January 30, 2023
Hon. L. Yves Fortier CC KC
Honourable L. Yves Fortier, PC, CC, OQ, QC, Ad.E, Cabinet Yves Fortier, Montréal. Mr Fortier is the former Chair and Senior Partner of Norton Rose (formerly Ogilvy Renault) in Montréal from 1992 to 2008. Mr 31 Fortier was then Chairman Emeritus of the December 2011. Since January 1st, 2012, Mr Fortier practises law in Mont f irm until réal as an independent arbitrator/mediator. He is a graduate of Université de Montréal, McGill University and Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar). He is a past president of the London Court of International Arbitration and of the Canadian Bar Association. Mr Fortier was made Queen’s Counsel in 1976 and an Avocat émérite of Quebec in 2007. In 1984, he became an Officer of the Order of Canada and promoted to Companion of the Order in 1991. From 1984 to 1989, he was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitra tion in The Hague. From July 1988 until February 1992, he was Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. In 1989, he was president of the Security Council of the United Nations. In 2006, he became an Officer of l’Or du Québec. During the last 25 years, Mr dre National Fortier has acted as arbitrator and mediator in numerous international arbitrations under the auspices of all major arbitral institutions in the world. From 2012 to 2015, Mr World Bank. In 2013, Mr Fortier was Chairman of th e Sanctions Board of the Fortier was appointed as a member of the Security and Intelligence Review Committee of Canada and sworn in as a member of the Privy Council of Canada. In July 2016, he was appointed Chairman of the Enforcem ent Committee of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
January 19, 2023
Ms. Laurence Burger
Laurence Burger’s legal practice focuses mainly on international dispute resolution in investment and commercial arbitration. She has considerable experience representing parties in arbitral proceedings and has often been appointed to act as sole arbitrator, president or as a
member of an arbitral tribunal. Laurence also advises a wide variety of clients in various economic fields such as banking and finance, oil and gas, defense, information technology, sports, telecoms, construction, pharmaceuticals, shipping and the food and beverage industry on issues of Swiss commercial law and corporations. A dual Swiss and US-trained lawyer, Laurence is located in Geneva, Switzerland
January 19, 2023
Dr. Matthieu de Boisséson
Matthieu de Boisséson specializes in International Commercial Arbitration and International Litigation. He advises French and international companies in the fields of oil and gas, mining, construction, joint-ventures, government and defence contracts, distribution, telecom and high technologies, advertising, mergers & acquisitions and investments
January 19, 2023
Mr. Makhdoom Ali Khan SC
Makhdoom Ali Khan serves as Senior Counsel at Fazleghani Advocates. Mr. Ali Khan was the Attorney General of Pakistan during which time, he advised the Pakistani Government on all international arbitrations in which it was involved. He is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, appearing in a large number of landmark cases, and he also appears before both domestic and international arbitral
tribunals in commercial and investment disputes. He serves as a Director of American Arbitration Association. Mr. Ali Khan is the author of the Recognition and Enforcement Ordinance, by which the New York Convention was incorporated into the laws of Pakistan. He also authored the Arbitration Ordinance to implement the ICSID Convention
January 19, 2023
Ms. Funke Adekoya SAN
Appointed Notary Public in 1986 and elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2001, Funke Adekoya, was nominated and voted as the Most Outstanding Female Legal Practitioner of the Year 2007 by Financial Standard Newspaper and Women Entrepreneurs African Network. As a litigator, she represents clients regularly before the Nigerian courts at all levels, and has provided expert opinions and appeared as an expert witness on Nigerian law issues before the courts of England, United States and Turkey. In the field of arbitration, she represents both local and transnational parties as counsel in both domestic and international arbitration proceedings within Nigeria and abroad and has acted in numerous disputes as either – party appointed Arbitrator, Sole Arbitrator and Presiding Arbitrator.
