BVI ARBITRATION WEEK 2024 OUR SPEAKERS
John Beechey, CBE
BVI IAC, Chairman of the Board
John Beechey, CBE
BVI IAC, Chairman of the Board
Mr. John Beechey CBE is an independent arbitrator with Arbitration Chambers. A UK citizen, he has served as chairman, party-appointed arbitrator, or sole arbitrator on international arbitral tribunals in ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and institutional arbitrations under the Rules of all major arbitral institutions on more than 100 occasions. Mr. Beechey is Chairman of the Board of the BVI IAC and a past President of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC (2009-2015). His term at the ICC is regarded as one of significant reform to, and reinvigoration of, the ICC Court. He had previously served on the Executive Committee of the Board of the AAA in New York and as a Vice-President and member of the Board of the LCIA. In March 2022, he was re-elected to serve a second four-year term on the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA). Before his retirement from private practice, Mr. Beechey was the founding partner and Head of the highly-regarded International Arbitration Group at Clifford Chance (1983-2008). In June 2016, Mr. Beechey was appointed CBE for services to international arbitration, and he is consistently highly ranked as arbitrator by the leading legal directories.
Nicola Berry
Principal, Berrys Attorneys & Arbitrators
Nicola Berry
Principal, Berrys Attorneys & Arbitrators
Nicola is an attorney-at-law, arbitrator and the principal of Berrys Attorneys & Arbitrators, a commercial law firm in Barbados which advises on a wide range of corporate and commercial law matters including banking, corporate finance, financial regulation, securities, mergers and acquisitions, merger control, energy regulation, and arbitration.
Nicola is experienced in conducting diverse matters in the energy market including regulatory proceedings. Through her work in the energy market as a former director of the Barbados Renewable Energy Association Inc., a member of the Ministry of Energy’s PPA Sub-committee and acting in legal matters, Nicola has gained an in-depth understanding of the energy business and the legal issues which arise. Renewable energy construction projects are complex and contractual and regulatory disputes arise from time to time. Nicola has advised on the use of arbitration in the energy sector.
Nicola is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) and a member of their approved faculty. She serves as an arbitrator on the Arbitration Commission of the Barbados Olympic Association Inc. and on the arbitration panel for the Arbitration and Mediation Court of the Caribbean (Barbados). Nicola has served as an arbitration panel member and consulting counsel in arbitration proceedings.
Arabella Di lorio
Partner, Agon Litigation
Arabella Di lorio
Partner, Agon Litigation
Arabella is a Partner at Agon Litigation, and one of the BVI’s best-known litigators. She began her career at the English Chancery Bar, before working for Linklaters (London) and Appleby (Bermuda). She is ranked in Band 1 for Dispute Resolution in Chambers & Partners Global. She is a past President of the BVI Bar Association and the BVI Chapter of CIArb. She regularly sits as an arbitrator and is a member of the BVI IAC panel.
David Blayney
Lawyer, Serle Court
David Blayney
Lawyer, Serle Court
David Blayney is a leading barrister and legal technology innovator. As a barrister, David has played central roles in many major cases, including the RBS Rights Issue Litigation and the British Airways Data Breach Litigation. Seeing how cases could be run more effectively with the right tools, David founded and leads Associo, a ground-breaking technology platform that makes it easier for case teams to manage evidence, build arguments, and predict outcomes. David can be instructed either in a traditional barrister role or as a consultant providing techniques and bespoke software tools (including AI) to streamline the management of complex cases.
Elise Donovan
CEO, BVI Finance
Elise Donovan
CEO, BVI Finance
Elise Donovan is the CEO of BVI Finance, leveraging her extensive experience across Asia, North America, the Caribbean, and Africa. She has significantly expanded the BVI’s financial services presence globally, especially in the Asia Pacific, through strategic networking, forums, and seminars, focusing on the BVI’s financial service offerings at major financial institutions. Previously, Elise held positions as Director and Asia Pacific Representative at BVI House Asia, EU/UK Representative, Director of the BVI London Office, and roles at the BVI International Affairs Secretariat, the BVI Financial Services Commission, and the BVI International Finance Centre, now known as BVI Finance. She has published numerous articles on topics related to the BVI as a premier international finance centre. Elise holds a bachelor's degree from Carleton University, Ottawa, and a master's degree from Columbia University, New York.
Arran Dowling Hussey
Arbitrator/ Gray's Inn Square Chambers
Arran Dowling Hussey
Arbitrator/ Gray's Inn Square Chambers
Arran Dowling-Hussey is a Barrister & Arbitrator based at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Chambers, London and at the Chambers of James Corbett K.C, Jersey. He is an adjunct full Professor of Law at University College Cork. Arran served as a member of the then Board of Management of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators from 2013-2015 and has been a Ciarb Trustee since 2017 finishing his second term at the end of 2024. He is co-author of Arbitration Law (2008, 2014 & 2018) which has been approved by the Irish Superior Courts and has published widely on ADR and construction law.
Dmitri Evseev
Arbitrator, Arbitration City / Arbitra Intl
Dmitri Evseev
Arbitrator, Arbitration City / Arbitra Intl
Dmitri Evseev is an arbitrator with Arbitra International and founder of ARBI.CITY, a community platform for disputes professionals. He is a co-author of the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center’s draft guidelines for AI use in arbitration. Mr. Evseev has a decade of arbitrator experience and two decades experience as counsel in treaty and commercial disputes. He is a member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and the immediate past vice-chair of the SCC Arbitration Institute. Before becoming a lawyer, Mr. Evseev co-founded a tech company and worked as an IT systems administrator at Harvard Law School and multiple firms.
