About Us

The Moot Alumni Association of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (the “MAA”) was established in 1997 during the 3rd Willem C. Vis Moot Competition in Vienna. The MAA started with a handful of academics, students, and professionals and has expanded to over 5,000 members and continues to grow every year.

The purpose of the establishment of the MAA is to form an association to promote the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (“Vis Moot”) and the Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot (“Vis East”) and to achieve its goals of educating the general public on the topics of international arbitration and international trade law.

The MAA also preserves and strengthens ties among former, current, and future participants (students, academics and professionals alike) of the Vis Moot and Vis East worldwide, establishing an international network that facilitates the continuing exchange of professional, social, and cultural experiences amongst members.

People.

Executive Board

Ipek Ince

Co-President

Dr. Navin G. Ahuja

Co-President

Dr. Christian Johannes Wahnschaffe

Vice President

Evanthia Kasiora

Vice President

Peter Riznik

Vice President

Sherlin Tung

Vice President (for transitional purposes)

Anne Wang

Secretary

China Project Team

Alice Wang

Chair

Wenru Rui

Vice Chair

Haowen (Daisy) Chen

Team Member

Qihao Wu

Team Member

Compliance Team

Božo Čović

Compliance Officer

Lukas Petschning

Compliance Officer

Mick Henry Wiegenstein

Compliance Officer

Conferences & Events Team

Misra Yalcin

Co-Chair for Conferences (Vienna)

Sanjana Sachdev

Co-Chair for Conferences (Hong Kong)

Fernanda Nemr

Co-Chair for Events (Vienna)

Atta Chiu

Co-Chair for Events (Hong Kong)

Arijit Sanyal

Vice Chair for Webinars

Alan Sham

Team Member

Ana Paula Delgado Fadel

Team Member

Angela Zhang

Team Member

Ankita Rajiv Agrawal

Team Member

Arda Ataoğuz

Team Member

Giulio Francesco Angius

Team Member

Lucy Li

Team Member

Salih Kartal

Team Member

Vera Bykova

Team Member

Wanyan Pan Jiang

Team Member

Diversity & Inclusion Team

Alveen Shirinyans

Chair

Ugochi Peace Nwosu

Vice Chair

Kate Metzer

Team Member

Nitsa Siradze

Team Member

International Liaisons Team

Karina Sibilska

Chair

Aaron Tan

Team Member

Selin Özgören

Team Member

Media Team

Carolina Kresch

Co-Chair

Margarita Drobyshevskaia

Co-Chair

Aisha Bamahriz

Vice Chair

Bersun Dikici

Team Member

Bora Arifi

Team Member

Mevlüt Ali Deveci

Team Member

Nina Rasljanin

Team Member

Mentor-Mentee Team

Emily Feigel

Chair

Alexandra Witting

Team Member

Suit Myat Htet

Team Member

Vanshika Maan

Team Member

Regional Representatives Team

Rupesh Gupta

Co-Chair

Vitória Kreutz Werle

Co-Chair

Abdalla Zaher

Team Member

Aitizaz Asher

Team Member

Alejandra Carolina Huaman Cabrera

Team Member

Chiara Azzaroni

Team Member

Emmy Edwards

Team Member

Leanne Marie Torrato

Team Member

Milica Lopandić

Team Member

Nodirkhon Malikov

Team Member

Priya Conrad

Team Member

Sarah Fait

Team Member

Selin Defne Serter

Team Member

Sushma Bhandari

Team Member

Youb Webisa

Team Member

Zahra Maleki

Team Member

Vindobona Journal Team

Derya Durlu Gurzumar

Senior Editor-in-Chief

Julian Juhasz

Editor-in-Chief

Shu Zhang

Editor-in-Chief

Jessica Rado

Administrative Editor

Marco Bottin

Administrative Editor

Mia Timpano

Administrative Editor

Adrian Manuel König

Technical Editor

Daniela-Olivia Ghicajanu

Technical Editor

Daria Shylova

Technical Editor

Inma Conde

Technical Editor

Johannes Abrell

Technical Editor

Rinat Gareev

Technical Editor

Se Won Park

Technical Editor

Advisory Board.

The MAA is grateful for the advice and guidance that it receives from the members of its Advisory Board consisting of the following members:

Ms. Louise Barrington, JD, LLM, FCIArb (Chartered)
Mr. Arno Eisen
Mr. Björn Gehle
Professor Dr. Christopher Kee
Professor Dr. Stefan Kröll
Ms. Patrizia Netal
Professor Dr. Ulrich Schroeter
Dr. Patricia Shaughnessy
Mr. Tobias A. Strecker
Professor Jeff Waincymer
Professor Eric E. Bergsten (in memoriam)

Legal Information.

The website maa.net is owned and operated by the “Alumni Association of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot” (MAA).The MAA is a non-profit association (“eingetragener Verein”), established and existing under the laws of the Republic of Austria, registered with the competent Austrian authority at the Federal Police, District Vienna (“Bundespolizeidirektion Weien”) with its registered address at Semperit AG Holdings, Attn: Sherlin Tung, Modecenterstrasse 22, 1030 Vienna, Austria, and registry number ZVR 563556309. A registry excerpt can be obtained online from the Central Registry of Associations (“Zentrales Vereinsregister”) maintained by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Internal Affairs at https://zvr.bmi.gv.at/

The MAA is represented by the members of the Executive Board listed HERE.

A courtesy English translation of the MAA’s Articles of Association can be accessed HERE.

The German version of the MAA’s Articles of Association can be accessed HERE.

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Ipek Ince

Ipek has been working at Gedik & Eraksoy in their arbitration and litigation department for the past five years. She is the founder of Istanbul Very Young Arbitration Practitioners, holds a position on the board of the Young Istanbul Arbitration Week, co-organizer of ArbinBrief, and acts as the Turkey representative for the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations.

