José Ricardo FÉRIS

Deputy Secretary General ICC International Court of Arbitration

Hannah TÜMPEL

Manager, International Centre for ADR

Stephanie GOUBELLE

Events Manager

Sami HOUERBI

Regional Director ICC Arbitration and ADR, Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa - Tunis (Tunisia)

sami.houerbi@iccwbo.org
Tel + 216 71 840 297

Mobile +216 20 216 216

Fax +216 71 286 917

Dimağ GAZIOĞLU

Legal Law Firm - Istanbul (Turkey)

Dimağ Gazioğlu is a member of the Regional Coordinating Committee for Africa, the Middle East and Turkey. She obtained her LL.B and a Master degree in Economic Law at University of Geneva (Switzerland). She holds an LL.M in International Business Law from University College London (United Kingdom). Also competent in Turkish legal system, she possesses an Equivalence law degree from Dokuz Eylul University (Turkey). She specializes in international arbitration, commercial litigation and international commercial transactions and contracts. In addition to her role within the ICC YAF, she is an elected participant in the Mentorship Programme of Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration’s Asian chapter. She is a member of the Swiss Arbitration Association below 40, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators European Branch, Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration and LCIA Young International Arbitration Group. She is fluent in Turkish, English and French with intermediate knowledge of Spanish.

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Lara HAMMOUD

Shearman & Sterling LLP - Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Lara Hammoud is a Senior Associate in Shearman & Sterling’s International Arbitration group. She joined the Firm in 2008. Before joining Shearman & Sterling LLP, Lara spent six years at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). She was for four years Assistant Counsel in the Secretariat of the ICC Court of International Arbitration, where she managed arbitrations with a particular focus on the Middle East. She was then promoted to Director of ICC Dispute Resolution Services and the Secretary to the ICC Commission on Arbitration. Lara is a French qualified lawyer and holds a DESS in International Commercial Law from the University Paris X and an LLM in Commercial Law from the University of Bristol. She speaks Arabic, English, French and Italian. Lara acts both as arbitrator and administrative secretary in arbitration matters.

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Anne-Sophie JULLIENNE

BLC Chambers - Port Louis (Mauritius)

Anne-Sophie Julienne is an international arbitration practitioner called to the bar of England & Wales, Paris and Mauritius. She has recently returned to her home country Mauritius, to practice in this field and is hoping to contribute to the development and promotion of Mauritius as a new international arbitration center targeting principally big ticket international arbitrations involving African parties.
Prior to returning to Mauritius, Anne-Sophie practiced as en employed barrister in London for 8 years working in the Dispute Resolution Department of Weil Gotshal & Manges and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom after completing her pupilage at the leading construction law set of Chambers, Keating Chambers.
Anne-Sophie has been involved with a broad range of complex commercial matters, including two major construction arbitrations, international disputes arising out of shipping and derivative transactions relating to the insolvency of Enron Corp in the United States, and several high-profile ICC and ad hoc arbitrations involving allegations of international money laundering relating to the Russian telecoms industry.
Anne-Sophie is a native French speaker and is fluent in English and Spanish.

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Kolawole MAYOMI

SPA Ajibade & Co. - Lagos (Nigeria)

Kolawole Mayomi graduated in the top 5% of his class from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 2001. He was subsequently admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 2003 as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
He commenced active legal practice as an Associate in Chambers of Chief I. N. Umezuruike (SAN) & Co., a firm renowned for its depth in commercial litigation, in Aba, Abia State in 2003. Subsequently, he joined the Dispute Resolution team of the law firm of S.P.A. Ajibade & Co, Lagos, where he is currently a Senior Associate.
Mr. Mayomi is an arbitration specialist, who has developed considerable skills and experience in conducting arbitral proceedings in domestic as well as international arbitral proceedings. He is very familiar with practice and procedure of the major arbitral institutions: ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA etc, as well as ad-hoc arbitral proceedings. He has also successfully handled several contentious arbitral enforcement proceedings in the High Courts.
He has attended various local and international training and conferences on Commercial and Investment Arbitration, and was recently seconded to the International Arbitration Group of Olswang LLP (London). He also maintains a keen interest in Telecommunications Law, and has published several scholarly articles on Commercial Arbitration and on Telecommunications Law in reputable local and International journals.