Jane Fedotova
Senior Associate, Conyers
Jane Fedotova
Senior Associate, Conyers
Dr. Jane Fedotova is a Senior Associate in Conyers’ BVI Litigation and Restructuring practice. Her practice spans commercial litigation, insolvency and arbitration matters. She regularly advises clients on interim court measures including the appointment of receivers in support of foreign litigation and arbitration, in addition to the enforcement of foreign awards and judgments in the BVI, recently representing a client in BVI seated arbitration proceedings and a related challenge of the BVI arbitral award. Jane completed her doctorate on the concept of the emergency arbitrator at the Queen Mary University of London and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Mark Forte
Partner, Conyers
Mark Forte
Partner, Conyers
Mark Forte is Managing Partner and Head of Litigation and Restructuring in Conyers’ BVI office. He specialises in complex commercial litigation and contentious cross-border insolvency. With over 30 years’ litigation experience, Mark is a frequently appearing advocate in some of the jurisdiction’s leading cases, regularly acting as lead counsel in Commercial Court and Court of Appeal cases. His broad dispute resolution experience includes arbitration before various tribunals, obtaining emergency interim relief measures from the BVI courts to assist arbitrations, and appearing as an expert witness in investment treaty arbitrations before the ICSD in Washington DC and the US Bankruptcy Court.
Christopher Graham
Director, BCQS International
Christopher Graham
Director, BCQS International
As a Director of BCQS International in BVI, Chris brings over twenty-five years of experience in the provision of Project and Cost Management, Expert Witness, Dispute Resolution, Quantity Surveying, and Valuation services to a wide range of public and private sector clients, twenty years within the Caribbean Region.
His experience covers a wide range of projects from iconic skyscrapers, private island developments, resort hotels, airports, state of the art schools, to boutique office refurbishments and high-end residential homes.
Chris holds a degree Economics & Quantity Surveying, an MBA with Distinction, is a Fellow of the RICS, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, is an RICS Registered Valuer and RICS Registered Expert Witness.
Calvin A. Hamilton
Arbitrator/ Arbitra International
Calvin A. Hamilton
Arbitrator/ Arbitra International
Calvin is a Chartered Arbitrator with more than 30 years’ experience. He has sat under ICC, ICDR, LCIA,
Madrid Court of Arbitration, Zurich Chamber of Commerce, Hungarian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry and UNCITRAL Rules in a variety of seats located in the Caribbean, Latin America, USA, Africa,
and Europe. Calvin is a highly regarded Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.
His expertise lies in Investor-State and Commercial disputes arising from administrative and public law;
retail and consumer; energy and natural resources; environment, renewables & climate change; crossborder transactions including, mergers & acquisitions, distribution, sale of goods, agency, franchise
and transfer agreements; and acquisition of assets and/or shares agreements.
His primary focus is on the Caribbean, Latin America, London, Continental Europe, and the US. Calvin’s
experience includes common law and civil law which he developed in his practice in Spain, the
Commonwealth Caribbean, including Guyana and Barbados, and the US.
Calvin is an executive member of the Caribbean Branch of CIArb. He is also the Chair of the Barbados
Chapter of the CIArb. He was a member of the original Working Party commissioned by CARICOM to
produce the IMPACT Justice Arbitration Bill. The Draft Bill has recently been officially adopted by the
CARICOM Legal Affairs Committee, the significance being that the CARICOM Member States are now
encouraged to enact the Bill into law. Calvin is the co-chair of the ITA Americas Initiative Caribbean
Task Force which aims include, raising arbitration awareness in the Caribbean among the community;
implementation of arbitration legal framework; leveraging arbitration activity in Latin America for the
mutual benefit of the Caribbean and Latin America. He is a member of the ICC International Court of
Arbitration Disclosure Working Group. Calvin is also a tutor of the globally renowned CIArb course
modules.
Calvin is fluent in Spanish. He is admitted to practice in New York and Madrid, Spain and conducts
proceedings in both English and Spanish.
Amb. (ret.) David Huebner
Arbitrator, Huebner Arbitration
Amb. (ret.) David Huebner
Arbitrator, Huebner Arbitration
Amb. (r.) David Huebner has handled more than 300 arbitrations in three dozen jurisdictions around the world. Based for extended periods in Tokyo, Shanghai, New York, and now Los Angeles, he has a diverse neutrals practice but particular expertise in the technology, life sciences, new energy, and IP sectors. He has significant investor-state experience, and President Obama appointed him to the ICSID panel of arbitrators after completing his tenure as Ambassador to New Zealand. Among other professional activities, he currently serves as chair of the global Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. See www.HuebnerArbitration.com for more information.
Paul Klaas
Arbitrator, Maitland Chambers
Paul Klaas
Arbitrator, Maitland Chambers
Paul Klaas is dual-qualified as a member of the Minnesota (US) bar and as a barrister of England and Wales, with chambers in Minneapolis and at Maitland Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn, London. Paul is a Chartered Arbitrator, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has taught the international commercial arbitration courses at the Harvard Law School and the University of Minnesota Law School. Over the past 40 years, Paul has handled hundreds of commercial arbitrations as counsel and arbitrator, and he is on the panels of many arbitral institutions around the world, including the BVIIAC.
Racheal Muldoon
Commercial Barrister, Maitland Chambers
Racheal Muldoon
Commercial Barrister, Maitland Chambers
Racheal is a commercial barrister at Maitland Chambers in London. She is an internationally recognised expert at the intersection of law and new and emerging technologies, in particular, cryptoassets, for which she is ranked by the leading legal directories as a Band 1 junior barrister. Racheal is instructed by a central party in the FTX insolvency - her third crypto insolvency instructions to date. Further, she has acted for claimants in the leading crypto matters of the day, including Osbourne v Persons Unknown and Wright v Kraken and Coinbase. Increasingly, Racheal is instructed for parties engaged in domestic and offshore mediations, arbitration and litigation concerning contractual disputes related to data and artificial intelligence.
James Petkovic
Counsel, Harneys
James Petkovic
Counsel, Harneys
James Petkovic is a Counsel in the Dispute Resolution team of Harneys, Westwood & Riegels LP based in Road Town, Tortola. He works on litigation and arbitration proceedings, as well as providing general legal advice on a range of commercial topics. He formerly practised as a Barrister at One Essex Court, London where he retains a tenancy. He has been involved in a number of arbitrations conducted under the LCIA and other rules, including multi-billion dollar arbitration proceedings administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague and, separately, acting on behalf of the UK Government in ad hoc proceedings in England. He has also acted (as sole Counsel) on behalf of a bank in LCIA proceedings resulting in an award in excess of US$20m. In the BVI, he has regularly advised on the BVI IAC rules and is a co-author of a chapter in an up-coming arbitration publication on expedited procedures in offshore arbitration.