Navin Ahuja

Dr. Navin G. Ahuja is the author of the book “Taming the Guerrilla in International Commercial Arbitration: Levelling the Playing Field”, endorsed by well-known academics and practitioners in the field of international arbitration.

Having earned his doctorate focusing on guerrilla tactics in international commercial arbitration, Navin is appointed to the Presidential Panel of Arbitrators of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR), an empanelled arbitrator with the Hainan International Arbitration Court (HIAC), and is an accredited tribunal secretary at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC).

He is an editorial board member of the International Arbitration Law Review and has delivered several guest lectures and contributed to multiple publications. These include international arbitration and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).

Navin has coached teams for the Vis Moot achieving incredible success.

As an accredited general mediator, he has tutored participants aspiring to become accredited mediators.

After amassing nearly two decades of experience in the international sale of goods and manufacturing sector, he successfully achieved his goals before transitioning into a career in law.

Dr. Christian Johannes Wahnschaffe

Dr. Christian Johannes Wahnschaffe is a law clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, Germany. His clerkship includes stages at Hanefeld and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. After graduating in 2018, he served as Director of the Karina und Erich Schumann Centre for Advanced International Legal Studies at the University of Münster, Germany. In 2023, he obtained his doctorate in law with a thesis on institutional arbitration at the University of Münster, Germany. His published research focuses on international sales law and contract law as well as commercial and investment arbitration. He acts as Editorial Reviewer for the Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration. Before serving as Vice President of the Executive Board, he was Compliance Officer and Regional Representative of the Moot Alumni Association.

Evanthia Kasiora

Evanthia is an Associate in the international arbitration practice of White & Case in Paris. She holds an LLB and LLM in Civil Procedural Law from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an LLM in International Business Law from the London School of Economics. Prior to relocating to Paris, Evanthia trained and worked in litigation and arbitration in Greece and the UK. She is qualified in Greece and registered as an EU lawyer with the Paris Bar.

Evanthia participated in the Vis Moot in 2017-2018 and has since been actively involved as a coach and arbitrator. Prior to joining the MAA Executive Board, she was the Co-Chair of the MAA’s Mentor-Mentee Programme.

Peter Riznik

Peter is an arbitrator in independent practice based in Vienna, Austria. With extensive experience serving as arbitrator, tribunal secretary, and counsel, Peter has participated in commercial and investment arbitrations conducted under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, VIAC, SCC, Ljubljana Arbitration Centre, Finnish Arbitration Institute, and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.

In the past, Peter was active in private practice, as a full-time tribunal secretary, in an arbitral institution as well as in UN-organizations, including on international commercial law and the law of outer space. He is one of the founders and a board member of ArbCEE, the Arbitration Association of Central and Eastern Europe, a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and its task force on combating corruption. He is also active in academia and regularly lectures on arbitration and CISG. As a Slovenian national, he has particular expertise in the Central-European and Central-Eastern European markets.

Sherlin Tung

Sherlin was previously President of the MAA and is currently a Vice President of the MAA for transitional purposes. She is also the Director, CEO of the Vis East Moot.

Sherlin is a Partner in the International Arbitration & Litigation Practice at Withersworldwide and based in Hong Kong. With over a dozen years of experience, Sherlin specializes in cross-border disputes, international commercial arbitration, and multi-jurisdiction litigations. Sherlin speaks regularly and guest lectures on topics involving international arbitration and trade law worldwide. In addition to private counsel work, Sherlin also sits as an arbitrator in international arbitration matters.

During law school, Sherlin competed in the 16th Vis Moot in Vienna and she has been actively involved with the Vis Moots since.

Anne Wang

Anne Wang is an Australian qualified lawyer. She has worked in Sydney, Hong Kong and London, and has experience in international arbitration as counsel, tribunal secretary and at an arbitral institution. She is a graduate of the University of New South Wales and the University of Oxford. While undertaking an LLB exchange at Stockholm University, she participated in the 27th Vis Moot and has subsequently participated in the moot as an arbitrator. Prior to joining the MAA Executive Board, Anne was Co-Chair of the Mentor-Mentee Team.

Alice Wang

Alice specialises in international arbitration, handling an array of cross-border disputes. She possesses extensive experience in advising on large-scale infrastructure and energy projects across the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and South America. Alice adeptly represents parties in arbitration proceedings under the auspices of major arbitral institutions and offers expert guidance and representation in pre-arbitration dispute resolutions.

Wenru Rui

Ms. Wenru Rui is a Law and Business Operations Specialist at the transnational electronic design company Altium. She graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law with a Masters degree. Wenru is a former mootie, having participated in the 26th Vis Moot and several Vis Pre-Moots in China. Inspired by the spirit of the Moot, she continued to support the Moot by coaching and organizing moot competitions. From 2020 to 2022, she was a member of the Organizing Committee of the Vis Pre-Moot in Shanghai and promoted the organization of the competition.

She has interned in arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce and the Shanghai Arbitration Commission. She has accumulated experience about the organization of legal seminars, trainings and conferences and has been a part of the MAA’s China Project Team for the last 2 years.

Haowen (Daisy) Chen

Haowen (Daisy) Chen is an associate at Global Law Office (Shanghai) in the field of international and domestic arbitration and litigation. Haowen has qualifications in both PR.C and New York, US.
Haowen represented many well-known domestic and foreign companies in complex commercial litigations and arbitrations involving investment and merger disputes, equity transfer disputes, financial and asset management disputes, etc. Haowen has rich experience in dealing with cases not only before Chinese courts but also in CIETAC, SHIAC, Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SAC), as well as HKIAC, SIAC, SCMA, etc.