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Ryham RAGAB

Hafez - Cairo (Egypt)

Ryham Ragab maintains a general contentious practice that covers a range of corporate, commercial, and construction disputes. She has significant experience of most institutional arbitration rules, including the International Chamber of Commerce and the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration.
Ryham received a License en droit from Cairo University, a BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo, and an LL.M. in Banking and Finance Law from the University of London.
Ryham is qualified to practice law in Egypt, and handles cases in Arabic and in English. Ryham is a member of the Global Advisory Board of the American Arbitration Association's ICDR Young & International (ICDR Y&I).
Ryham is a CEDR accredited mediator.

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Encyeh Seyed SADR

Bayan Emrooz International Law Firm - Tehran (Iran)

Encyeh Sayed SADR is Attorney at law licensed from Central Bar Association of Iran (Tehran) specialized in legal drafting, contract management and foreign investment, arbitration and litigation in the field of international commercial law. LLM graduate from Queen Mary University of London in International Commercial Law. Working experience in leading international law firms in London and Tehran. Speaking Persian, English and fairly French, familiar with Arabic.

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Kim Kit OW

Regional Director ICC Arbitration and ADR, Asia - Singapore

Andrew BATTISSON

Allen & Overy - Singapore

David KIM

Shin & Kim - Seoul (Korea)

David Kim is a foreign legal consultant and a member of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Practice Group at Shin & Kim. Mr. Kim has acted as counsel in arbitration cases before the ICC, KCAB, and LCIA as well as in ad-hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL rules.

Prior to joining Shin & Kim, Mr. Kim practiced at Miles Davison LLP in Calgary, Canada. He is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian and the Calgary bar associations. Mr. Kim was educated at the University of Alberta (B.Sc.) and the University of Calgary (LLB). He is fluent in English and Korean.

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Daisy MALLETT

Mallesons Stephen Jaques - Sydney (Australia)

Daisy Mallett, Senior Associate at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Sydney, has acted as adviser and advocate in numerous international arbitrations arising under the rules of the major arbitral institutions (ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICSID, PCA, HKIAC). She has represented clients across a variety of sectors including mining, oil and gas, utilities, financial services, manufacturing, and insurance disputes. Daisy also has experience in public international law arbitrations, representing clients in investment treaty and boundary disputes. Prior to joining Mallesons, Daisy was worked in the international arbitration teams of international law firms in London and Paris.
Daisy is a solicitor admitted in England & Wales, the High Court of Australia and New South Wales.

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May TAI

Herbert Smith LLP - Beijing (China PR)

May Tai specialises in all types of cross-border China-related dispute resolution, including international arbitration, litigation and regulatory investigations. She divides her time between Herbert Smith’s Shanghai and Beijing offices and has previously practised in Herbert Smith's London, Singapore and Tokyo offices.
In her cases, May has advised governments, government owned-entities and commercial clients (including financial institutions and energy companies) in Asia, Europe and America. Her practice covers a wide range of commercial and regulatory issues. She has acted as counsel and advocate in arbitrations under various rules (CIETAC, ICC, LCIA, ICSID, SCC, SIAC, HKIAC arbitration and ad hoc arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules) and court proceedings.
May speaks fluent English, Chinese (Mandarin/ Putonghua and Cantonese) and Bahasa (Malaysia and Indonesia).

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Shreyas JAYASIMHA

AZB Partners - Bangalore (India)

Alina LEOVEANU

Head of the Chapter, Deputy Counsel ICC International Court of Arbitration - Paris (France)

Timur AITKULOV

Clifford Chance CIS Limited - Moscow (Russia)

Timur Aitkulov is a partner in the Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution practice of the Moscow office of Clifford Chance. Timur holds a Doctor of Law degree from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (2000) and a Master of Law degree from the Russian School of Private Law (1999). Timur specialises in international arbitration, cross-border and domestic litigation, regulatory and white-collar issues. He has acted as counsel in Stockholm, London, Moscow and Zurich in a significant number of international arbitrations involving nuclear energy, oil and gas, mining, construction, banking, M&A and general commercial and corporate matters. He has participated in complex multi-jurisdictional white-collar cases and cross-border litigation. Timur is a member of the Moscow Bar and a member of the editorial committee of International Commercial Arbitration Review.

