Roderick Cordara is a barrister and a graduate of Cambridge University (Trinity Hall, MA (first class)). He is a Senior Counsel in Australia and King’s Counsel in the UK and is admitted to practice in the Courts of Australia, the UK, and the Singapore International Commercial Court. Roderick practices in international commercial arbitration, including investor state dispute settlement [‘ISDS’], as well as Court litigation arising from arbitral awards and enforcement. His international commercial dispute practice focusses on arbitration involving various sectors: energy (oil, gas, renewables, and generation), financial services, construction, hospitality, trade, & shipbuilding. His ISDS work includes claims based on bilateral and multi-lateral investment treaties (Energy Charter Treaty). His EU practice, in front of the European Court of Justice, involved solely treaty-based disputes. Roderick is experienced in public law litigation (ie disputes with governments) relating to tax, duties, restitution and regulation. In this connection, Clients for whom he has acted in Australia include airlines, banks, miners, the motor distribution and retail optical industries, as well as transport and property development. Roderick has twice appeared in the High Court, and has represented the Australian government in the Full Federal Court. Overseas, he has appeared frequently in UK Supreme Court and European Court of Justice. He acts for the UK government in the export finance sector, with particular reference to sanctions, a subject in which he specialises. Essex Court, his London chambers, has a long and close relationship with New Chambers. Roderick accepts arbitral appointments, and appears as an expert witness to give evidence of English & Australian law. Roderick has a particular interest in Africa. In 2018, he was part of the legal team representing Somalia in its negotiations in Geneva to join the World Trade Organisation. He advised on the trade taxation aspect of the project. In addition he has been involved in a task force setting up new arbitral institutions in six nations in the East Africa (IGAD). He writes and teaches in the field of international arbitration, ISDS and tax. He speaks English, Italian, & French.

Mr. Aoi Inoue is a partner and the Head of the International Arbitration practice at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. He specializes in international arbitration and litigation. He represents clients in a wide range of business disputes, including joint venture, distributorship, construction and infrastructure projects, licensing, franchising, complex financial products, labor & employment and product liability. He has acted as counsel in a number of international arbitrations under various rules including the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, AAA-ICDR, JCAA, CIETAC, VIAC and UNCITRAL. He also serves as arbitrator and has been appointed to the panel of arbitrators of the JCAA, KCAB INTERNATIONAL and Japan Sports Arbitration Agency (JSAA). He has been recognized as a leading arbitration lawyer in Lexology Index Thought Leaders: Arbitration, Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500: Asia Pacific, Best Lawyers and Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific. Mr. Inoue also acts for overseas clients seeking to expand into Japan through international franchising. His support includes structuring, negotiating and drafting relevant documents such as international direct franchise agreements, international master franchise agreements and joint venture agreements. He also assists Japanese clients seeking to expand into foreign countries through international franchising. Mr. Inoue has been nominated for inclusion in the list of recognized franchise lawyers of Lexology Index: Franchise.

Professor Colin Ong has acted as counsel in over 250 international commercial and investment arbitrations across multiple jurisdictions. Listed by Lexology as a Thought Leader in Arbitration, Construction and Litigation since 2019. He has sat as arbitrator or presiding arbitrator in over 200 arbitrations across the World. He is the Chairman of International Advisory Boards of THAC (Thailand) and JIIART (Japan); President, Arbitration Association Brunei Darussalam and Board member of both the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) and the Borneo International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (BICAM). In 2024, he was re-appointed by China’s Chief Justice to sit another 4-year team as a member of the Supreme People’s Court ICEC. Professor Colin Ong has over 32 years of experience as lead counsel and arbitrator. He is the first ASEAN national lawyer appointed English Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel). He is the senior Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple (2010) in Brunei and Singapore. He actively regularly leads international law firm teams as well as sits as arbitrator in seats around the World. He is the author of several leading advocacy and arbitration publications. Legal 500 Construction (Tier-1 Silk) describes him as “intellectually brilliant, a first-tier advocate and an incredibly fast thinker on his feet. His complete mastery of construction law, coupled with his near eidetic memory and incredible strategic plans, puts him well ahead.” Lexology Arbitration Thought Leaders 2024 describes him as “the undisputed superstar in Asia as both arbitrator and counsel...his mastery of both civil and common law, places him at the pinnacle of the legal market.”

