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.

Randolph is the Managing Director of the Dispute Resolution Department of Drew & Napier LLC, Singapore. He also heads the dispute resolution practices of the firm’s Greater China Desk, International Trade and Private Client Practice Groups. Randolph has an active advocacy practice in international arbitration and mediation, cross border and domestic litigation. He is recognised and ranked by various publications including Chambers Asia-Pacific, Chambers Global, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Asialaw Leading Lawyers, Chambers High Net Worth, Doyle's Guide and is a Benchmark Litigation Disputes Star. Apart from counsel work, Randolph is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and of arbitration institutes of Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and India. He is also on arbitration panels of arbitral institutions in Singapore, Malaysia, India, China and Russia as well as being a specialist mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Centre, the AIAC and the Mediation & Conciliation Network.

Minn Naing Oo is an Independent Arbitrator and Mediator with Arbitration Chambers. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Minn is currently a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. He is also a member of the UNIDROIT-ICC Working Group on International Investment Contracts. Minn is the former Chief Executive Officer and Registrar of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). While at the SIAC, he was also Singapore’s representative to the UNCITRAL Working Group on revising the UNCITRAL arbitration rules. After the SIAC, Minn was in private practice with Allen & Gledhill LLP, where he was a Partner in Singapore and Managing Director of the firm’s Myanmar office. He also worked on the drafting of the Myanmar Arbitration Law 2016. He has advised government agencies and worked on various legislative reforms in Myanmar. Apart from his time at SIAC and in private practice, Minn was previously the Director at the Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore overseeing Singapore’s WTO, free trade agreement and investment agreement negotiations.

Junxiang is a Director at Clasis LLC (in association with Clyde & Co), Singapore. Junxiang’s main areas of practice are restructuring & insolvency, litigation and arbitration disputes, with a focus on shareholder disputes, employment, financial fraud, and regulatory investigations. Junxiang is a specialist in restructuring and insolvency, with an in-depth knowledge of Singapore insolvency laws and procedures. He has acted for liquidators, scheme managers, judicial managers and receivers in all aspects of corporate restructuring & insolvency, both contentious and non-contentious. This includes representation in the context of numerous high-profile insolvencies, particularly in the energy, resources and shipping sectors. He also has extensive experience acting for distressed companies in restructuring their debts and corporate turnarounds. Apart from restructuring and insolvency, Junxiang also regularly advises and represents corporations, directors and individuals in numerous high value, complex disputes, and appeared before all levels of the Singapore Courts. His matters frequently involve issues relating to alleged breaches of director’s duties, employment contracts, and professional liability. He also advised and represented forensic accountants, the Singapore Stock Exchange and the Singapore government in complex investigations into suspected cases of commercial fraud, accounting irregularities and breaches of listing regulations.

Prof. Elijah Putilin, FCIArb is an independent arbitrator and counsel. Clients and peers describe him as being “highly able, keen and very efficient”, “a world class practitioner” and praise him for his ability “to present even the most complex concepts in a simple and understandable manner”. Prof. Putilin regularly sits as a Sole-Arbitrator, Presiding Arbitrator, or co-arbitrator in cases administered by leading institutions that involve application of civil, common, or international law. Prof. Putilin has also represented and advised clients in over a hundred disputes before SCAI, SCC, LCIA, ICC, ICDR and ICAC (Russia) tribunals, foreign and domestic courts of all levels, international trade tribunals and sporting bodies. His expertise spans over variety of industries, including oil & gas, banking & finance, construction, TMT, and agriculture. In addition to his arbitrator and counsel work, Prof. Putilin lectures on international commercial and investment arbitration at the Tashkent State University of Law and is an Adjunct Professor of international dispute resolution and business law at leading universities in Central and South‐East Asia. Prof. Putilin is a member of the SCC Arbitrators’ Council and a member of the Supervisory Board of the IAC (Kyrgyzstan).

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.

Naveen Sri Kantha is a Partner in the Construction Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Practice Group at Lee & Poh Partnership. With close to a decade of experience, he specialises in construction, energy and infrastructure disputes. He has appeared before all levels of the Malaysian courts and advises on domestic and international arbitration and CIPAA adjudication. His clients include developers, state-owned entities, contractors and consultants, whom he advises throughout the project lifecycle, from tendering and contract negotiations to dispute resolution. Naveen regularly speaks on construction law and arbitration, sharing practical insights drawn from his contentious practice and project advisory work. He has also contributed to various legal publications, including Standard Form of Building Contracts Compared (2024) and the Malaysia chapters of the International Comparative Legal Guide – Construction & Engineering for the 2024–2026 editions.

Peter Scott Caldwell is regularly appointed as arbitrator, mediator, dispute board member and adjudicator on a wide variety of disputes or projects in various Asian jurisdictions involving parties from around the world. Peter is a chartered engineer with many years’ experience in managing major civil engineering works. He is also a Chartered Arbitrator and accredited mediator. Peter was a member of the working party which drafted the first edition of the IBA Rules for the Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration. He is board member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation Region 2, an Arbitrator Member of the Society of Construction Arbitrators and a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. He is a former Secretary-General of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and a founder member and past chair of the Society of Construction Law Hong Kong, a past chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) regional branch and was involved in founding the Thai Branch of CIArb.

Marcus has been working as an inhouse legal counsel in the construction industry in the GCC, in particular in Saudi Arabia and in the UAE, for the past 20 years. He is both German and Lebanese and has graduated at the Sorbonne in Paris and the Universities of Cologne and Munich. In his spare time Marcus loves to hike and considers having walked more than 1000 km to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela as one of his greatest experiences.

Earl Rivera-Dolera is a partner at TKI. Prior to joining the firm, she was a partner and head of international arbitration at Frasers Law Company (formerly Freehills) in Vietnam, where she represented entities and individuals in arbitrations under the rules of major arbitral institutions (ICC, SIAC, VIAC, JCAA) and commercial mediations under SIMC rules in Singapore, and ad hoc rules in New York. She was also an independent arbitrator and a tribunal secretary to prominent international arbitrators at The Arbitration Chambers in Singapore. Earl also serves as arbitrator appointed as chair, ole and party-nominated arbitrator by the major arbitral institutions. She has served as arbitrator and issued awards under the rules of the ICC, JCAA, SIAC, KCAB, VIAC, and in ad hoc arbitrations. She is empaneled as arbitrator and/or mediator with AAA-ICDR, SIAC, JCAA, KCAB, HKIAC, AIAC, CAA.