Qihao Wu

Qihao Wu is currently pursuing a Juris Master degree at Renmin University of China, specializing in international law. She has actively participated in moot competitions, including the 30th Vis Moot, 20th Vis East Moot, and several pre-moots such as the 20th CIETAC Cup.

Inspired by the spirit of Vis Moot, between 2023 and 2024, Qihao served as the student coach for her law school’s Vis Moot team. In 2024, Qihao enriched her practical knowledge by interning at the CIETAC Arbitration Court, where she gained experience in arbitration procedures and case management.

Božo Čović

Božo currently works as a Compliance and Legal Office at an investment firm in Podgorica, Montenegro. He obtained his bachelor’s degree at the University of Montenegro, where he also completed his master studies in business law in 2023.

Božo was a Vis Moot participant at the 29th Vis Moot and, since last, year he is a coach of the Montenegro Vis Moot team. As a student, he won third place at the “Western Balkans Arbitration Writing Competition” in 2022 for his paper “Arbitration in the post-COVID era: Where do we go next?”.

Lukas Petschning

Lukas is a Junior Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice group of Baker McKenzie.

He holds a degree in law from the University of Vienna and represented the University of Vienna at the 29th Vis Moot. Previously, Lukas has also studied at National Taiwan University in Taipei.

Mick Henry Wiegenstein

Born and raised in the United States, I began my academic career with a bachelor’s degree in German history and politics. Upon graduation, I moved to Germany in 2016 to begin studying law at the University of Heidelberg. Through this experience, I elected to pursue a master’s degree in Political, Economic and Legal Philosophy at the University of Graz.

In Graz, my interest in international arbitration quickly developed as I sought a method for producing binding international decisions on questions typically associated with domestic civil law. It was through this interest that I became involved in the Vis Moot, with a focus on procedural issues. The Moot’s spirit of fostering international and cross-cultural exchange is close to my heart, and it is a pleasure and an honor to aid the MAA with ensuring that the international character of the Vis Moot is compliant with Austrian law.

Misra Yalcin

Mısra was admitted to the Istanbul Bar in 2022 and has been practicing litigation and international arbitration, with a special focus on international trade and maritime disputes. Mısra is an LL.M. candidate in International Commercial Arbitration Law (ICAL) programme at Stockholm University. She participated in the 28th Vis Moot in Vienna and has been coaching teams since then. She has been a member of the Moot Alumni Association (MAA) since 2021.

Sanjana Sachdev

Sanjana is an Indian-qualified lawyer having experience in dispute resolution and arbitration (domestic and international) and is currently an LLM Candidate at Sciences Po Law School, Paris. Before joining the TADS LLM at Sciences Po, she worked with a full-service law firm in New Delhi and independent arbitration experts and has handled various arbitrations and civil litigations for companies in different sectors. She has also represented clients in the construction and infrastructure sector in resolving high-stake disputes in ad-hoc and institutional arbitration. Sanjana has represented her university in various national and international moot court competitions including the prestigious IBA-ICC Moot 2021 and the 29th Vis Moot. Apart from this, Sanjana also holds an Advanced PG Diploma in Alternative Dispute Resolution from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India. She frequently coaches teams for various domestic and international moots, trial advocacy competitions, mediation and negotiation competitions, client counselling competitions and is now actively associated with the Vis Moot community as an arbitrator and coach.

Fernanda Nemr

Fernanda is a dispute resolution lawyer at Muriel Advogados in São Paulo, Brazil. She has a Bachelor’s of Law from the University of São Paulo (USP) and specialized in Energy Law by the Brazilian Energy Law Institute. She is the founder and coordinator of the Brazilian Arbitration and Technology Moot (CoDiTech). Fernanda is also the founder and director of USP’s Arbitration Study and Research Group. Researcher at USP’s Center for Arbitration Research. She represented USP at the Vis Moot in 2019 and 2020 as an oralist, and coached the team in 2021, 2022 and 2023. She also represented USP at the Brazilian Arbitration Moot in 2017 and 2018, and coached the team from 2019 to 2022.

Atta Chiu

Atta Chiu graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) with a Bachelor of Laws in 2023 and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws in 2024. She will be pursuing a Master of Laws at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the 2024-25 academic year.

Atta represented CUHK in the 29th Vis Moot as oralist, finishing in top 16. She also co-coached the CUHK team in the 30th Vis Moot where the team finished top 64.

Atta was a member of the MAA’s Conferences and Events team during the 2023-24 term.

Arijit Sanyal

Arijit is the Vice Chair (Webinars) with the Conferences and Events Team of the Moot Alumni Association for the 2024-25 team. He is an Advocate qualified in India and currently works as an Associate with the International Disputes Team of Skywards Law, New Delhi. He regularly acts for and advises clients from India, Asia-Pacific, Western Europe and South-America in international arbitrations seated across India, UAE, Singapore, Paris, and London administered by the ICC, SIAC, UNCITRAL Rules etc. He has acted for clients in the oil and gas, construction, ESG, high altitude mining and construction, etc. sectors across various forums in India and abroad (through overseas counsels).

He has participated in the 28 and the 29 Vis Moot where his team had received an Honourable Mention for the Claimant Memorandum, and the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot. He has also attended the Paris Arbitration Academy.

Alan Sham

Alan is an associate in the dispute resolution practice at MinterEllison in Hong Kong. He has been part of the MAA Core Team since the 30th Vis Moot and has represented the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the 29th Vis Moot as an oralist. He is also a published author of the Hong Kong Journal of Legal Studies (Volume 15).

Ana Paula Delgado Fadel

Originally from Zurich, Switzerland, Ana Paula Fadel resides now in Brazil and is in her final semester of law school at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná. She has participated in the 30th edition of the Vis Moot as researcher and speaker at the São Paulo CAMCCBC Pre-Moot, and in the 31st Vis Moot as researcher. She is the founder and coach of the moot court competitions team of her university, which has participated in various competitions, including the XIV and XV Brazilian Arbitration Moot in which she represented PUCPR as an oralist and as coach.