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John ADAM

Shearman & Sterling LLP - Paris (France)

John Adam is an associate in Shearman & Sterling LLP’s international arbitration group, and is based in the firm’s Paris office. John has advised and represented multinational clients in numerous arbitrations under the aegis of the ICC, SCC, ICSID, LCIA, DIAC, HKIAC and Santiago CAM as well as in ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules, with a particular focus on foreign investment, technology & construction, energy and corporate disputes, and disputes with a Latin American or Iberian element. In addition to his role within the ICC YAF, John is a member of YIAG, Club Español del Arbitraje (where his is a member of the French Chapter’s Executive Committee), and ICDR Young & International.
John is qualified as a Barrister (England & Wales) and Abogado (Spain). He holds full Law degrees from King’s College, University of London (LL.B.) and the University of Seville, Spain (Licenciado en Derecho, specialising in Commercial Law). John is bilingual in English and Spanish, and fluent in French.

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Ania FARREN

Baker Botts - London (UK)

Ania Farren is a Senior Associate in the arbitration team at Baker Botts, London. She has represented clients as counsel and advocate in numerous arbitrations conducted under the auspices of various institutions (including ICC, LCIA, SCC, AAA and ICSID) as well as in ad hoc arbitrations. Ania is a Solicitor Advocate admitted in England & Wales. She has previously practiced in London, Frankfurt and Paris and speaks English, French and Polish. In addition to this role, Ania is a member of YIAG and the IBA Subcommittee on Investment Treaty Arbitration.

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Eva STORSKRUBB

Roschier - Stockholm (Sweden)

Eva Storskrubb, Senior associate in Roschier’s Dispute Resolution practice, is an internationally recognized specialist in EU procedural law who holds an LL.L. degree from the University of Helsinki and a Doctor of Laws degree from the European University Institute in Florence. She has extensive experience of multi-jurisdictional cases involving both court litigation and arbitration. She is also an accredited mediator in Finland. Prior to joining Roschier in 2011, she has, among other things, worked as an attorney in Helsinki and London.

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Stamatios TSETOS

Stamatios Tsetos & Associates - Athens (Greece)

Stamatios Tsetos is the Founding Partner of St. Tsetos & Associates Law Firm in Athens, specialising in international arbitration, litigation and entertainment law and dealing with disputes pertaining, in particular, to EU competition law, agency and distribution agreements, telecommunications contracts, IT and high technology contracts.

Stamatios has worked for a number of years as an Associate in highly regarded Law Firms both in Paris and Athens practising international arbitration (either institutional or ad hoc), international litigation as well as private international law.

He studied law at the University of Athens where he graduated with honours and pursued post-graduate studies in Paris. After being awarded full scholarship by the French Government, he obtained a Masters’ Degree in International and EU trade law (from University Paris X – Nanterre) and a Master’s Degree in Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (from University Paris II – Panthéon-Assas).

Stamatios is a dual-qualified lawyer both in Greece and in France and a member of all the major associations of young international arbitration practitioners.

He speaks fluently Greek, English and French and has a basic knowledge of Spanish.

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Nicolas WIEGAND

Partner, International Arbitration Group of CMS - Munich, Germany

Nicolas Wiegand has 10 years of experience in acting as counsel, arbitrator and assistant to the arbitral tribunal in more than 50 national and international commercial arbitrations (including ICC, LCIA, SIAC, DIAC, Swiss Rules, DIS, SCC, JCAA, Vienna Rules and ad hoc) as well as 5 foreign investment treaty disputes (ICSID and under the UNCITRAL Rules), with a particular focus on licensing agreements, distribution agreements, major projects/construction, gas supply agreements/energy sector and post M&A-disputes.

Besides ICC YAF, Nicolas is also a member of numerous other international arbitration institutions (including Young ICCA, DIS, ASA below 40, LCIA YIAG, IBA) and included on the list of arbitrators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the panel of arbitrators of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre. He is the author of several publications related to international arbitration, including a leading commentary on the enforcement of international arbitration awards.

Nicolas is based with CMS in Munich, Germany, and has previously worked in Australia, the United States and Switzerland.

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Katherine GONZALEZ ARROCHA

Regional Director ICC Arbitration and ADR, Latin America - Panamá

katherine.gonzalezarrocha@iccwbo.org

Tel: +507 301 1311

Fax: +507 301 1399

Rodrigo BORDACHAR

Bordachar, Alvearn, Meneses & Barros Abogados - Santiago (Chili)

Rodrigo Bordachar is Licenciado en Derecho (LL.B.), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, PUC (2002). Master Droit (LL.M.) in litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas). Other postgraduate studies in the same field and labour and corporate law.
Rodrigo is partner of Bordachar, Alvear, Meneses & Barros (Chile), since 2010. Previously, partner at Bordachar Abogados (2005-2010) and in-house counsel at Instituto Profesional DuocUC (technical education institution founded by the PUC), between 2002 and 2005.
Rodrigo Bordachar teaches arbitration for undergraduate and postgraduate students at the PUC (2007-2011) and he is in charge of its student team for the international commercial arbitration moot competition (UBA- U. del Rosario).
Member of the Chilean Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados de Chile), Franco-Chilean Chamber of Commerce and Latino American arbitration association.
His native language is Spanish, and he is fluently in English and French.