Sue Prevezer
Senior Barrister, Brick Court Chambers
Sue Prevezer
Senior Barrister, Brick Court Chambers
Sue practised at the Bar in London before co-founding the London Office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP the world’s pre-eminent litigation-only law firm, where she was co-managing partner for 12 years. Sue returned to the Bar as a member of Brick Court in 2020, from where she has continued to practise as a KC, sit as an arbitrator and regularly mediate large commercial disputes. She has sat at a Deputy High Court Judge in England, and conducts arbitrations under all the major institutional rules, including being a member of the BVI IAC panel (as well as the LCIA, ICC, SIAAC and HKIAC panels). She is a member of both the BVI and Cayman Bars, and has appeared in many cases at all levels in the BVI, including the Privy Council.
Maria Eugenia Ramirez
Partner, Hogan Lovells
Maria Eugenia Ramirez
Partner, Hogan LovellsBorn and raised in Puerto Rico, Maria Eugenia Ramirez is passionate about international law. In 2002, she joined Hogan Lovells to establish an international arbitration practice. Maria Eugenia helped create and develop the practice, which over the years has grown exponentially not just in Miami but around the world.
Maria Eugenia continues to focus her practice on international arbitration, with an emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean. She has represented clients with respect to contract, construction, and telecommunications disputes. She handles international arbitration matters in both English and Spanish before the International Centre for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association (ICDR), the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
Maria Eugenia began her legal career in the litigation group of the largest law firm in Puerto Rico. She moved to the mainland United States in the hopes of working with more international clients, choosing Miami due to its proximity to Latin America. Her current practice allows her to travel all around Latin America and the world, an opportunity she did not have in previous positions.
Maria is among Latin American's Top 100 Female Lawyers by Latinvex. She has been ranked in Chambers Global, Dispute Resolution and Litigation, and received the Daily Business Review's Most Effective Lawyers - Pro Bono Award in 2007.
Before entering private practice, Maria Eugenia worked for the Honorable Juan M. Pérez-Giménez, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, in San Juan. She also served as legal counsel and sat on the board of directors of the March of Dimes, Puerto Rico Chapter, also in San Juan. She is the only lawyer at Hogan Lovells licensed to practice law in Puerto Rico state courts.
Hon. Dawn J. Smith
Attorney General, BVI Government
Hon. Dawn J. Smith
Attorney General, BVI Government
The Honourable Dawn J. Smith was appointed as Attorney General of the Territory in October 2020. She is the principal legal advisor to the Government of the Virgin Islands, and a Member of Cabinet. She was previously General Counsel at the Financial Services Commission from 2013 to 2020, and Acting Permanent Secretary at the Premier’s Office from 2017 to 2019. Prior to her career in government, she was an attorney firms in the BVI. She is a member of Arbitral Women and CIArb.
Hon. Lorna G. Smith, OBE
Deputy Premier & Minister for Financial Services, Labour and Trade
Hon. Lorna G. Smith, OBE
Deputy Premier & Minister for Financial Services, Labour and Trade
Hon. Lorna Smith, OBE has several decades of experience at the highest levels of public service in the British Virgin Islands and has spent the last decade supporting Caribbean Governments, corporations and individuals in various commercial ventures. She played a pivotal role in establishing BVI Finance, a public private partnership devoted to business development and promotion of the financial services industry. Prior to being elected and thereafter appointed as the Deputy Premier and Minister of Financial Services, Labour and Trade in April 2023, she served as Vice President of Bank of Asia as well as a Director of several BVI businesses.
Over the course of her senior-level public service, Hon.Smith has developed extensive relationships with leaders from the business community, international NGO’s and government leaders from around the world. She has been one of the key ‘engineers’ behind the BVI’s rise from relative obscurity to its present position as a top-flight tourist destination and one of the premier centres for global finance. Her unique experience and expertise serving as a facilitator between the public, private and non-profit worlds both within the BVI and between different nations gives her special insights into the challenges and opportunities facing organizations seeking to operate in the BVI and across the Caribbean.
In 2002, Hon. Smith took the helm of the BVI International Finance Centre, which is charged with promoting the BVI’s Financial Services. She worked in close collaboration with the private sector, mounting promotional events in London, New York, Miami, Zurich, Geneva, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Hon. Smith was also pivotal to getting the financial services industry restored in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma & Maria through her leadership and communications skills. She also played a vital role within Government especially on the interim Recovery Board as well as through the Rotary Club of Tortola where she raised significant sums to aid the recovery and to help the needy.
Hon. Smith was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for her contribution to Public Service in the British Virgin Islands and is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow for her contributions to the service organization, Rotary International.
Murray Smith KC
Arbitrator, Smiths Barristers
Murray Smith KC
Arbitrator, Smiths Barristers
Mr. Smith is a Chartered Arbitrator with extensive experience in a wide variety of arbitrations involving business disputes. He holds a Masters in International Business Law with Distinction from the London School of Economics. Mr. Smith co-authored the leading text “Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration” (2nd ed.) with Martin Hunter and Alan Redfern and is the author of “Serving as the Chairperson in International Commercial Oil and Gas Arbitrations” in The Leading Practitioners’ Guide to International Oil and Gas Arbitration, Juris Publishing, 2015.
Over more than two decades Mr. Smith served as Course Director for international training programs for experienced arbitrators seeking the Fellowship credential with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He was a founding member of the North American Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and served as Chair from 2005 to 2008.
Mr. Smith is a qualified English and Canadian Barrister currently practising out of offices in Vancouver, British Columbia. As an experienced arbitrator in complex commercial cases, he recognizes the fundamental importance of impartiality, due process and equal treatment of the parties while maintaining rigorous procedural oversight.