Currently, Ana Paula is gaining valuable experience as an intern at Rocha & Rocha Advogados in Londrina, where she focuses mainly on tax law.

Angela Zhang

Angela is a Deputy Counsel at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration’s Hong Kong office, after initially joining the Secretariat’s Singapore office in October 2022. She holds an LLM, with distinction, in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from the National University of Singapore, and an LLB, with first class honours, form King’s College London. Prior to joining the ICC, Angela worked with law firms in Singapore and on a social enterprise she co-founded.

Ankita Rajiv Agrawal

Ankita is an Indian qualified advocate, currently based out of Hong Kong. She is experienced in international commercial arbitration and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb). Ankita has participated in the Vis East Moot as arbitrator.

Arda Ataoğuz

Arda Ataoğuz is a European and International Business Law LL.M. candidate at the University of Vienna. He participated in the 30th and 31st editions of the Vis Moot as a researcher and oralist, representing the Izmir University of Economics.

Ataoğuz has served as a conference and event organizer through his roles in various respectable NGOs, including the European Law Students’ Association, Lions Clubs International, and the Izmir University of Economics Model United Nations Society.

Giulio Francesco Angius

Giulio Francesco Angius is a junior associate in the international arbitration department of De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani in Milan, Italy. Giulio mainly assists clients in domestic and international arbitrations, including ad hoc and institutional proceedings, conducted mainly under the rules of the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) and the Milan Chamber of Arbitration, as well as in various arbitration-related court proceedings, such as in particular procedures for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Italy. Giulio graduated in Law from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy), defending a thesis on interim measures in international commercial arbitration. He took part in the 29th edition of the Vis Moot and has been coaching Bocconi’s team ever since.

Lucy Li

Lucy Li is an attorney-at-law registered at the New York State. She currently practices with King and Wood Mallesons in Hong Kong.

Ms. Li holds B.S. degrees in Economics and Political Science from University of California, Berkeley, J.D. degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and LLM degree from Northwestern University.
As a mootie, Ms. Li participated in the 27th Vis Moot as a member of the Chinese University of Hong Kong team and the 28th Vis Moot as a member of Northwestern University team. She also participated in other international moot competitions such as the Nuremberg Moot Court in 2020. She also helped coordinate moots like the Moot Shanghai in 2021.

Salih Kartal

Salih Kartal is a Turkish qualified attorney-at-law working in the Istanbul office of Çakmak Attorney Partnership. He primarily focuses on M&A projects, corporate law matters and commercial disputes. He is experienced in international commercial arbitration and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb). He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 2018.

Vera Bykova

Vera is an International Disputes Lawyer based in Geneva, Switzerland.

She is qualified as a Solicitor of England & Wales and holds an LLM in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS).

She has experience in investment, commercial and sports arbitration, as well as in maritime law.

Vera believes that nothing is more gratifying than sharing knowledge with the new generation of bright lawyers: she is coaching the Vis Moot team of the Université de Fribourg – Universität Freiburg. In her law school years, Vera was part of the teams that reached the Quarter-Finals of Philip C. Jessup and FDI moot courts, as well as the team that became the winners of the Vis Moot (Vienna).

In 2023, Vera was on the Drafting Committee of the 2023 FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) Moot Problem and presided the World Championship round.

She is also a member of ARBinBRIEF Team, an initiative that aims to promote diversity by showcasing prominent female arbitration practitioners from around the globe in its bi-weekly interviews on hot topics of international arbitration.

Wanyan Pan Jiang

Wanyan is an aspiring lawyer who is currently preparing for the bar exam. Her passion lies predominantly in the field of international arbitration, and she is enthusiastic about making significant contributions in this area of law. Presently, Wanyan is gaining invaluable experience working at a law firm, where she continues to enhance her legal skills and knowledge.

Wanyan participated in the 29th Edition of the Vis Moot Competition and continues to involve herself actively competition as a coach, where she guides and mentors aspiring competitors, refining her advocacy and research abilities, and fueling her dedication to effective dispute resolution.

Alveen Shirinyans

Alveen Shirinyans is an associate with the international arbitration practice of Hanotiau & van den Berg (“HVDB”) in Brussels, Belgium. She specializes in international commercial and investment arbitration, acting as counsel, tribunal secretary and assistant to the tribunal in various sectors. She has previously worked in Paris at White & Case, the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) and Orrick, and at the CPR Institute in New York.

She serves as the deputy chair of the Arbitration and ADR Commission of ICC Armenia and as a delegate for Armenia at the ICC Global Commission for Arbitration and ADR.

She is a licensed attorney in New York, having obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management.

Ugochi Peace Nwosu

Ugochi Nwosu is a PhD candidate at University of Reading, UK. Her research explores the Diversity Challenge in International Commercial Arbitration through an intersectional lens. In the course of her PhD, Ugochi has received 2 diplomas in International Arbitration from the International Academy for Arbitration Law, Paris (2021) and Arbitration Lab, Basel (2023). Ugochi has been a mentee at the Young ICCA mentoring programme (9th Cycle) as well as the MAA’s Mentor-Mentee Programme (2022) under the mentorship of Karyl Nairn KC and Prof. Emilia Onyema, respectively. Ugochi is also a part of the editorial board of Ohada Arbitration.