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Octavio FRAGATA

Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Octavio Fragata M. de Barros specializes in litigation and arbitration matters, particularly international commercial disputes involving the Brazilian market.
An acknowledged expert in international arbitration, Mr. Fragata M. de Barros has participated as counsel in numerous proceedings before arbitration panels worldwide. Currently developing a thesis on “Evidence in International Arbitration” and having defended a dissertation on “The Judicial Opposition to Arbitration: anti-suit injunction” before the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Fragata M. de Barros has far-reaching experience including corporate, construction, M&A, distribution contracts and electricity-related disputes. He has participated on arbitration matters conducted under the auspices of the ICC, AAA and ICSID as well as under the Brazilian institutions CIESP/FIESP, CCBC and CBMA. He is also listed in the arbitrators roster of prestigious institutions such as CAMARB and CBMA.
Mr. Fragata M. de Barros joined Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão in 2003 and works under the supervision of the founding partner Francisco Antunes Maciel Müssnich. In 2009, as Foreign Associate joined the International Litigation and Arbitration team of Dechert LLP, Paris office. He lectures and publicizes regularly on international arbitration and commercial and investment law topics. Mr. Fragata M. de Barros is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.

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Diego Brian GOSIS

Of Counsel, Smith International Legal Consultants -Miami (Florida); Special Counsel, Guglielmino & Asociados - Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Diego Brian Gosis is Of Counsel at Smith International Legal Consultants (Miami, FL). He also acts as special counsel to Guglielmino & Asociados (Buenos Aires, Argentina) on matters of investment arbitration.
Mr. Gosis holds degrees in Law and in Translation by the University of Buenos Aires. He has participated as counsel for and against sovereigns and private parties in over 30 international arbitration and annulment proceedings under the arbitration rules of the ICC, the AAA, FINRA, UNCITRAL and ICSID in proceedings conducted in Spanish, English and Portuguese, and has acted as counsel or expert in court proceedings in several jurisdictions.
Mr. Gosis has also extensive transactional experience, including in M&As of privately held and publicly listed companies in Europe and the Americas; the development and financing of commercial projects in several industries; and advising firms, individuals and sovereign instrumentalities on matters of commercial, administrative and international law.
He is a member of the Latin American Arbitration Group of the ICC, Club Español del Arbitraje and the Arbitration Committee of the IBA, a member of the roster of arbitrators of several arbitration centers, and frequently speaks and writes on matters of commercial and investment arbitration in congresses, seminars and academic events and publications. He has trained the teams of University of Buenos Aires to several commercial and investment arbitration competitions, and currently serves at the Board of Advisors to the FDI Moot on investment arbitration.

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Christa MUELLER

Noriega & Escobedo, A.C. - México (México)

CHRISTA MUELLER GARCÍA, is a Senior Associate at Noriega & Escobedo, A.C. since 2007. Se obtained her law degree at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), and holds a post graduate degree in Judicial Argumentation also from the ITAM.

She has participated both as counsel and solicitor of public and private companies in areas regarding national and international litigations, ADR’s, mediation, conciliation and arbitrations, as well as in diverse institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, including numerous complex state arbitration proceedings. Her primary fields of specialization are Civil and Commercial Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration. Christa also has extensive experience in reinsurance law, transnational insolvency proceedings, including M&A of public companies in Europe and Latin America.

Christa has lectured as Associate Professor of Commercial Contracts at the Universidad Panamericana (UP) in Mexico City. She is fluent in Spanish, English and German.

