace, Eimear is a legal writer and a visiting lecturer at BPP, where she teaches legal tech and innovation.

Alexandre Vagenheim is VP of Global Legal Data at Jus Mundi where he leads the company’s data strategy. Alexandre focus also on extending Jus Mundi’s institutional relations and database to all areas of international law. Alexandre is leading Jus Mundi’s transformation into a mission-led company. Alexandre is a French qualified international arbitration and environmental lawyer. He regularly advises and participates in NGO's environmental litigations and has been assisting companies in various aspects of their Environment and Social Governance.

Kiran Nasir Gore is an arbitrator, dispute resolution consultant, and counsel in Washington, DC with fifteen years of experience in public and private international law, international development, foreign investment strategies, international dispute resolution, and legal investigation and compliance efforts.

Kiran draws upon her expertise as an educator in the International and Comparative Law Program at The George Washington University Law School. In Spring 2022, she was invited to develop and teach a new course for GW Law called The Global Economy & International Disputes. The course launched with enrolment exceeding capacity and received glowing reviews.

She is co-editor and co-author of two new books: The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in Investor-State Disputes: History, Evolution, and Future (Kluwer, 2022) and International Investment Law and Investor-State Disputes in Central Asia: Emerging Issues (Kluwer, 2023). She is also a member of the ICC's Task Force on ADR and Arbitration. She recently launched an online newsletter, Law & Global (Dis)Order, which analyses issues at the intersection of international law, dispute resolution, business and technology - it has several thousand subscribers in over 30 different countries.

William Dunning is a supervising associate in Simmons & Simmons’ Disputes & Investigations team in London. He regularly acts for clients on complex commercial disputes and regulatory investigations across a range of sectors and jurisdictions, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence (AI), technology and energy matters.

William is a member of the firm’s Cross-Border Arbitration Group and has experience advising and representing clients in arbitration under the LCIA, ICC, HKIAC, SIAC and UNCITRAL rules, as well as in various arbitration-related court applications. He is a qualified Solicitor Advocate (Higher Rights Civil).

William is also a member of the firm’s AI Group and routinely advises major tech companies and financial institutions on AI regulatory issues. He has published numerous articles and book chapters, and speaks regularly, on legal and regulatory issues relating to AI. His publications include contributions to ‘Artificial Intelligence - Law and Regulation’ (Edward Elgar, 2022) and ‘Artificial Intelligence in Finance - Challenges, Opportunities and Regulatory Developments’ (Edward Elgar, 2023).

Professor Maxi Scherer is a Special Counsel at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in London and a Professor of Law at Queen Mary University of London, where she holds the Chair for International Arbitration, Dispute Resolution and Energy Law.  She has practiced international arbitration for over 20 years and represented clients, served as arbitrator or legal expert in more than 140 commercial and investor-state arbitrations.  She is a Vice-President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), a member of the Governing Body of International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), a co-chair of the IBA Arbitration Rules and Guidelines Committee and holds many other public appointments and commissions of trust, including being a member of the panel of arbitrators (ICSID).  Maxi is regularly ranked by Who’s Who Legal, Chambers, The Legal 500, BestLawyer etc. as leading arbitration practitioner and, since 2019, included in the selective highest category of “Global Elite Thought Leaders” in the field. Peers describe her as “first-rate name [who] combines strong judgement with a calm and controlled manner” and “one of the very best in both commercial and investment arbitration proceedings.” She is the General Editor of the Kluwer Journal of International Arbitration and has received the GAR Award for Best Speech/Lecture in 2018 and the one for Best Prepared Arbitrator in 2022.