Prior to the commencement of her PhD, Ugochi qualified as a barrister and solicitor in Nigeria and has over 3 years of experience in corporate and commercial law practice as well as international arbitration.
Ugochi also holds a masters degree in International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution (Arbitration) from the University of Reading

Kate Metzer

Kate Metzer is a final-year law student at the University of Pretoria. She has participated in the Vis Moot, both as a speaker for the University of Pretoria in the 30th Vis Moot and as a coach for the National University of Lesotho in the 31st Vis Moot. Kate has contributed to the Syracuse Journal for International Law and Commerce through her involvement with the Global Accountability Network. With a passion for uplifting and educating African students, Kate founded her own NGO called the African Accountability Project. Through this project, she teaches students how to document atrocity crimes throughout Africa.

Nitsa Siradze

Nitsa Siradze is a Georgian lawyer based in Geneva, Switzerland, where she is enrolled in the Geneva LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) during 2024-2025. Alongside her studies, she is co-coaching the Free University of Tbilisi FDI Moot team.

She holds an LL.B. from Free University of Tbilisi. She has previously worked as a junior lawyer at Bank of Georgia and has gained valuable experience as a paralegal at BLC Law Office and MG Law in Tbilisi.

Nitsa is a former mootie. She participated in the 29th Vis Moot and later coached the Free University of Tbilisi’s team for the 31st Vis Moot. Her moot court experience also includes participation in the ICC Cross-Examination Moot and the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, where she was recognized as one of the best oralists in the international rounds.

Passionate about international arbitration, Nitsa strongly believes that diversity and inclusion should be integral components of the field.

Karina Sibilska

Karina Sibilska holds an LL.B. from the Hague University and an LL.M. from the University of Vienna and has recently completed an internship at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), where she assisted in drafting various working papers in Working Group II and III. Karina is a former moot participant and continues to act as an arbitrator for the Vis Moot. She is currently preparing for the bar exam in New York as well as the UK, while participating in various speaking engagements at international conferences.

Aaron Tan

A current Trainee Solicitor with HFW Singapore LLP who specialises in and has had experience in handling cross border arbitration matters as well as commercial disputes and formerly criminal work.

Aaron is also a coach at Singapore Management University, where he prepares teams of students to take part in the globally renowned Foreign Direct Investment Moot. Aaron has trained and will continue training many successive batches in order to help inculcate values of professionalism and integrity in his juniors.

Aaron also publishes on and seeks to stay up to date on the latest cases involving arbitration matters, investor state matters, climate change disputes, and artificial intelligence developments.

Selin Özgören

Selin participated in the 29th edition of the Vis Moot and subsequently contributed as a coach for teams, later attending the 31st edition as an arbitrator. Her experience during these events deepened her interest in international arbitration, leading her to pursue legal internships at HKIAC and UNCITRAL. She holds an LLM from Bocconi University and an LLB from Ankara University.

Carolina Kresch

Carolina Kresch is a lawyer based in São Paulo, where she works in the arbitration team at Padis Mattar Advogados. Carolina graduated in Law from the Federal University of Santa Catarina and is currently a candidate for the 2024/2025 University of Leiden’s International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration (Advanced LL.M.) program. Since 2021, she has been a member of the MAA’s Core Team.

Margarita Drobyshevskaia

Margarita is Deputy Counsel of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).

Margarita holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Higher School of Economics, Moscow (HSE University) and a Master of Laws from the Russian School of Private Law, Moscow. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Contract Law at the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Margarita is actively involved in the Moot community, coaching teams for the Vis Moot. She has been with the Moot Alumni Association (MAA) Core Team since 2021. Margarita is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Russian Women in Arbitration (RWA).

Aisha S. Bamahriz

Aisha completed her undergraduate studies with a major in Law and a minor in Diplomacy and International Relations. In her final year, she participated in the 29th Vis Moot as an oralist, spearheading her team into breaking two regional records in the qualifying rounds and achieving a ranking of 12th out of 365+ teams.

In addition to her legal pursuits, Aisha is dedicated to giving back to the Moot and arbitration community. She joined the MAA and has served two terms as a member of the Media Team, currently serving her third term. Continuing her commitment, she is now also a member of the Africa in the Moot Media & Communications Committee for 2024/25 term.

Bersun Dikici

Bersun Dikici is a Turkish qualified lawyer with three years of experience in corporate law and international dispute resolution. She holds an LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution from Humboldt University of Berlin and an LL.B. from Istanbul University. Bersun represented Istanbul University in the 28th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, where her team ranked 12th out of 389 participating teams.

Following her studies, she worked at Hergüner Bilgen Üçer Attorney Partnership for two years. During her LL.M. studies at Humboldt University of Berlin, she further refined her expertise in international arbitration through roles at BODENHEIMER and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). In addition to her legal practice, Bersun currently serves as the Co-Chair of Young EDAC, the youth division of the Energy Disputes Arbitration Center.

Bora Arifi

Bora earned her Bachelor’s degree in Law with Business from Queen Mary University, followed by an LLM in Technology, Telecommunications, and Media. Currently, she is interning in the Legal IP Department of an ice cream company, focusing on protecting intellectual property. Bora also participated in last year’s Vis Moot. She has a keen interest in the dynamic fields of technology, IP, international arbitration and media law.

Mevlüt Ali Deveci

Mevlüt Ali Deveci is a 3rd-year student at Istanbul University, double majoring in law and business administration. Before joining the MAA Core Team, he participated in the 31st Vis Moot in Vienna and his team made it to the round of 64. He is also a member of the organizing committee for Istanbul Arbitration Days by ISTAC. He is interested in international commercial arbitration and investment arbitration.

Nina Rasljanin

Nina Rašljanin is as an attorney at law from Belgrade, Serbia. She has been working for an international law firm, Schoenherr attorneys at law, since 2021.

She obtained her LLB degree, as well as LLM degree in international commercial law from the University of Belgrade. She is also currently pursuing an LLM degree in Competition Law and Economics at the Brussels School of Competition in Brussels.