Leonora Riesenburg is an Independent Chartered Arbitrator and Accredited Mediator at INTADR DMCC, Dubai, and an International Tenant at 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square in London. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), a Fellow of Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR), and stands as a leading figure in international arbitration, mediation and adr in Middle East, Asia, and the UK. Leonora specialises in complex disputes across key sectors, notably in investment, infrastructure, construction, real estate, joint ventures, banking and finance, and receives routine Chairmanship appointments. Her affiliations with prestigious arbitral institutions—among them the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, DIAC, ADCCAC, SCCA, MIAC, AIADR—further solidify her standing as a leading figure in international arbitration. Leonora’s leadership is reflected in her previous roles as Branch Chair of CIArb UAE, as an Elected Member of the Board of Management for CIArb London, and member of DIFC Courts Arbitration Division Working Group. She is a member of LCIA Arabs Users’ Council and a member of the Swiss Arbitration Association. Leonora is a highly in demand faculty member for the CIArb globally and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in the MENA Region and in the UK, playing a pivotal role in shaping the next generation of dispute resolution practitioners. Her global influence extends through her service with leading institutions worldwide, including in Asia, the Governing Council of the Hyderabad Arbitration Centre (HAC) in India as well as the Global Advisory Panel for Musaliha International Centre for Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (MICADR) in Pakistan.

Shinji Ogawa is the Case Manager at the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA), overseeing all arbitration and mediation cases filed with the JCAA. With extensive experience managing over 100 international arbitration cases, he plays a key role in ensuring efficient case administration. Shinji is also actively involved in the ongoing review of the JCAA Arbitration Rules. Beyond case management, Shinji frequently represents the JCAA at international conferences and events. He has recently spoken in Hong Kong, Berlin, Vienna, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles. He also participates in the UNCITRAL Working Group II sessions as a representative of the JCAA, where he shares insights on electronic awards.

Stephen Mavroghenis is a partner in Goodwin’s Antitrust practice, bringing more than two decades of experience in EU and UK competition law, regulatory strategy, and intellectual property. He is known for navigating high-stakes, cross-border merger control matters and global cartel and antitrust investigations, with sector expertise spanning aviation, chemicals, digital, energy, technology, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and media. Stephen represents clients before the European Commission, the European Courts in Luxembourg, the UK Competition and Markets Authority, and competition authorities around the world. Multinational companies rely on him to guide their most complex mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and takeovers, as well as to defend against cartel allegations and claims of abuse of dominance, including refusals to license, IP-related disputes, rebate structures, and pricing conduct. He also advises on licensing, supply, distribution, and agency arrangements, and designs tailored compliance programs that help organisations manage risk proactively. A frequent author and sought-after speaker, Stephen is widely recognised as a leading voice on competition law and policy across Europe and beyond.

Moses W. Park is a dispute resolution lawyer practicing as a barrister (trial advocate) based in Hong Kong. His practice mainly focuses on conduct and resolution of cross-border and international commercial arbitration and litigation. He has handled a broad spectrum of commercial work with an emphasis on civil fraud, assettracing /recovery, enforcement of foreign arbitral awards/judgments, and amily office as well as shareholder disputes. Moses has expertise concerning recovery strategies and emergency relief measures related to fraud including Mareva injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal orders and asset tracing proceedings. He is well versed in the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards process in Hong Kong. His clients have included multi-national corporations and usinesses as well as high and ultra-high net worth individuals. Moses specialises in multi-jurisdictional financial crime and regulatory matters. He advises financial institutions on cross-border fraud and asset recovery related issues and has particular expertise in conducting complex multi-jurisdictional asset tracing. His experience spans a wide range of industry sectors, particularly, financial services, family offices and private equity funds. His work extends to egulatory fields (providing advice on matters governed by securities and banking legislation). Lately, he has been advising international clients on regulatory issues relating to overnance and regulation of family offices.

Tony Andriotis is a Partner with DLA Piper, where his primary practice focuses on international dispute resolution, and he leads the Tokyo based international arbitration group. He currently also serves as President of the Greek Chamber of Commerce in Japan and as a Board Member of the European Business Council. Tony is an Adjunct Professor at the Tokyo campus of Temple Law School, and a Part-time Lecturer at both Keio Law School (Tokyo) and Humboldt University (Berlin). He is a graduate of Cornell University and the Fordham University School of Law. Though residing in Japan for over a decade, Tony is a native of New York City, where he previously clerked for a federal judge at the United States Court of International Trade. Tony has recently been cooperating with the Commercial Law Development Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce in his capacity as an expert in International Arbitration and Negotiations in conducting Rule of Law Capacity Building Projects throughout Asia.