The Early-Career in Arbitration series was created by The Arbitration Event Tracker to provide a space for early-career professionals to ask the questions they do not always have the opportunity to raise, to gain a clearer sense of the market, and to develop the soft skills that are increasingly essential in arbitration practice.
Previous media coverage on the series here.
UPCOMING sessions
15 April 2026: Academic Writing for Arbitration Practitioners: Balancing Work and Unlocking Opportunities
Speakers:
- Alina Papanastasiou, Associate at Three Crowns (London, UK)
- Anna Chiara Amato, Assistant Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (Vienna, Austria)
- Kabir Duggal, Partner at Akin (New York City, USA)
- Moderator: Camilo Narváez López, International Arbitration Clerk at Arnold & Porter (London, UK)
Previous sessions
11 March 2026: Standing Out in Arbitration: Navigating Organizational Culture While Growing Your Reputation
Speakers:
- Efat Elsherif, Associate at White & Case (New York City, USA)
- Laura Arboleda Gutiérrez, Legal Counsel at ICSID (Washington DC, USA)
- Vanessa Y. Lo, Associate at Quinn Emanuel (London, UK)
- Eva Y. Chan, Associate at Skadden (New York City, USA)
- Erica Franzetti, Independent Arbitrator and Counsel at Franzetti Arbitration (Washington DC, USA)
- Moderator: Line Taha, Trainee at Trinity International (Paris, France)
18 February 2026: Outside the Firm: Exploring Career Paths in the Arbitration Ecosystem
Speakers:
- Nazli Morali, Legal Counsel at VIAC (Vienna, Austria)
- Amory Martin, Managing Engineer at Exponent (New York City, USA)
- Zeyad Abouellail, Senior Global Relations Officer for MENA at Jus Mundi (Paris, France)
- Susannah Moody, Senior Reporter at Global Arbitration Review (GAR) (London, UK)
- Moderator: Cherif Greiss, LLM Candidate at Queen Mary University (Paris, France)
21 January 2026: Building Effective Advocacy Skills for Arbitration Practice
Speakers:
- Hafsa Ahmad, International Associate at Three Crowns (Washington, D.C., USA)
- María Pilar Perales Viscasillas, Professor of Commercial Law and Director of the Moot Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
- Rebecca Shorter, Barrister at Crown Office Chambers (London, UK)
- Helena Acker, Associate at FCDG (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Moderator: Clara El-Semman, Graduate student at Columbia Law School, Sciences Po and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Resources:
- The Moot Madrid: 2026 | Moot Madrid XVII
- The Vis Moot competition (both in Vienna and in Hong Kong): Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot – Vis Moot / Vis East Moot |
- The Cross-Examination Moot: Cross-Examination Moot 2025 | Sciences Po École de droit (2026’s edition to be announced)
- Advocacy: A Practical Guide by Peter Lyons: Advocacy: A Practical Guide – Peter Lyons (Lawyer) – Google Livres
- The Delos Remote Oral Advocacy Programme (ROAP): REMOTE ORAL ADVOCACY PROGRAMME | Delos Dispute Resolution
- Three Crowns x Stanford CodeX AI tool: Three Crowns and Codex, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics announce launch of AI powered cross examination training platform | Three Crowns
29 October 2025: Beyond the Law: Navigating the Everyday of Your First Arbitration Job
Speakers:
- Maria Andraos, Senior Associate at Clyde & Co (Dubai, UAE)
- Shadia Ajam, Associate at WilmerHale (London, UK)
- Moderator: Inès Armanath, Graduate student Sciences Po (Paris, France)
24 September 2025: Early Careers in Arbitration: from Internships to Long-Term Opportunities
Speakers:
- Elena Leyva Ruiz, Associate at GBS Disputes (Paris, France)
- Elizabeth Oger-Gross, Partner at White & Case (Paris, France)
- Diego Agulló Agulló, Assistant Professor of Law at Universidad Pontificia Comillas – ICADE (Madrid, Spain)
- Moderator: Emma Laconte, Trainee at Quinn Emanuel (Paris, France)
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