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AMBASSADORS

Arbitrator Intelligence Ambassadors are talented legal practitioners who help guide AI’s project development internationally and raise awareness about how Arbitrator Intelligence and AIQ responses can increase transparency, accountability, and diversity globally

Open Call for New Ambassadors

Join our Global Team of Arbitrator Intelligence Ambassadors!

Are you keen to help Arbitrator Intelligence to promote accountability, diversity and transparency in international arbitration?

Do you want to help Arbitrator Intelligence revolutionize the arbitrator selection process, helping parties to benefit from data-driven insights into arbitrator decision making?

You will have the opportunity to:

  • Assist Arbitrator Intelligence with research, conduct interviews with arbitrators from around the world, publish blog posts, and contribute your views to creative innovations;
  • Build your global network of connections in the international arbitration community;

…and much, much more!

To view more information on becoming an Arbitrator Intelligence Ambassador, click on the button below.

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Essay Competition

Arbitrator Intelligence is delighted to announce the launch of the Arbitrator Intelligence Ambassadors Essay Competition!

Do you want the chance to win a cash prize, books, the chance to have your essay published in the Kluwer Arbitration Blog and the opportunity to join the Ambassador program in 2021?

If so, we look forward to receiving your essay by 11:59 pm EST on August 31, 2020.

Full guidelines are available here:

Good luck to everyone who enters!

OUR AMBASSADORS

Álvaro Awad
Álvaro AwadAI Ambassador for the LatAm region from Chile
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Andrea Nikolić
Andrea NikolićAI Ambassador for the CEE region from Serbia
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Antonin Sobek
Antonin Sobek AI Ambassador for the CEE region from The Czech Republic
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Aracelly López
Aracelly LópezAI Ambassador for the LatAm region from Costa Rica
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Arnaud Oulepo
Arnaud OulepoAI Ambassador for the MENA region from Morocco
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Blerina Xheraj
Blerina XherajAI Ambassador for the CEE region from Albania
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Catalina Bizic
Catalina BizicMember of AI Ambassador Advisory Council from Romania
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Daniel Cuentas
Daniel CuentasAI Ambassador for the LatAm region from Peru
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Dmitry Semashko
Dmitry SemashkoAI Ambassador for the CEE region from Belarus
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Edson López
Edson LópezAI Ambassador for the LatAm region from Guatemala
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Fahira Brodlija
Fahira BrodlijaAI Ambassador for the CEE region from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Herman Duarte
Herman Duarte AI Ambassador for the LatAm region from Costa Rica
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BLOG

Born v. Born: The Battle of Scholarly Citations in the Canadian Supreme Court’s Uber v. Heller Decision

Most individuals with involvement in international arbitration—as a scholar, practitioner, arbitrator, or as a brave student participating in a moot competition—have cited Gary Born for some legal principle. Indeed, sometimes this name is cited by opposing sides in support of their contrary legal arguments. While this has been a common practice among students and, in particular, Mooties, it now seems that a similar practice is reflected in the majority and dissenting opinions in the long-waited and important international arbitration decision, Uber v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16.

By |July 16th, 2020|
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Transparency and Data Analytics: The Keys to the Transformation of the ISDS Adjudicator Appointment Process

The ongoing global discussions on the reform of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system have been broad in scope and covered a wide range of concerns. As previously documented on this blog, the governments participating in the UNCITRAL Working Group III – ISDS Reform (WG III) have...

By |June 1st, 2020|
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Legal and Practical Aspects of Virtual Hearings During (and After?) the Pandemic: Takeaway From the SCC Online Seminar Series

Two recent online seminars, organised in the context of the Online Seminar Series of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), focused on the fast-track digitalisation into which the world of international arbitration is forced as a result of the pandemic.

By |May 16th, 2020|
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Álvaro Awad

Álvaro is a Partner and the Co-Head of the Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Group at Contereras Volozo. He specializes in Dispute Prevention and Dispute Resolution, with particular emphasis on negotiation, litigation and arbitration (domestic and international). He also teaches Private law, Arbitration and Oral Advocacy at Universidad Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he earned his LL.B. Álvaro is an AI Ambassador for the Latin America region from Chile.