Tania Sourdin
Professor, University of Newcastle Law School
Tania Sourdin
Professor, University of Newcastle Law School
Professor Tania Sourdin is President of the Academic Senate at the University of Newcastle in Australia. She is the author of more than 140 books, articles and papers that are focused on justice reform issues and has presented on a range of topics including justice innovation, artificial intelligence and technology and law. She has had a number of projects that have explored the use of AI in the justice system and the role of a human judge. Her book “Judges, Technology and AI” was published in 2021.
Guy Williamson
Partner, Campbells BVI office
Guy Williamson
Partner, Campbells BVI office
Guy is a Fintech Partner in the Campbells BVI office and advises on the structuring, formation and regulation of investment funds and regulated entities investing in digital assets and cryptocurrencies. He also advises on the BVI regulatory and licensing obligations for centralised and decentralised crypto asset projects.
Andrew Willins
Partner, Appleby
Andrew Willins
Partner, Appleby
Andrew Willins is a Partner and Group Head of the Dispute Resolution department in the British Virgin Islands. He has over 20 years experience as an advocate, drawn from his time at the Chancery Bar in London and, since 2008, in the British Virgin Islands. He has particular experience in insolvency litigation, shareholders´ disputes and in complex commercial litigation, including professional negligence and cross-border fraud and asset tracing claims.
Ben Woolgar
Barrister, Brick Court Chambers
Ben Woolgar
Barrister, Brick Court Chambers
Ben is a barrister at Brick Court, and appears in a wide-range of heavy-duty litigation and arbitration matters. He is ranked as a leading junior in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 across Commercial Dispute Resolution, Civil Fraud, Banking and Finance and Offshore work. He has appeared in a number of leading arbitration cases, including the Supreme Court’s recent judgment in the Mozambique v Privinvest litigation. He was called to the BVI Bar in 2021, and has appeared led and unled in the Commercial Division, Court of Appeal and Privy Council. Recent BVI cases include the National Bank Trust v Shishkhanov litigation (a c.US$2 billion fraud claim), 3AC v Digital Currency Group (in which Mangatal J refused sanction to the liquidators of 3AC to commence Chapter 11 proceedings in the US against Ben’s clients), and AMS v Amstel (where Ben appeared unled at trial, defeating a multi-million dollar unfair prejudice claim). He is a member of the Government’s Legal Services Panel.
Gregory Pantin
Partner, Dispute & Risk Management Group
Gregory Pantin
Partner, Dispute & Risk Management Group
Gregory’s core practice includes advising clients and assisting them in managing legal disputes and potential disputes involving commercial litigation, shareholders’ remedies, industrial relations and employment law, personal injuries, enforcement of foreign judgments. As Instructing Attorney, he has been involved in drafting of Court documents including Pleadings, Applications, Affidavits, Skeleton Arguments, Evidence and Arguments.
He began his career at Hamel-Smith shortly after being admitted in October 2002. He has represented clients as Counsel at the High Court and Industrial Court, the Environmental Commission, and also appeared as counsel in Arbitrations within the energy and construction sectors. Gregory is a certified Arbitrator, a member of Shiparrested and is certified by Lloyd’s Maritime Academy.
Toulope Adermemi
Partner, Octageo Energy Limited
Toulope Adermemi
Partner, Octageo Energy Limited
Tolulope Aderemi is a Partner at the law firm of Perchstone and Graeys LP, where he leads the Energy Practice Group and serves as Co-Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice. He is a John Taylor scholar from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, with a postgraduate degree in Oil and Gas, a B.L. from the Nigerian Law School, and an LL.B. from the University of Ibadan. Tolulope is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK (Nigerian Branch) and has extensive experience in both Domestic and International Arbitration.
With nearly two decades of experience, Tolulope has successfully managed and provided counsel on intricate cross-border trade disputes and transactions, particularly within the energy and infrastructure sectors. He has dedicated significant professional efforts to advising the Nigerian government on complex oil & gas transactions and the power sector as well as foreign investors. Tolulope plays a crucial role in offering legal and regulatory guidance to foreign investors entering the Nigerian market. In his commitment to enhancing expertise in international arbitration, he authored the book “International Arbitration Law and Practice: The Practitioner’s Perspective” in 2020.
Tolulope currently heads the London practice of the Firm. He also serves as the Chairman of the International Law Association, Arbitration Committee, the Nigerian representative at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Arbitration Commission in Paris, Chairman of the Training Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Section on Business Law (SBL), Member of the National Executive Working Committee of the NBA, and Member of the IBA, among other roles. Additionally, Tolulope sits on several boards of companies.
Justice Anthony Gafoor FCIArb
Tax Appeal Court
Justice Anthony Gafoor FCIArb
Tax Appeal Court
Justice Dr. Anthony D.J. Gafoor is the Chair of the Tax Appeal Court of Trinidad and Tobago (Superior Court of Record). He is the Chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators for the Caribbean Region and the Trinidad and Tobago Chapter. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. In addition, he is a Certified Mediator in Family and Civil Matters, Mediation Trainer and a Member of the Ciarb Faculty. He is a frequent speaker at regional and international conferences and is co-author of a forthcoming publication on the Caribbean Court of Justice as well as several other articles on arbitration, mediation and statutory adjudication. He is the first in the world to be awarded the Executive Certificate in Conflict Resolution, University of Windsor and the second in the Caribbean to be awarded the Ciarb Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration. He is a panelist on several regional and international bodies pertaining to international commercial arbitration and mediation.
Kishelle Blaize Cameron
Deputy Director, BVI Financial Services Comm.
Kishelle Blaize Cameron
Deputy Director, BVI Financial Services Comm.
With over 10 years of Financial Services experience, Mrs. Kishelle Blaize-Cameron is currently the Deputy Director, Investment Business Division at the Financial Services Commission. In addition to her Investment Business duties, she also acts as Chairman of the Commission’s FinTech Working Group and Deputy Chair of the Commission’s Risk Monitoring Committee.
