January 19, 2023
Mrs. Aisha Abdallah
Aisha Abdallah is the Head of the Litigation Department at Anjarwalla & Khanna and is based at the head office in Nairobi. She is dual qualified in Kenya and England and Wales and has over 16 years of experience in dispute resolution. Aisha’s practice focuses on domestic and international arbitration, commercial litigation, anticorruption, insolvency and disputes over land, the environment and natural resources. Much of her work involves cross border disputes. Aisha regularly writes and speaks on a wide range of contentious issues, including arbitration and anti-corruption. She is the co-author of the Kenyan chapter of the 6th, 7th and 8th editions of the International Arbitration Review.
January 19, 2023
Mr. Neil Kaplan CBE KC SBS
Mr. Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS has been a full-time practising arbitrator since 1995. During this period he has been involved in several hudred arbitrations as coarbitrator, sole arbitrator or chairman. These arbitrations have included a wide range of commercial, infrastructure and investment disputes. Called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1965, Mr. Kaplan has practiced as a barrister, Principal Crown Counsel at the Hong Kong Attorney General’s Chambers, and served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong in charge of the Construction and Arbitration List.
From 1991 to 2004, he was Chairman of the HKIAC, and in 1999 – 2000, he wasPresident of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Since 1995, he has been a CouncilMember and now Governing Board Member of the International Council of Commercial Arbitration. Between 2012 and 2016 Mr. Kaplan was also a Member ofthe ICC International Court of Arbitration. He is a Chartered Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He is a panelist of several other arbitral institutions including CIETAC. Since 2017 he has been the President of the Court of the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry Arbitration and Mediation Centre (MARC).
