Adarsh Saxena is the Director of International Arbitration at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (Singapore). Qualified in India and England & Wales, Adarsh regularly advises and represents clients on a variety of disputes including those relating to construction and infrastructure projects, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, media rights contracts, franchise agreements, sports and corporate governance. Adarsh has recently advised the acquirer of an Indian life sciences company in a post-acquisition dispute involving breach of representations and warranties by the sellers.

Alessa Pang is a Partner in the Commercial & Corporate Disputes and International Arbitration practices at WongPartnership LLP. She focuses on cross-border commercial disputes, acting in international arbitrations and in related litigation before the Singapore courts. Her practice spans a wide range of sectors, and she has represented clients in disputes arising from banking and finance, technology, commodities, shipping, hospitality, and investment-related matters. She also sits as an arbitrator. She is recognised as a Future Leader in Arbitration by Lexology Index, with clients describing her as a “very strong litigator” who quickly masters complex issues. Alessa is admitted to practice in Singapore and in England & Wales.

Alex leads GSK’s dispute resolution and government investigations work in the APAC region. Previously he practised at the London office of a leading US firm, working extensively on critical international disputes and regulatory defence mandates.

Alina has over 15 years of experience, specialising in international arbitration and commercial litigation, including arbitration-related court proceedings. She has advised and acted in a broad range of matters including matters involving cross border joint ventures, government related contracts, energy disputes and reclamation disputes. Alina is recognised as a key lawyer in Dispute Resolution by The Legal 500 in 2025 and has been named one of Singapore Business Review’s Top 20 Under 40 Lawyers for 2025.

Dr. Anna Kaehlbrandt is a German qualified lawyer, practicing law as part of Hengeler Mueller’s dispute resolution department in Frankfurt, Germany. Anna has a strong focus on arbitration law, having gained practical insights working for the case management team of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) and having published her PhD thesis on multi-party disputes in arbitration. Anna advises a variety of clients in complex national and international arbitrations as well as in state court proceedings. She spent the past year as Secondee in Allen & Gledhill’s dispute resolution team in Singapore.

Jan K. Schaefer, LL.M. (NUS), heads King & Spalding's dispute resolution practice in Germany and is based in Frankfurt. He is a board member of the DIS.

For 25 years, he represents foreign and German clients in domestic and international arbitration matters – commercial, construction and investor-state – under various arbitration rules and venues, including in the life science industry in post M&A, licensing, long-term supply and JV disputes.

Jan has served as chairman, party-appointed, sole, or emergency arbitrator in more than 85 arbitrations under a variety of rules, including SIAC, ICC, SCC, DIAC and DIS as well as ad hoc proceedings.

Nahendran Navaratnam practices as counsel and arbitrator at Navaratnam Chambers, a boutique dispute resolution practice in Kuala Lumpur. He graduated from Monash University, Australia, and holds degrees in Science and Law. He has over 38 years of experience in trial, appellate and arbitration matters, particularly contract, regulatory, technology, energy, telecommunications, construction and insurance disputes. He is a Chartered Arbitrator, accredited Mediator and Adjudicator, and has been appointed in over 100 arbitrations, issuing more than 80 awards, including ICC, SIAC and AIAC administered arbitrations. He is recognised by leading legal publications and is in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame.

Nils Eliasson is an International Disputes partner at King & Spalding in Singapore.

Nils has represented clients in commercial and investment disputes in Asia and around the world for more than 25 years. He has acted as arbitrator and counsel in more than 125 arbitrations across a wide range of industry sectors, including life sciences and IP, corporate commercial (joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, shareholders disputes), energy, and construction. He has also handled a large number of investment treaty arbitrations. Nils – who is both common law and civil law qualified – is frequently appointed as arbitrator in international proceedings.

Dr Richard Happ is a partner at Luther in Hamburg and co-head of the firm’s Complex Disputes team. He advises and represents companies and states in complex litigation and international arbitration. Richard has acted in proceedings under DIS, ICC, ICSID, SIAC, SCC and UNCITRAL Rules and frequently sits as arbitrator. He is President of the DIS Council for Arbitration and is, inter alia, co-editor of a commentary on the 2022 ICSID Arbitration Rules.

Tomas Haagen is a founding partner of Haagen & Møller in Copenhagen and focuses on complex arbitration, particularly in investment, post M&A, contract, commercial and life science related disputes.

Tomas has served as chairman and party-appointed arbitrator in various arbitrations under a variety of rules.

Tomas was at Gorrissen Federspiel for 25 years. He was a partner at the firm for almost 20 years and headed up the firm’s Corporate M&A group for 10 years before taking the role as Managing Partner.

Tomas left the firm to join Novo Nordisk A/S as Group General Counsel from 2018 to 2023.

Woojae Kim is a partner in the international arbitration and cross-border litigation practice group at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (BKL). He focuses on complex international disputes across a broad range of sectors, including life science, post-M&A, energy, and large-scale construction matters. Mr. Kim has extensive experience under major arbitral rules. He has played key roles in significant investor-state disputes, including the multi-billion dollar Lone Star Funds arbitration against the Korean government. He also advises on cross-border litigation, enforcement proceedings, and international energy and infrastructure projects worldwide.