Satcha Kissoon
Managing Partner, Dentons
Satcha Kissoon
Managing Partner, Dentons
Satcha S-C. S. Kissoon BSc, LLB, LEC, LLM has been in practice for over 20 years and is the Managing Partner of Dentons Delany Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. He also serves as the Regional Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution and is the Co-Chair of the Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice.
Satcha has successfully argued at all levels of Court in the Caribbean, including regular appearances before the Caribbean Court of Justice. He has recently been spotlighted in Chambers and Partner in 2024 for recognition in Caribbean Wide Dispute Resolution.
Rene Roper
Chief Legal Advisor, DataPro Consulting Ltd.
Rene Roper
Chief Legal Advisor, DataPro Consulting Ltd.
René Roper is a lawyer & consultant with almost 15 years’ experience working on high-impact projects and cross border commercial transactions. She is the Founder, CEO & Chief Legal Advisor of BeyondLegal and DataPro Consulting.
Her experience spans a broad range of areas: banking and finance, AML & financial regulation, corporate and commercial law, international law, arbitration, privacy and data protection. She writes often in these areas and is widely published.
Her legal career blends work in the private and public spheres and at the micro and macro levels of law and policy. She is often engaged as a Consultant and advisor to the government and has contributed to policy and law reform in critical areas of development within the Caribbean region. She is a skilled legislative drafter, having drafted several pieces of legislation, including the suite of reforms necessary to have Jamaica removed from the FATF’s greylist.
René holds a Masters in Law (LL.M) from Queen Mary, University of London. She is also a graduate of the Norman Manley Law School and UWI (Cave Hill), where she graduated as Valedictorian and served as an Adjunct Lecturer & Tutor in Public International Law.
Natalie Reid
Partner, International Disputes Group
Natalie Reid
Partner, International Disputes Group
Natalie Reid is a partner in the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group, co-chair of the Caribbean practice, and co-chair of the firm’s Public International Law Group. She focuses on international arbitration, public international law, and complex commercial litigation matters. Ms. Reid also serves as Co-Chair of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at the firm. A Jamaican national, she advises and represents multinational corporations, sovereign States, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations in proceedings in international courts and tribunals and in U.S. courts. Ms. Reid acts as counsel in commercial, investment treaty, and public international law arbitrations, and sits as an arbitrator in a wide range of commercial cases, including in the Caribbean. Ms. Reid has deep sector experience with clients in energy (including renewables), natural resources, mining, and oil and gas. She advises on a broad range of international matters, with particular experience advising on ESG issues, including business and human rights considerations.
Niccolò Landi
Arbitrator/ Arbitration Chambers
Niccolò Landi
Arbitrator/ Arbitration Chambers
Niccolò Landi is a Member of Arbitration Chambers. He has a well-established track record in international commercial arbitration, both ad hoc and under institutional rules, and in investor-state arbitration. He is appointed regularly as an arbitrator and as tribunal secretary. He has served as arbitrator and counsel in international arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, VIAC, CAM and UNCITRAL. He graduated in law from Siena University and holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from University College Dublin. Niccolò is a Member of the Milan Bar, admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court.
Nicholas Burkill
Partner, Ogier
Nicholas Burkill
Partner, Ogier
Nicholas Burkill is a partner in Ogier based in the British Virgin Islands. He was admitted to the BVI bar in 2016 after some 30 years working in two City of London law firms. He is chair of the BVI Arbitration Group, established to work in conjunction with the BVI IAC to promote BVI arbitration. He has experience of numerous arbitral institutions around the world including the BVI IAC, both as counsel and arbitrator. He also has extensive experience of the BVI Commercial Court and Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal. He was appointed by the Chief Justice in 2019 to the Eastern Caribbean Rules Review Committee whose work resulted in the July 2023 amendments to the ECSC Civil Procedure Rules.
Jodi-Ann Stephenson
Associate, Bakers and Partners
Jodi-Ann Stephenson
Associate, Bakers and Partners
Jodi-Ann Stephenson is an attorney-at-law who is called to the Bars of Jamaica, Saint Lucia and the British Virgin Islands. She is a passionate advocate for the development of arbitration in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. Jodi is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and sits on the Executive Committee of the Caribbean Branch. She is also the Chair of the CIArb Caribbean Young Members Group. Jodi is an Associate at Baker and Partners in the British Virgin Islands where she specialises in international commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
Allana Joseph
Assoicate, Conyers
Allana Joseph
Assoicate, Conyers
Allana-J is an associate in Conyers’ Litigation and Restructuring practice. Her practice covers the full spectrum of cross-border commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, spanning insolvency proceedings, shareholder disputes, court ordered restorations for dissolved BVI companies, contentious trusts litigation, asset tracing, as well as arbitration enforcement and emergency interim relief. She regularly appears as lead counsel in commercial matters before the High Court, the Commercial Court and the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal.
Allana-J is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and also sits on the BVI Arbitration Group Committee which directly supports the BVI International Arbitration Centre.
Philip W. (Whit) Engle
Arbitrator, Private Law Practice
Philip W. (Whit) Engle
Arbitrator, Private Law Practice
Philip W. “Whit” Engle, FCIArb, is a Florida USA based Attorney and Solicitor, Arbitrator and Mediator for international business, trade and investment.
He is an Attorney at Law in the USA and a Solicitor (England and Wales). A panelist for ICDR/AAA, USCIB, FINRA other organizations, he holds a BA, MPA, MBA and JD.
Mr Engle is a past chair of the North American Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and a founding member of the Miami International Arbitration Society (MIAS); the Atlanta International Arbitration Society (AtlAS) (Past President) and the North American Roundtable on International Arbitration (NARIA).
Additional information is available at https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipenglefciarb
Shantel Gray
Legal Assistant, BVI IAC
Shantel Gray
Legal Assistant, BVI IAC
Shantel holds a Bachelor of Law with Business from the University of Essex. She is the Legal Assistant at the BVI International Arbitration Centre, where she actively contributes to the administration of international commercial arbitration disputes. Shantel also acts as a tribunal secretary for commercial arbitration disputes under the UNCITRAL Model Rules, demonstrating a keen understanding of procedural intricacies and a commitment to upholding the highest dispute resolution standards. Her educational background and hands-on experience equip her to navigate the evolving landscape of international commercial arbitration.
