Dr. Kabir Duggal

Dr. Kabir Duggal is a senior associate in Arnold and Porter's International Arbitration and Public International Law Practice Groups in New York. He also acts as a Consultant for the United Nations Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries (UN-OHRLLS) on the creation of a novel "Investment Support Program." Dr. Duggal is a Lecturer-in-Law at the Columbia Law School, teaching "International Investment Law and Arbitration." Dr. Duggal has published several articles and books and is regularly invited to speak at conferences globally. He is the Managing Editor for Columbia Law School’s “The American Review of International Arbitration.” He has co-authored a book entitled "Evidence in Investment Arbitration" published by Oxford University Press and "Principles of Evidence in Public International Law as applied by Investor-State Tribunals" by Brill Publishing. He has received the Burton "Law360 Distinguish Legal Writing Award" for his scholarly writings.

Mr. Colin Liew

Colin has been recognised by leading directories as an outstanding and influential disputes practitioner who specialises in commercial disputes over a wide range of practice areas, with a particular focus on arbitration-related litigation. Colin also advises on and represents clients in arbitration, in addition to taking on arbitrator appointments. As both leading and junior counsel, Colin has acted in a number of reported cases involving novel points of law, and his legal submissions have been repeatedly commended by the courts. In addition, Colin has provided expert evidence of Singapore law to various tribunals, and contributes regularly to law journals and law reform initiatives.

Ms. Fedelma C. Smith

Fedelma C. Smith is Senior Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), and was appointed as the first PCA Representative in Singapore in January 2018. Fedelma’s experience at the PCA includes assisting in the Eritrea-Ethiopia boundary arbitration, the Abyei arbitration, and the boundary arbitration between Croatia and Slovenia, as well as serving as tribunal secretary in a number of investor-state cases and other significant disputes involving a state or public entity. From 2012 to 2014, she served as PCA Representative in Mauritius, where her responsibilities included the administration of PCA cases and outreach activities in the region. As PCA Representative in Singapore, Fedelma is responsible for a substantial docket of PCA cases seated or heard in Singapore and the region. Fedelma also supports the PCA Secretary-General in the appointment of arbitrators. From 2008 to 2010, Fedelma served as associate legal officer at the International Court of Justice. Fedelma is a member of the Bar of England and Wales and completed her law studies in Oxford, Constance, and Leiden.

Mr. Elijah Putilin

Mr. Elijah Putilin is partner at P&S dispute resolution boutique headquartered in Hong Kong. Currently, Mr Putilin also holds offices of the Deputy Head of Legal Services at the Asian International Arbitration Centre and the Secretary General of the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre. Mr Putilin has advised clients in more than 50 cases before ICC, ICAC, ICDR, LCIA and SCC tribunals, national courts and international adjudication bodies. As part of the AIAC’s team, Mr Putilin advised the Government of Malaysia on the revision of the Arbitration Act 2005. He also played an instrumental role in the revision of the Centre’s Mediation Rules to tailor them for Investor-State disputes. Mr Putilin has published several articles in the field of public international law and dispute resolution and is the author of the forthcoming book “Guide to Malaysian Investment Treaties”. Mr Putilin is regularly invited to speak at conferences and deliver courses on arbitration in Asia and Europe.

Professor James Claxton

Has more than a decade of experience in international dispute resolution as advocate, academic, arbitrator, and mediator. He worked as legal counsel at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington and as attorney in the international arbitration practices of global law firms in Paris. Since 2008, he has given lectures and intensive courses in international dispute resolution at law faculties in Asia, Europe, and the United States. He is presently full professor of law in the Graduate School of Law at Kobe University in Japan. A CIArb Fellow and CEDR-accredited mediator, he currently advises emergent dispute-resolution institutions in Asia and serves on various international-dispute-settlement working groups including as a sub-committee chair of the Investor-State Mediation Task Force of the International Mediation Institute.