WELCOME TO A CASE IN TIME
This event series aims to provide practitioners and anyone with a substantive interest in international arbitration with weekly insights into significant arbitration-related case law from around the world.
Taking place on Thursdays, A Case In Time combines weekly 30mn pinpoints with a comparative law angle: our Headnote entries, and monthly 90mn deep dives into landmark court decisions: our Journal entries. These events build on Delos’s leading practitioner Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP).
The Headnote Series is curated by Janice Feigher and Vee Vian Thien and features the authors of the 60+ GAP chapters and the Reviewers of the publication. This is followed by a Q&A with the audience and includes networking opportunities. The Journal Series is led by a committee composed of Jonathan Lim (Chair), Laurie Achtouk-Spivak, Tsegaye Laurendeau and Laura Sinisterra. It takes place every last Thursday of the month and includes an opportunity for Q&A. The short bios of the curators of both series follow below.
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Laurie Achtouk-Spivak
Journal Series
Laurie Achtouk-Spivak is a Cleary Gottlieb partner and co-leads the firm’s international arbitration practice in Paris. She has over 15 years of experience in handling the most high stake international arbitration matters. Laurie also has experience acting as an arbitrator and is a CEDR-accredited mediator. Laurie has significant experience in representing clients in arbitrations in a wide range of industry sectors, including energy and natural resources, infrastructure projects, financial services, and life sciences. Laurie is a thought leader in her field, being widely published on international arbitration and international investment law. She also takes part in the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, as well as the ICC Task Force on “Addressing Issues of Corruption in International Arbitration.” She is a member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, ArbitralWomen, ILA, CFA, and ICCA. She is on the board of the French branch of the International Law Association. Follow on LinkedIn.
Janice Feigher
Headnote Series
Janice Feigher is a dually qualified lawyer (Avocat, Paris and Solicitor, England & Wales) trained in both civil and common law. She has over 18 years of experience practicing international arbitration, court litigation and mediation. She has appeared in arbitration proceedings governed by the arbitration rules of ICC, ICSID, AFA, OHADA, UNCITRAL and SCC. She has specific expertise in the fields of energy, mining, infrastructures, aeronautics, shareholder disputes, international sale of goods, insurance and telecommunications. She was also seconded to the in-house dispute resolution department of a leading European player in the field of energy. Janice has been recognised as a Rising Star in arbitration in the 2015 and 2016 editions of Legal Media Group’s Experts’ Guide and has been featuring in the Future Leaders section of the Who’s Who Legal Arbitration since 2018. Janice is the author of several publications, regularly speaks in conferences in the field of international arbitration, and teaches teaches at the Université Paris Saclay. She is the Secretary General of the Comité Français de l’Arbitrage (CFA) and co-heads the Observatoire des Pratiques du Règlement d’Arbitrage CCI of ICC France since October 2022. Before founding Feigher Dispute Resolution, Janice Feigher worked in the international dispute resolution departments of Clifford Chance, Castaldi Mourre & Partners and Norton Rose Fulbright in London, Rome, Milan and Paris. She is fluent in French, English and Italian and conducts proceedings in the three languages. Follow on LinkedIn.
Tsegaye Laurendeau
Journal Series
Tsegaye Laurendeau is an international arbitration partner at Signature Litigation and is based in London. With over 10 years’ experience of international arbitrations as counsel, Tsegaye has advised and represented companies, States and State-owned entities in arbitrations conducted pursuant to the arbitration rules of many of the major arbitration institutions, with a particular focus on disputes in the oil and gas, energy, mining, construction and telecoms sectors. Tsegaye has developed an expertise in arbitrations involving complex corporate structures, financial products, accounting and tax issues and handles all matters relating to quantum in international arbitrations. While Tsegaye’s practice focuses exclusively on arbitration, he began his career in the Project Finance group of a magic circle firm, acting for financial institutions and international corporates in relation to the financing and development of large energy and infrastructure projects in the MENA region and Sub-Saharan Africa. Tsegaye was a partner at international arbitration boutique law firm Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes and Counsel in Shearman & Sterling’s international arbitration group. He is recognised in arbitration guides and features in The Legal 500 International Arbitration Powerlist UK, which showcases the UK’s leading arbitration practitioners. Tsegaye is admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales and at the Paris Bar. Follow on LinkedIn.
Jonathan Lim
Journal Series, Chair
Jonathan Lim is Partner at WilmerHale in London. He has represented governments and private corporations in commercial and investment arbitrations under all major arbitration rules sited across Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. He has also advised governments in Africa and Asia on a range of public international law issues and the drafting of arbitration legislation. In addition to his practice as counsel, Jonathan has a developing practice as an arbitrator, with appointments as sole and party-appointed arbitrator in proceedings seated in Europe and Asia. Jonathan also co-teaches a course on international arbitration at the National University of Singapore each January. He is listed in Who’s Who Legal as a Future Leader in International Arbitration as one of ten “most highly regarded” individuals in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He has been described in directories by clients and peers as “a very smart all-round lawyer with a strong work ethic,” “extremely capable and hardworking,” and “a sure bet as a future global leader.” He is also a Regional Editor of the Delos Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP). Follow on LinkedIn.
Laura Sinisterra
Journal Series
Laura Sinisterra is a partner in the International Dispute Resolution Group at Debevoise & Plimpton, in New York. Her practice focuses on international arbitration and international litigation, concentrating on the mining and energy sectors, in which she regularly handles complex disputes arising in Latin America. Ms. Sinisterra is on the board of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALARB), is Vice Chair of the International Arbitration Committee of the ABA’s International Law Section, is Vice Chair of the ITA’s Communication Committee and was the inaugural Chair of the ITA’s Young Mentorship Program. She received an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and her law degree from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, graduating first in her class. Ms. Sinisterra is admitted to the New York and Colombian Bar Associations. Her native language is Spanish, she is fluent in English, and she has knowledge of French. Follow on LinkedIn.
Vee Vian Thien
Headnote Series
Vee Vian Thien is a senior associate with Three Crowns, London specialising in international arbitration. She has acted in arbitrations held under a variety of rules (ICC, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, UNCITRAL, JCAA, DIFC-LCIA and ICSID) in London, Singapore, Japan, Dubai and Hong Kong. Her experience includes representing clients, both states and companies, in Asia and Europe across a wide array of business sectors, in particular oil & gas, energy, construction, automobile manufacturing, biotechnology and real estate development. Viv also has particular experience of litigation before the English, Indian and Singapore courts, including obtaining anti-suit injunctions in support of arbitration and enforcement of arbitral awards. She is admitted to practise in England & Wales, is a New York attorney and is registered as a foreign lawyer in Hong Kong. Viv is regularly invited to speak at conferences and deliver lectures. Follow on LinkedIn.