Andrew Pullinger
Partner, Campbells BVI office
Andrew Pullinger
Partner, Campbells BVI office
Andrew is a Partner at Campbells in the Cayman Islands, where he specialises in commercial litigation, international arbitration and mediation.
He has a wealth of experience acting for clients in a variety of complex and high value disputes, typically with a cross-border element.
Andrew is a highly experienced litigator before first instance and appellate courts, and has acted in a significant number of institutional and ad hoc arbitrations under all of the major arbitration rules.
His clients have included sovereign states, major banks and other financial institutions, leading professional services firms, insolvency practitioners, family offices, insurers, litigation funders and multinationals spanning a number of sectors.
Jermaine Case
Senior Associate, George Henry Partners
Jermaine Case
Senior Associate, George Henry Partners
Jermaine O Case advises on a wide range of banking, financial services regulatory, corporate and commercial, debt finance, public law, employment and general commercial litigation matters.
He advises international and domestic financial institutions on lending transactions including with respect to the creation, registration, release and enforcement of security interests under BVI law.
In his regulatory practice, Jermaine regularly assists clients with general tax guidance, financial services licence applications and anti-money laundering compliance. He specialises in entity classification and financial account reporting under FATCA and AEOI under the OECD’s Common Reporting Standard and other similar reporting protocols. He also has extensive experience advising on all aspects of the telecommunications and maritime regulatory frameworks in the British Virgin Islands. His regulatory client base includes international and domestic financial institutions, trust companies, statutory bodies, investment funds and investment managers.
Jermaine also advises on a variety of general corporate, private client and employment matters including redomiciliations, corporate restructurings and liquidations. He has significant experience advising legal entities on BVI economic substance requirements and their implementation. Additionally, he represents corporate and private clients in relation to employment, regulatory, contractual and commercial disputes.
Camille Dundas
Racial Equity Educator, The IDEA Practice Inc.
Camille Dundas
Racial Equity Educator, The IDEA Practice Inc.
Camille Dundas is an award-winning Canadian journalist and corporate educator specializing in allyship and anti-racism education.
She is the founder of The IDEA Practice Inc, a community of professionals helping deliver Canada’s first corporate micro-credential in workplace diversity, equity and inclusion. Camille’s professional background is in TV journalism where she spent a decade as a producer in some of Canada’s largest newsrooms. She went on to co-found Canada’s leading Black online magazine, the award-winning ByBlacks.com where she still serves as the Editor-in-Chief.
Through keynotes, workshop series, and program implementations, she’s led challenging and solutions-based conversations at global companies such as Google, KPMG Financial, and AstraZeneca.
Peter Mason
Arbitrator and Mediator, Arbitra International
Peter Mason
Arbitrator and Mediator, Arbitra International
Peter Mason FCIArb is a New York-based international Arbitrator and Mediator. A dual national of Australia and the USA and admitted in both countries, he is a member of London’s Arbitra International and is on the roster of arbitrators at a wide range of arbitral institutions including in London, Tokyo, Vienna, Cayman Islands, and BVI. He has expertise in banking and finance; general commercial matters; vaccines and pharmaceuticals; licensing and intellectual property; construction and logistics; and family disputes. He has a particular focus on disputes involving trusts and fiduciary duties.
Peter Mason brings to his practice thirty-five years’ experience as an international commercial litigator in Sydney and New York; and more recently as a C-suite senior executive and global chief legal officer of Unicef, a high-profile enterprise. He has a keen understanding of international commercial transactions and of different business and disputes cultures.
In his work as a Mediator he stresses the importance of the parties’ owning the process and outcome, and works patiently to help the parties craft solutions. As an Arbitrator he is committed to helping parties secure the efficient and timely resolution of their dispute.
He holds degrees in Economics and Law from the University of Sydney. Peter Mason was born in Papua New Guinea.
Henry Tucker
Partner, Harneys
Henry Tucker
Partner, Harneys
Henry is Bermuda managing partner and the head of Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring in Bermuda.
Henry provides practical and leading-edge advice and representation to lenders, boards, shareholders, private equity sponsors, liquidators, receivers, trustees and beneficiaries of Bermuda structures involving cross-border security, digital assets, unique transactions, special situations, enforcement, asset realisation, corporate control, restructuring and valuation. He also advises on associated lending, M&A and alternative investments.
Henry has had a leading role in developing the cross-border landscape applicable to Bermuda incorporated multi-national entities and listed companies. He has represented and appeared for clients in many of the leading cases relating to shareholder and creditor rights, enforcement of foreign judgments and conflicts of laws. He has also authored prior iterations of the ISDA netting opinions for the jurisdiction of Bermuda. Prior to joining Harneys in 2023, Henry was a partner of another offshore law firm in Hong Kong and Bermuda.
Dr. Hamish Lal
Solicitor-Advocate, Hamish Lal Partners
Nik Yeo
Barrister, Fountain Court Chambers
Nik Yeo
Barrister, Fountain Court Chambers
Nik Yeo is a barrister at Fountain Court Chambers, London, with a particular focus on fraud, finance and fintech arbitration and litigation, including blockchain and crypto disputes. He is recognised as a leading practitioner in cryptocurrency disputes (Legal 500’s Junior of the Year 2023 in Tech, Data and Crypto), banking and finance, financial regulation, commercial dispute resolution, IT disputes, and professional negligence (Chambers & Partner’s Junior of the Year 2016 in Professional Negligence). He accepts appointments as arbitrator, and is particularly experienced in fintech arbitrations.
Professor David Berry
Professor, Faculty of Law, UWI Cave Hill
Professor David Berry
Professor, Faculty of Law, UWI Cave Hill
David S Berry, FCIArb is a Professor of Public International Law and Regional Integration Law. He teaches and practices in the same areas as well as in the area of international commercial arbitration. He is on the Roll of Eminent Caribbean International Law Jurists and his book, Caribbean Integration Law (OUP, 2014), is widely cited and used by jurists, practitioners, and students across the West Indies. In his practice Professor Berry has served Governments, and regional and international organisations, including in cases before a range of international tribunals. He also has served as an arbitrator in two ICSID arbitrations.