 

Andrea Nikolić

Andrea is a PhD candidate specializing in Private International Law at the University of Belgrade where she also works as a Teaching Assistant. Currently she is working with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia as a Consultant. She is the co-founder of the Belgrade Hub of the Global Sharpers Community. Based in Serbia, Andrea is an AI Ambassador for the Central and Eastern European region.

 

Antonin Sobek

Antonin is a lawyer specializing in International Arbitration with particular focus on EU Law and Public International Law. He completed his Masters in Economic Law at Sciences Po, Paris in 2016 and earned an LL.M. in Commercial and Corporate Law from the London School of Economics in 2017. Antonin is an AI Ambassador for the Central and Eastern European region from The Czech Republic.

 

Aracelly López

Aracelly is an Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Associate at Dentons Muñoz. She has successfully represented both domestic and international clients in complex arbitration matters, and her practice also focuses on commercial litigation. Her practice also includes handling complex negotiations and settlement agreements. She earned her LL.M. from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in 2018. Aracelly is an AI Ambassador for the Latin America region from Costa Rica.

 

Arnaud Oulepo

Arnaud is a Coordinator at the Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Centre (CIMAC), where he is helping the Centre to position itself into the competitive dispute resolution markets both in Africa and globally. He was also Short Term Consultant (Intern) at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID, World Bank) from January to April, 2020. Currently pursuing his Ph.D. from the Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh focusing his research on labor law issues in investment arbitration. Arnaud is an AI Ambassador for the Middle East and North Africa region from Morocco.

 

Blerina Xheraj

Blerina is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Leicester specializing in International Law and EU law. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Geneva in 2017. She has practiced law in Italy, Switzerland and the UK. Blerina is an AI Ambassador for the Central and Eastern European region from Albania.

 

Catalina Bizic

Catalina is a member of the AI Ambassador Advisory Council from Romania. She graduated with an LL.B. in Romanian and French Law and an LL.M. in International Arbitration from the University of Bucharest and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and an LL.M. from Penn State Law. Catalina has worked as an intern at Al Tamimi & Company in Dubai, and is currently an intern in the International Arbitration practice of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in London. She passed the New York bar exam in October 2019.

 

Daniel Cuentos

Daniel is an Associate at Osterling Abogados, where his practice focuses on Litigation and Arbitration. He is the Co-Founder of Arbitration 360o. Daniel earned his LL.B. from Universidad Peruana de Ciencian Aplicadas. He is an AI Ambassador for the Latin America region from Peru.

 

Dmitry Semashko

Dmitry is an attorney practicing Dispute Resolution at Stepanovski, Papakul & Partners primarily focusing on cross-border litigation and arbitration in the Eurasian Economic Union. A Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow at Washington College of Law, Dmitry is also the Co-Founder of Young ADR Belarus (YADR). He is an Adjunct Professor at the Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus. He is from Belarus and is an AI Ambassador for the Central and Eastern European region.

 

Edson López

Edson is a Partner at Integrum and his practice focuses on Alternate Dispute Resolution and Education Law. He earned his LL.B. from Rafael Landívar University in 2006. He is the Co-Founder and the General Director of the Latin American Group of Advisors for Education (GLAE) and is a Former ICC YAF Representative for Latin America. Edson is an AI Ambassador for Latin America region from Guatemala.

 

Fahira Brodlija

Fahira Brodlija is the Director of Research for Arbitrator Intelligence, and an AI Ambassador for the Central and Eastern European region from Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is also the Country Coordinator for a legal reform project in the Western Balkans. Fahira has coached Vis Moot tams from a number of different law schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2016. Fahira is a member of Association ARBITRI, an NGO founded by young attorneys in Bosnia and Herzegovina that seeking to enhance and promote the arbitration system in the region.

 

Herman Duarte

Herman is the Director of HDuarte Legal. He provides strategic advice in law, business and media. He obtained an LL.M in International Commercial Arbitration from Stockholm University and an MSc. in Human Rights and Politics from The London School of Economics and Political Science as a Chevening Scholar. Presently he serves as an officer of the Human Rights Law Committee of the International Bar Association. Based in Costa Rica, Herman is an AI Ambassador for the Latin America region.