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Humberto SAENZ

Saenz & Asociados - San Salvador (El Salvador)

Humberto Saenz is J.S.D. in private law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2010 (Cum Laude). Postgraduate in Business International Transactions of the Anahuac University of the South of Mexico, 2002. Masters in Business Administration with specialization in finance at ISEADE-FEPADE in El Salvador, 2001 (Cum Laude). LL.B. from University Dr. José Matías Delgado in El Salvador, 1997 (Cum Laude)
He is partner and Vice-president of the Law firm Sáenz & Asociados in El Salvador. He has participated in several national arbitrations, both institutional and ad-hoc, representing different companies in different industries. He has co-litigated with the Attorneys General Office of the Republic of El Salvador, in arbitrations which have required the defense of the interests of the Salvadoran State. He has participated in several international arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the center of arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala (CENAC). Party Counsel in arbitrations ad-hoc promoted in Nicaragua and Guatemala, representing national and foreign investors; representing companies in El Salvador, Spanish, Argentinian, Chilean, American, Guatemalan and Nicaraguan capital. He is an Arbitrator before the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of El Salvador and has participated as Arbitrator in various local arbitral tribunals. President of the Salvadorian Chapter of the “Club Español del Arbitraje”; Member of the Latin American Arbitration Group of the ICC and Member of the Latin American Arbitration Association.
He has various publications as: "Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards in El Salvador ". Thesis for the J.S.D. from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2010; “Comments on the Amendments to the Law of Mediation, Conciliation an Arbitration of El Salvador”; “Sovereign Immunity Regarding Enforcement Against States and Government Institutions”.

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Josefa SICARD-MIRABAL

Regional Director ICC Arbitration and ADR, North America - New York City (USA)

Tina CICCHETTI

Fasken Martineau - Vancouver (Canada)

Tina Cicchetti is a lawyer in the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group whose practice focuses on arbitration with developed skills in both domestic and international commercial arbitration and investment arbitration. She has been involved in a number of arbitrations either as counsel or tribunal secretary in a wide range of matters, including mergers and acquisitions, shareholder disputes, construction and distribution agreements. Tina has experience with cases under the ICC, AAA, ICDR, JCAA, Swiss, LCIA, UNCITRAL and BCICAC Rules. She routinely advises clients on the drafting of arbitration clauses and strategic options available in commercial and investment arbitration.
Tina is currently an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law, where she co-teaches a seminar on international commercial disputes. Tina is the president of the Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners (YCAP), a member of the Regional Coordinating Committee of the North American Chapter of ICC's YAF and a member of the International Arbitration Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (ICC Canada). Prior to joining the firm, Tina clerked at the BC Court of Appeal.

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Eridania PEREZ

Dewey & Leboeuf - New York City (USA)

Eridania Perez is a partner in the New York office of Dewey & LeBoeuf.
Ms. Perez practices in the areas of commercial litigation and arbitration. She has tried and arbitrated cases involving a wide range of contract disputes, as well as complex fraud and misrepresentation claims, breaches of warranties and representations, stock and asset purchase agreements, and insurance and reinsurance disputes. In addition, she regularly advises non- US companies regarding defense and strategy in potential United States litigation and arbitration proceedings on contract and agency disputes, among others.Ms. Perez has been recognized in Legal 500 US 2008 Rankings, and has published and presented on various topics.

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Greig TAYLOR

Forensic and Litigation Consulting for International Arbitration FTI - New York City (USA)

Greig Taylor is a managing director in FTI Consulting’s Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice and is based in New York. Previously he worked for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP in New York and London.
A UK national, he has undertaken forensic accounting work around the globe including the UK, continental Europe, MENA, and Central America. Greig’s experience includes litigation consulting involving forensic accounting and financial investigations under UK GAAP, US GAAP and IFRS, buy-sell disputes, large-scale international acquisitions, bankruptcy issues, as well as assistance in domestic and international arbitration proceedings and the provision of expert testimony.
Greig has worked on numerous International Arbitration matters for both claimants and respondents, under various institutions including ICC, ICSID, DIAC, SCC and the Zurich Chamber of Commerce. Greig has also provided assistance to counsel and management regarding different aspects of purchase price disputes including financial analyses and negotiation positions. Services have included cost analysis in relation to hardship clauses, pricing studies, revenue projections, determination and evaluation of claims for economic loss, and specialized accounting issues under US GAAP, IFRS and UK GAAP. Other notable engagements include assisting the court-appointed Trustee in one of the world’s largest bankruptcy proceedings of a financial institution, post-acquisition due-diligence of European banks, and an internal investigation and provision of investment accounting expertise to a $5bn hedge fund.
Greig received a B.A. (Hons) in modern history from the University of Manchester, England, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. He also took a year out of his profession to participate in the BT Global Challenge Round the World Yacht Race aboard SAIC La Jolla in 2004-2005, circumnavigating the globe on a 72’ yacht.

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