Emilia Onyema
Professor, SOAS University of London
Daniel Brantes
CEO, Center for Mediation & Arbitration
Daniel Brantes
CEO, Center for Mediation & Arbitration
Daniel Brantes Ferreira is an independent arbitrator and the Brazilian Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution Editor-in-Chief. He is a founding partner at DBFLaw, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), holds a Doctor of Law degree, and is a Professor and author of numerous books and papers on arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms.
Gary Born
Chair, International Arbitration Practice Group
Gary Born
Chair, International Arbitration Practice Group
Gary Born is the chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. He has participated as counsel in more than 675 international arbitrations, including several of the largest arbitrations in ICC and ad hoc history, and has sat as arbitrator in more than 250 institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. Mr. Born is uniformly ranked as one of the leading practitioners in the field, and is the only lawyer in the world to receive global "starred" status in Chambers rankings for international arbitration.
Mr. Born has published a number of leading works on international arbitration and other forms of international dispute resolution. His recent works include International Commercial Arbitration (Kluwer 3d ed. 2021), the leading treatise in the field; International Arbitration: Law and Practice (Kluwer 3d ed. 2021); and International Arbitration and Forum Selection Agreements: Drafting and Enforcing (Kluwer 6th ed. 2021). Mr. Born teaches at leading law schools around the world, including Harvard, Stanford, National University of Singapore, St. Gallen and elsewhere. Mr. Born recently published his first novel - The File - an action-packed spy thriller.
Theominique Nottage
Arbitration Consultant, Govt. of the Bahamas
Theominique Nottage
Arbitration Consultant, Govt. of the Bahamas
Theominique D. Nottage, MCIArb, a Bahamian Counsel & Attorney-at-Law, has worked in both the public and private sectors with professional experience in civil, commercial and trusts litigation, intellectual property matters, environmental law and arbitration.
A 2015 Chevening Scholar, Theominique has a passion for international arbitration and has been extensively involved in several prominent professional organisations holding leadership positions (as the first Bahamian to do so) in Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Young Members Group Global Steering Committee and the Institute for Transnational Arbitration Caribbean Task Force.
Theominique has also published articles on arbitration in relation to commercial arbitration and trusts arbitration. She most recently co-contributed a chapter to a book on diversity in international arbitration.
Theominique presently works as a Consultant to the Government of The Bahamas on matters of international arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution processes. In her role with the Government of The Bahamas, Theominique is responsible for the reform of the legislative framework to support arbitration, mediation and construction adjudication in The Bahamas and to establish The Bahamas as a preferred centre for arbitration in the Americas. She is considered a leading advocate for the use of alternative dispute resolution in not only The Bahamas but also the Caribbean and is a budding arbitration practitioner
Tyrone Marcus
Lecturer, University of the West Indies
Tyrone Marcus
Lecturer, University of the West Indies
- Tyrone Marcus is an author and lecturer in law at the University of the West Indies where he teaches constitutional law, tort law and sports law, among other courses. He is a member of the Juridical Commission of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) a member of the Continental Anti-Doping Panel for the Americas and a former legal adviser at the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. He has a Masters’ Degree in Sports Law and Practice from the De Montfort University in Leicester, England, is the author of Sports Law in Trinidad and Tobago (Wolters/Kluwer, 2019) and co-author of Commonwealth Caribbean Sports Law (Routledge, 2019).
William Sternheimer
Arbitrator, Sports Law
William Sternheimer
Arbitrator, Sports Law
William joined Morgan Sports Law in January 2019 after spending ten years at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), initially as Counsel, then as Managing Counsel & Head of Arbitration and finally as Deputy Secretary General. Prior to that, William worked for a leading international law firm for three years.
William’s practice is focused on international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution in the context of sports disputes, and more specifically football-related disputes: contractual (employment, transfers), disciplinary (corruption, match-fixing, Financial Fair Play), regulatory and governance disputes. During his time at the CAS, William oversaw approximately 940 CAS arbitrations, with more than 700 of those related to football.
Peter Ferrer
Partner, Harneys
Peter Ferrer
Partner, Harneys
Peter Ferrer is a partner in the Litigation & Insolvency and Restructuring team based in our British Virgin Islands office. Peter acts on behalf of institutions, companies, corporate entities and high net worth individuals. His experience includes shareholder actions, fraud claims, hedge fund disputes, insolvency and restructuring matters. He has extensive experience in enforcement proceedings including tracing actions in multiple jurisdictions. He is an experienced trial advocate who regularly appears in the British Virgin Islands Commercial Court Division, the ECSC Court of Appeal and in international arbitration.
Prior to joining Harneys, he practised as a barrister at Quadrant Chambers. At the English bar, he appeared at every court level including Court of Appeal and the United Kingdom Supreme Court.He is consistently recommended in the Legal Directories. He sits on the BVI Commercial Court Users committee, the BVI Civil Procedure Rules Steering Committee and acts as the CIArb BVI Chapter Vice Chair.
George Weston
Partner, Harneys
George Weston
Partner, Harneys
George Weston is a partner in our Corporate practice group and advises on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, downstream private equity investments, joint ventures, public and private share offerings, capital raisings, and corporate reorganisations. Although he works with clients in a wide range of industry sectors across the globe, George has particular expertise working with leading law firms and private equity investors on cross-border corporate acquisitions and joint ventures with a technology or real estate element (including hotels and hospitality). He leads our SPAC practice group in the Americas and has considerable experience of both IPOs and business combinations.
Prior to joining Harneys, George spent seven years in the London office of Paul Hastings, where he worked on a number of high profile corporate transactions. He also completed a secondment in an ECM team at JP Morgan Chase.