Nina participated in the 28th Vis Moot, where she won an Honorable Mention for the Martin Domke Award for Best Individual Oralist. She was also one of the assistant coaches to the Belgrade Vis Moot team for the 29th Vis Moot.

She has been a part of the MAA Media Team since 2021.

Emily Feigel

Emily Feigel is a law clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin, Germany. After graduating, she worked as a research assistant to Professor Dr. Gerald Mäsch at the University of Münster. Emily further gained practical experience at the German Federal Ministry of Justice, where she supported the work on the modernization of the German arbitration law. She specializes in the fields of private international and civil procedural law. Prior to her graduation, she gained practical experience working for Professor Dr. Giesela Rühl and two international law firms. Emily participated in the 24 Vis Moot / 14th Vis East Moot and coached the University of Münster Vis Moot team in the 26/16th Vis Moot. In the 29/19th Vis Moot she acted as a senior coach for the University of Münster and served as an arbitrator. Emily joined the MAA Core Team in June 2021, first as a team member of the Conferences & Events Team.

Alexandra Witting

Alexandra is a final year Bachelor of Commerce and Law student from the University of New South Wales, Australia. She competed in the 31st Vis Moot, where she earned an Honourable Mention for the Martin Domke Best Individual Oralist Award. Alexandra is keenly interested in private international law, and competition law, in which she took interest during her Summer Clerkship at a leading Australian commercial law firm. In her early career, Alexandra excelled in various intervarsity moots and negotiations. She has grown in the profession under the guidance of several mentors, and is passionate about reciprocating collegiality in the legal community through teaching, mentoring, and judging student competitions.

Suit Myat Htet

Suit Myat Htet just graduated with an LL.M. in Global Business Law and Regulation from Central European University in Vienna, Austria. She is a Myanmar-qualified lawyer. She moved to Vienna to gain expertise in international dispute resolution. She participated in the Middle East Pre-Moot and Vis East Moot (Hong Kong) during her LL.B. studies at the University of Yangon, Myanmar. She was a student coach to the participating teams of her university until Myanmar’s participation came to an end due to political crisis. She was also a mentee in the 2021-22 cycle of the MAA Mentor-Mentee Programme.

Vanshika Maan

Vanshika Maan is a final-year law student from India. She is enrolled at Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla. Her association with the Vis Moot started in 2023 when she represented her University in Vienna as an oralist. She was also selected as a mentee for the 2023-24 cycle of the MAA’s Mentor-Mentee Programme. Her love for arbitration and aim to make the subject matter more accessible inspired her to start a podcast on international arbitration called ConfabulArb. She is a member of various arbitration communities, such as MCIA and Young ICCA, and has been exposed to various arbitrations as well as related litigations through her internships at reputed Indian law firms.

Rupesh Gupta

Rupesh Gupta is a qualified practitioner in India, having vast experience in handling international commercial arbitrations, white-collar crimes and employment related disputes. He is leading his law firm named AAA Legal, with its office in New Delhi, India. Rupesh has been empanelled with international institutional arbitration organisations as an arbitrator. Rupesh has been part of various moot events in the past and has endeavoured to share his knowledge and experience with the young law students. He is a recipient of the Lex Falcon Award for the year 2022 and has been consistently working on enhancing his experience and practice within and outside India.

Vitoria Kreutz Werle

Vitória is a Brazilian-qualified attorney working in domestic and international commercial arbitration. She graduated summa cum laude from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and is an alumna of Roma Tre University.

Vitória is the editor of the domestic arbitration case law platform Arbipedia and a member of the Brazilian Arbitration Students Association (ABEArb).

She was an oralist at the 27th and the 28th editions of the Vis Moot and the 21st Vis East Moot, in which she reached the round of 8. Vitória joined the MAA in 2022 as a member of the Media Team and in 2024 took the leadership of the Regional Representatives Team.

Abdalla Zaher

Abdalla Zaher is an LLM candidate in International Law at Cairo University, currently working at the World Bank Legal Vice Presidency Unit, with professional experience in Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance, and Corporate Law. Abdalla has worked at top law firms, including Clifford Chance and Baker McKenzie, and has an extensive background in moot court competitions, having participated in and coached teams for the Sports Arbitration Moot, John H. Jackson Moot, and the Vis Moot. His dedication to the legal field is matched by his commitment to mentoring and fostering the next generation of legal professionals.

Aitizaz Asher

Aitizaz Asher is a Pakistani-qualified lawyer, specializing in civil and commercial matters. He has a rich professional experience, having served as a Judicial Associate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan and as a Research Associate at the National Assembly Secretariat of Pakistan.

Aitizaz has represented his university in various national and international moot court competitions including the prestigious 19th Vis East Moot. His prowess in advocacy was recognized with an Honorable Mention for Best Claimant Oralist at the 12th Middle East ICA Vis Pre-Moot in Bahrain. Additionally, his exceptional skills in mediation and dispute resolution earned him the first-place award in the Weinstein International Foundation’s International Mediation Writing Competition in 2021.

Aitizaz frequently coaches teams for various domestic and international moots, mediation and negotiation competitions, and is actively associated with the Vis Moot community as an arbitrator and coach.

Alejandra Carolina Huaman Cabrera

Carolina is working as Arbitral Secretary at CIARD, based in Peru. She is the founder and current president of ARBITRI – Organization of National and International Arbitration. Carolina holds a position as the Coordinator of the Media Team on the board of Arbitraje Alumni, and has been a longstanding mootie and coach in international arbitration moot teams over the years. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

Chiara Azzaroni

Chiara is currently a trainee lawyer at ArbLit – Radicati di Brozolo Sabatini Benedettelli Torsello and a PhD student in civil procedure at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna. Her main interests focus on international commercial arbitration and cross-border litigation.

