
Master of the Ceremony
Kashaf Fatima
Treasurer, Ciarb Pakistan Branch

Recitation
Noor Siddiqi
Director, Towerbridge Legal, London

Opening Speech
Barrister Mian Sheraz Javaid
No5. Barristers Chambers, United Kingdom

Opening Speech
Xavier Leynaud
BOD, DRBF, France

Opening Speech
Waseem Nazir
Chairman, PEC

Opening Speech
Kevin Nash
Director General, London Court of International Arbitration
Kevin is recognised by Who’s Who Legal as a Global Leader and a National Leader for Singapore and the United Kingdom. He is qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor with the Law Society of Ontario.
Speaker
Mansoor Awan
Attorney General of Pakistan
Speaker
Zulifqar Ahmed Khan
Rtd. Justice of Sindh High Court

Speaker
Aliaksei Korachkin
Deputy Chairman Chamber of Arbitrators, Chairman of the Sports Arbitration Court at Belarusian Republican Union of Lawyers, UNCITRAL, Belarus

Speaker
Matthew Hodgson
Partner, Linklaters, London

Speaker
Stephen Hibbert
Independent Arbitrator & Mediator, ArbDB Chambers, New York

Speaker
Rafey A Siddiqui
COO, Osmani & Company, Islamabad

Speaker
Hussnain Shahid
Director, Grayway Ltd, Islamabad

Speaker
Jullia Sulliven
Arbitrator, ArbDB Chambers, New York

Moderator
Virginie Colauta
Partner, LMS Legal, London

Speaker
Thara Ghoplan
Vice President, AAA, Singapore

Speaker
Waseem Raza
Vice President, SCL Pakistan
Speaker
Zubair Ijaz
CEO, Astral Constructors
Speaker
Mian Zafar Klaunari
Partner, Zafar Klaunari and Associates

Speaker
Asim Amin
Islamabad Chair Chapter, Ciarb Pakistan Branch

Moderator
Anil Changaroth
SCL (International) Liaison Committee, SCL (Singapore)

Speaker
Brig. Sherjeel Ashraf
Ex Country Head Engineering & Infrastructure, NLC

Speaker
Adv Henk Louw
Advocate at Rivonia Group of Advocates, Ciarb SA Branch

Speaker
Olusola Adegbonmire
Legal Practitioner, Arbitrator and Mediator, Nigeria

Speaker
Muhammad Sohail Khan
Additional Registrar, Pakistan Engineering Council

Speaker
Hammad Yousaf Gillani
Secretary, Ciarb Pakistan Branch, Pakistan

Moderator
Michael Tonkin
President CIArb, 2026-2027

Speaker
Muhammad Amjad Pervaiz
Advocate General Punjab

Speaker
Masako Miyatake
Professor-Keio University Law school and Special Counsel of Blakemore & Mitsuki, Japan

Speaker
Brandon Malone
Advocate, Barrister, Arbitrator at Arbitra International and FIDIC Adjudicator, London

Speaker
Salwa Saad Khairallah
Head of Project - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Lebanon
Speaker
Linda Heng
Founder & CEO, ResoX
Moderator
Sarah Tarar DDRS
Founder & Director, ICDRL
Keynote Speech
Azam Nazeer Tarar
Minister for Law and Justice of Pakistan

Opening Speech
Mohammed Zaman KC
Head of Business & Property, No.5 Barristers Chambers
Opening Speech
Umar Ghazanzfar Malik
Remote Project Management Expert

Opening Speech
Raja Naeem
Federal Law Secretary

Speaker
Shanza Baig
CLO, Pakistan Petroleum Limited

Speaker
Ishtiaq Nawaz Chichi
Partner, Spencer West, United Kingdom

Speaker
Rashid Mureed
Partner, Cepal & Co, Pakistan

Speaker
Paul Tan
Independent counsel, One Essex Court, London

Moderator
Robert Sliwinski
Chartered Arbitrator, UAE

Speaker
Qasim Wadud
Partner, Legal Oracles, Pakistan

Speaker
Alessa Pang
Partner, Wong Partnership LLP, Singapore

Speaker
Huma Ejaz
Partner, Mandviwalla & Zafar

Speaker
Colin Rule
President and CEO, Mediate.com, San Francisco

Speaker
Mr. Gu Yan
Vice President, CIETAC

Speaker
Uzair Shafie
Partner, Haidermota & Co, Pakistan
Speaker
Shozab Majeed
Co-founder - Global Peace Summit (GPS)

Speaker
Kamran Rehman
Partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper, London

Speaker
Dr. Konstantin Pavlidis
Founder Orassy
Speaker
Joanne Lau
Secretary General, HKIAC, Hong Kong