George has been widely quoted and published in a variety of media including CNBC, MergerMarket, Legal Business, Asian Business Law Review, Business Law Today, Practical Law Company Magazine, the British Tax Review and the International Financial Law Review. George is a member of the International Bar Association, and he serves as an industry elected director of BVI Finance. He is also a member of the statutory Company Law Advisory and Review Committee and consults regularly with the BVI government and regulators on the development of corporate law in the BVI.
Katharine Menéndez
Partner, Harneys
Katharine Menéndez
Partner, Harneys
Katharine Menéndez de la Cuesta is a litigator who handles international disputes and is based in Holland & Knight's Miami office. Clients rely on her experience to represent them in international arbitration proceedings in English and Spanish, and in litigation matters before U.S. federal and state courts in New York and Florida.
Ms. Menéndez de la Cuesta has handled international arbitrations applying the laws of New York, Florida, Illinois, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Venezuela, Colombia and Guatemala, among other jurisdictions, and administered by the main arbitral institutions, such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). She has acted as administrative secretary of arbitral tribunals, been appointed as arbitrator and was a representative for North America of the ICC's Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF) for its 2019-2021 mandate.
Ms. Menéndez de la Cuesta has been involved in disputes arising out of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), energy (including the mining industry) and transportation matters (airport and rail industries).
In addition, Ms. Menéndez de la Cuesta's background includes practicing international arbitration and litigation at a leading Spanish law firm for several years. She remains licensed in Spain, where she argued cases before Spanish courts concerning commercial matters. She is familiarized with the key differences between the common law and the civil law systems.
Rebecca James
Partner, Linklaters
Rebecca James
Partner, Linklaters
Rebecca is a Partner at Linklaters, Singapore. She specialises in international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and public international law, with a particular focus on Asia and the Middle East.
With extensive experience practising in Singapore, England and Australia, Rebecca has expertise in resolving clients’ most complex and sensitive disputes across a wide range of industries (including energy, infrastructure, mining, technology, fintech, funds/private equity, banking, aviation and telecommunications). She has acted for clients in international commercial arbitrations, both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, under most major sets of international rules (including the SIAC, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, CIETAC, SCC and UNCITRAL Rules) and with a wide range of seats and governing laws. She has also acted for investors and States on investment arbitrations and public international law matters. Her experience extends to advising on enforcing/resisting the enforcement of arbitration awards, and resolving intractable disputes through other forms of dispute resolution.
Rebecca is dual-qualified in England & Wales and Victoria, Australia. She has been widely recognised as a key lawyer in international arbitration and international law by international legal directories. She has also taught at universities, and regularly speaks and publishes, on topical arbitration and international law issues. She is a Co-Chair of the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations’ Asia-Pacific committee.
Conway Blake
Partner, Debevoise
Conway Blake
Partner, Debevoise
Conway Blake is a partner and member of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group, based in London.
Dr. Blake represents corporate clients, sovereigns and international organisations on a range of contentious matters, particularly in investor-state arbitration, public international law disputes and commercial arbitrations governed by various substantive laws and conducted under the major arbitral rules. He is actively involved in the public international law and arbitration communities (including the YIAG, YPILG and YICCA), and has been recognised as a Future Leader in international arbitration by Who’s Who Legal (2022). Dr. Blake is recommended by Chambers UK (2024), where he has been described as “a star in the making” and “a brilliant mind.” He is also recommended by The Legal 500 UK (2024), where clients describe him as “a fantastic legal strategist” and “a great communicator.” He also receives praise for his “exceptional legal knowledge, attention to detail, and ability to think outside the box.” Sources have highlighted his “outstanding judgement and extraordinary dedication whether on high profile commercial work or on pro bono human rights work.”
His court work focuses on disputes raising complex issues of private international law, applications related to arbitral proceedings, and cases addressing issues of corporate social responsibility. He has acted on cases at all levels of the court system, including before the UK Supreme Court, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the courts in Commonwealth jurisdictions. He appears as advocate in both court and arbitral proceedings.
Dr. Blake has an active pro bono practice, and has represented clients on matters before the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees, and an advisor on strategic litigation, for the Human Dignity Trust. He was awarded the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Pro Bono Award for his work in this area.
He joined Debevoise in 2012 after completing his training in the London and Washington, D.C. offices of a leading international law firm. Prior to entering legal practice, he was a lecturer in public international law and served as a consultant on international law to several NGOs. He retains a keen interest in academia, and currently convenes the undergraduate seminar on international commercial arbitration at his alma mater.
He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a PhD in public international law, having received his LLM (First Class) from the same institution. During his post-graduate studies he served as a Hauser Global Visiting Researcher at the NYU Law School. He holds a LLB (First Class) from the University of the West Indies.
Dr. Blake is admitted as a Solicitor Advocate in England & Wales. He is also called to the bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
Elizabeth Cava
Dispute resolution Practitioner, Deloitte
Elizabeth Cava
Dispute resolution Practitioner, Deloitte
An alternative dispute resolution practitioner for over 30 years, Ms. Roberts is a mediator and arbitrator with the Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada and is on the Court of Arbitration for Sport, ADD Division – Presidents and Compliance and Mediators lists. Ms. Roberts was a member of the CAS ad hoc court at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. Additionally, she is on the Arbitrator Panels of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the World Triathlon Corporation and the Professional Fighters League.
She is a member of the Ethics Committee of the International Floorball Federation and World Sailing’s Judicial Board.
Ms. Roberts is a panel member with the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre and the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre as well as a member of the Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators of ICC Canada.
Ms. Roberts is also a member of the Commonwealth Secretariat Adjudication Tribunal.
Sports Background
Ms. Roberts participated in the 1972, 1974, 1986 and 1988 Arctic Winter Games (in both figure skating and winter triathlon), and successfully summited Mt. Elbrus (2003), Mt. Kilimanjaro (2005) and made the last base camp on Mt. Aconcagua (2012). She remains an avid outdoor sports enthusiast, including running (completed the Boston Marathon), cycling, snowshoeing, kayaking and Nordic skiing.
She was a figure skating judge for over 30 years.