She graduated summa cum laude from the Law School of the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna in 2022 with the dissertation “The res judicata in the European legal order”, which explored the different issues and peculiarities of res giudicata in a comparative approach.

In 2021/2022, she participated in the 20th Vis Moot, where she pleaded on the procedural aspects of the dispute.

Emmy Edwards

Emmy Edwards competed in the Vis Moot in 2022 and 2023 with Souther Methodist University from Dallas, Texas. She graduated with her JD in 2024 and currently works as an Associate in the Labor and Employment group with Perkins Coie LLP in Dallas, Texas.

Leanne Marie Torrato

Leanne Marie Torrato is a Philippine-qualified lawyer with specialization in dispute resolution. She is an LL.M. candidate at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, focusing on International Dispute Resolution. Leanne has extensive litigation and arbitration experience in various capacities – as law firm associate, as in-house counsel, as corporate secretary, and as a judge in various international moot court competitions.

Milica Lopandić

Milica Lopandić participated in the Vis Moot as a mootie, arbitrator and coach for the University of Banja Luka. Milica obtained her Bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Law University of Banja Luka and is currently enrolled in LLM studies at the Faculty of Law University of Belgrade in the field of International Business Law. Milica is employed as a Legal Associate in a law office in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is a member of the Bar Association of Republika Srpska. Additionally, on a contract basis Milica does legal research and assists with drafting submissions in the field of international arbitration and FIDIC Contracts.

Nodirkhon Malikov

Nodir Malikov, LL.M., is a New York-based lawyer in the area of international arbitration. His areas of practice primarily include international arbitration and mediation. In addition to alternative dispute resolution, he has advised high-profile clients in the areas of air industry, construction, antitrust law, banking and finance, corporate law, international trade law, licensing and certification, and consumer protection matters in Uzbekistan and beyond.

Priya Conrad

Priya is currently in her penultimate year of her LLB and BA (Global Politics and Policy) at Murdoch University in Western Australia. Priya recently competed in the 31st Vis Moot in Vienna. She was nominated ‘Best Student Arbitrator’ at the 14th Budapest Pre-Moot and went on to arbitrate the grand final at that pre-moot competition.

Sarah Fait

Sarah is a law student in her final year at the University of Mainz. She participated in the 30th Vis Moot and is now coaching the Vis Moot Team at her university for the second time. Besides her interest in international arbitration, she is also immersed in capital markets law and antitrust law.

Selin Defne Serter

Selin is a graduate of Istanbul University. Before joining the MAA Core Team, she participated in the 31st Vis Moot. She is also a member of the organizing committee for Istanbul Arbitration Days and is actively engaged in efforts to introduce and promote arbitration within Turkey and among its students.

Sushma Bhandari

Sushma Bhandari is an undergraduate law student at Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal, specializing in business and trade law. She participated in the 20th Vis East Moot and the 31st Vis Moot. As an editorial committee member at the Asian Journal of International Affairs, she helps shape the journal’s direction and contributes to scholarly discourse on global issues. Currently, she is interning at the Secretariat of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. Her academic interests span corporate law, finance, taxation, foreign investment, and international arbitration. Passionate about learning, Sushma also pursues personal growth through sports and yoga.

Youb Webisa

Youb Webisa is a law student in his final year at Makerere University. He participated in the 31st Vis Moot, the 3rd Annual East African pre-moot (Nairobi) and the AIAC/APAC pre-moot.

His unique experience as the sole representative of his team in Vienna has shaped his sense of community and desire to give back to Africa in the Moot. Youb hopes to see more African teams make their mark on the world stage.

Zahra Maleki

Zahra Maleki is an associate at ZAKvocates and works as a Legal Expert, focusing on ICT law, legaltech, and digital banking. She is also studying International Trade and Economic Law at the University of Tehran, with a focus on smart contracts.

Since 2021, Zahra has been actively involved in the Vis Moot, having participated in the 29th Vis Moot. Following her participation, she has dedicated time to coaching teams, helping to prepare the next generation of participants for this prestigious competition. Through these experiences, she has gained extensive knowledge and expertise in international arbitration.

Derya Durlu Gürzumar

Mrs. Derya Durlu Gürzumar is an attorney-at-law registered at the Istanbul Bar Association, and is the current chair of the International Bar Association’s Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee.

She holds LLB and LLM degrees from Bilkent University Faculty of Law, in Ankara, Turkey, and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Neuchâtel, in Switzerland.

Being an ardent Vis mootie since 2007, Mrs. Durlu Gürzumar has been one of the few law students to receive two successive Honorable Mentions in the Martin Domke Best Oralist Award in the 16th and 17th Vis Moot competitions.
She has been coaching teams and arbitrating in many international and domestic arbitration competitions since 2010. In 2021, Mrs. Durlu Gürzumar’s Vis Moot team from Bilkent University became the highest-ranking Turkish university by reaching the semi-finals in the Vis East and the octo-finals in the Vis Moot.

Julian Juhasz

Julian is a Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Basel, Switzerland. After studying at the University of Basel, he is currently pursuing his PhD with a thesis on the CISG. His research focuses on international sales law and Swiss law of obligation. Julian has been part of the MAA Core Team since 2023. He participated in the 24th Vis Moot /14th Vis East Moot and coached his university’s teams for the 28th Vis Moot.

Shu Zhang

Dr. Shu Zhang is a senior lecturer in commercial law at Deakin Law School, Deakin University (Australia). Prior to joining Deakin Law School, Dr. Zhang was a postdoctoral fellow in the Chinese International Business and Economic Law Initiative, Law School, University of New South Wales (Australia). Her research interests include international commercial law, dispute resolution and international arbitration, as well as comparative contract law. She is also admitted to practice in New South Wales, Australia. Dr. Zhang obtained her Ph.D. in Law from University of New South Wales (Australia), and her LLM, LLB and BA in Economics (Double Degree) from Peking University (China). She has published various manuscripts with leading journals.