Speaker
Vakhtangi Giorgadze
Deputy Counsel, SIAC, Singapore
Speaker
Rajendra Prasad
Chairman, NEPCA, Nepal

Speaker
Katherine Pavlidis
President, ADRA, Australia

Speaker
Lilit Petrosyan
Director, AMCA, Armenia
Speaker
Rana Sajjad
President, CIICA

Speaker
Aisha Rasool
Advisor & Senior Consultant to Ministry of Law & Justice

Keynote Speech
Barrister Aqeel Malik
Minister of State for Law and Justice
This Year's Speakers


Kashaf Fatima
Treasurer, Ciarb Pakistan Branch


Noor Siddiqi
Director, Towerbridge Legal, London


Barrister Mian Sheraz Javaid
No5. Barristers Chambers, United Kingdom


Xavier Leynaud
BOD, DRBF, France


Waseem Nazir
Chairman, PEC


Kevin Nash
Director General, London Court of International Arbitration

Mansoor Awan
Attorney General of Pakistan

Zulifqar Ahmed Khan
Rtd. Justice of Sindh High Court


Aliaksei Korachkin
Deputy Chairman Chamber of Arbitrators, Chairman of the Sports Arbitration Court at Belarusian Republican Union of Lawyers, UNCITRAL, Belarus


Matthew Hodgson
Partner, Linklaters, London


Stephen Hibbert
Independent Arbitrator & Mediator, ArbDB Chambers, New York


Rafey A Siddiqui
COO, Osmani & Company, Islamabad


Hussnain Shahid
Director, Grayway Ltd, Islamabad


Jullia Sulliven
Arbitrator, ArbDB Chambers, New York


Virginie Colauta
Partner, LMS Legal, London


Thara Ghoplan
Vice President, AAA, Singapore


Waseem Raza
Vice President, SCL Pakistan

Zubair Ijaz
CEO, Astral Constructors

Mian Zafar Iqbal Kalanauri
Partner, Zafar Kalaunari and Associates


Asim Amin
Islamabad Chair Chapter, Ciarb Pakistan Branch


Anil Changaroth
SCL (International) Liaison Committee, SCL (Singapore)


Brig. Sherjeel Ashraf
Ex Country Head Engineering & Infrastructure, NLC


Adv Henk Louw
Advocate at Rivonia Group of Advocates, Ciarb SA Branch


Olusola Adegbonmire
Legal Practitioner, Arbitrator and Mediator, Nigeria


Muhammad Sohail Khan
Additional Registrar, Pakistan Engineering Council


Hammad Yousaf Gillani
Secretary, Ciarb Pakistan Branch, Pakistan


Michael Tonkin
President CIArb, 2026-2027


Muhammad Amjad Pervaiz
Advocate General Punjab


Masako Miyatake
Professor-Keio University Law school and Special Counsel of Blakemore & Mitsuki, Japan


Brandon Malone
Advocate, Barrister, Arbitrator at Arbitra International and FIDIC Adjudicator, London


Salwa Saad Khairallah
International Mediator and Negotiator - ADR trainer

Linda Heng
Founder & CEO, ResoX

Sarah Tarar DDRS
Founder & Director, ICDRL


Mohammed Zaman KC
Head of Business & Property, No.5 Barristers Chambers


Umar Ghazanzfar Malik
Remote Project Management Expert


Raja Naeem
Federal Law Secretary


Shanza Baig
CLO, Pakistan Petroleum Limited


Ishtiaq Nawaz Chichi
Partner, Spencer West, United Kingdom


Rashid Mureed
Partner, Cepal & Co, Pakistan


Paul Tan
Independent counsel, One Essex Court, London


Robert Sliwinski
Chartered Arbitrator, UAE


Qasim Wadud
Partner, Legal Oracles, Pakistan


Alessa Pang
Partner, Wong Partnership LLP, Singapore


Huma Ijaz
Partner, Mandviwalla & Zafar


Colin Rule
President and CEO, Mediate.com, San Francisco


Mr. Gu Yan
Vice President, CIETAC


Uzair Shafie
Partner, Haidermota & Co, Pakistan

Shozab Majeed
Co-founder - Global Peace Summit (GPS)


Kamran Rehman
Partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper, London


Dr. Konstantin Pavlidis
Founder Orassy

Joanne Lau
Secretary General, HKIAC, Hong Kong


Vakhtangi Giorgadze
Deputy Counsel, SIAC, Singapore

Rajendra Prasad
Chairman, NEPCA, Nepal


Katherine Pavlidis
President, ADRA, Australia


Lilit Petrosyan
Director, AMCA, Armenia


Rana Sajjad
President, CIICA


Aisha Rasool
Advisor & Senior Consultant to Ministry of Law & Justice


Barrister Aqeel Malik
Minister of State for Law and Justice

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