Simon Bianchi re-joined LALIVE in 2022 as an associate. His main area of practice is international commercial and investment arbitration involving a variety of sectors. He has acted as counsel in numerous arbitration proceedings under various procedural rules, including the ICC Rules, UNCITRAL Rules, LCIA Rules, and Swiss Rules. Simon Bianchi holds an LL.M. from Columbia University Law School (2022). He is admitted to the Geneva Bar.

Maria Irene works since December 2019 as in-house counsel for the international affairs of Webuild S.p.A. (former Salini Impregilo S.p.A.), mainly focusing on the international disputes and arbitrations of the major Italian construction group. She previously worked as Deputy Counsel of the Swiss-Italian Team of the ICC Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration (May 2017 – December 2019). She is co-founder and vice-president of YPCP (Young Practitioners of Construction in Paris), co-founder and former co-chair of AIA-ArbIt-below40 (the Italian below-40 association for arbitration). She is admitted to the Milan Bar and to the Paris Bar.

Nikos Lavranos is an expert in investment law and arbitration and acts as arbitrator, mediator and counsel. He is founder of NL-Investmentconsulting, Secretary General of EFILA, Partner at Herrevel van den Hurk & Partner, guest professor at the Free University Brussels.