Jessica Rado

Jessica is a litigation associate based in New York and a recent LL.M. graduate from Fordham Law School. She is an active member of the international arbitration community, as she regularly volunteers in ADR committees and organizations, both in New York and internationally. She recently launched the webinar series “1,000 Paths to a Career in Arbitration” in collaboration with Careers in Arbitration and its founder, Amanda Lee.

Marco Bottin

Marco has been involved with the Vis Moot since 2020, when he founded the team that is now regularly representing the University of Padua (Italy). He participated at the 28th Vis Moot, winning an award for best memorandum at the AIAC Pre-Moot. He took part as an Observer at the 59th Session of the UNCITRAL Working Group V for the MAA.

Mia Timpano

Mia Timpano is a Bachelor of Laws student at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, starting a career as a commercial lawyer.

Passionate about legal advocacy, she represented Deakin as an oralist in the 21st Vis East and the 2023 Deakin International Commercial Arbitration Moot. In the latter, she advanced to the quarter finals and received a highly commended written submission award.

She is a current Deakin International Commercial Arbitration Moot Coach and Memoranda Reviewer with Africa in the Moot.

Her previous career was in journalism. She held writer and editor roles at national and international mastheads, and has nearly two decades of experience in print magazine publishing, digital media and broadcast media.

Mia has an abiding interest in arbitration, cross-border contractual disputes and comparative contract law.

Adrian Manuel König

Adrian is a doctoral candidate at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany, and is writing his doctoral thesis on the efficacy of declarations of intent. At the same time, he is a research assistant at the chair of Prof Dr Stefan Huber, LL.M. (Köln/Paris). He has supervised the Vis Moot team of the University of Tübingen for seven years and took part in the competition himself in 2016/2017.

Before working as a doctoral candidate and research assistant at the university, he worked as a student assistant in a construction law firm and for a year as a project lawyer in a commercial law firm, both in Stuttgart.

From October 2024, he will start his legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart.

Daniela-Olivia Ghicajanu

Daniela is currently part of the international arbitration team of Quinn Emanuel law firm in Paris. Before joining Quinn Emanuel’s international arbitration team, Daniela was a fellow researcher in investment law and dispute settlement at the Center for the Advancement for the Rule of Law in the Americas (CAROLA) within Georgetown Law School in Washington,DC, and worked with the international arbitration team of a law firm in DC. She trained in both civil and common law. Daniela specialised in international arbitration at Georgetown Law Center and in EU law at the College of Europe. Daniela’s main interests focus on international arbitration, investment law, trade law, and economic policy.

Daria Shylova

Daria is a Double Degree LLM candidate at the University of Zurich / University of California School of Law with a focus on international trade and business law. Throughout last year, she was engaged as a legal trainee at the arbitration boutique Rothron Legal in Zurich, Switzerland. Daria took part in the anniversary edition of the Vis Moot in 2022/23 on behalf of the University of Zurich, earning various awards for the written memoranda both in Vienna and Hong Kong.

Inma Conde

Inma Conde is a lawyer with a civil and common law background, working in the litigation team at the International Law Office of the Australian Attorney-General’s Department. She is also a PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney Law School (WA Cooke, Jane Cooke, and Alfred Godfrey & RTP Scholar), specialising in comparative law, international commercial law, and arbitration. Inma participated in the Vis Moot in 2014, bringing valuable experience and insights into her current roles. She is the Secretary of the Australian UNCITRAL Coordination Committee. Fluent in English, Spanish, French, and German, she brings a multicultural perspective that enriches her contributions to the discourse on international legal matters.

Johannes Abrell

Johannes Abrell studied law at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main since October 2018. In December 2023, he successfully completed the first state examination (staatliche Pflichtfachprüfung). He will complete his studies in the fall of 2024 with a specialization (Schwerpunkt) in “Internationalization and Europeanization of Law”, by completing his academic thesis (wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit). Johannes was part of the Frankfurt team for the 28th Vis Moot 2020/2021 and he was coach of the Frankfurt team for the 31st Vis Moot 2023/2024. Johannes supports this year’s Frankfurt team as senior coach and Vice President of the Frankfurt Moot Alumni Association. During his studies he has been a student research assistant at the Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law, International Criminal Law, European Criminal Law, Legal Comparison and Legal Theory of Prof. Dr. Christoph Burchard and student research assistant at White & Case. He is working as a research assistant at rothorn legal since August 2024 and will pursue a PhD in international commercial arbitration and international private law.

Rinat Gareev

Rinat is licensed to practice law in Washington, D.C., the State of New York, and the U.S. Court of International Trade, and holds right of audience at AIFC (Kazakhstan). Rinat represents foreign and domestic clients in domestic and cross-border business matters, assisting MSMEs and established companies through all stages of their life cycle, from formation and capital raising to growth via acquisitions and joint ventures, and exit or sale transactions. As the Head of Legal and Compliance at a multinational company, he provided strategic advice to senior management on corporate governance, risk management, compliance, regulatory matters, and corporate restructuring across the US, UAE, Cayman Islands, Indonesia, and Hong Kong. Rinat’s training at leading arbitral institutions and law firms in Malaysia, South Korea, and international organizations such as UNCITRAL equipped him with extensive experience in cross-border dispute resolution.

Se Won Park

Se Won Park is a foreign attorney based in Seoul, South Korea. Currently, she works in international dispute resolution and primarily in international arbitration. She graduated from Cardozo School of Law in 2023 and, during her time in law school, she participated in the 29th Vis Moot as a selected competitor and later coached the Cardozo School of Law team in the 30th Vis Moot.