Panel Discussion and Q&A Session Moderated by Webinar Moderator

Dr. Boaz Moselle is an Executive Vice President at Compass Lexecon based in London and Paris. He is an economist who has worked in academia, consulting and government.

Dr. Moselle’s areas of expertise include:

• Oil and gas: economic analysis relating to the price of gas and LNG in long term contracts, valuation of gas supply businesses, and the estimation of damages from the breach of supply contracts; valuation of oil and gas assets.
• Other energy sources: valuation of conventional, nuclear and renewable power generation assets; estimation of damages in relation to alleged breaches of obligations under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties, and/ or alleged breaches of contractual obligations.
• Regulated infrastructure: economic analysis of appropriate pricing and related issues for regulated infrastructure including natural gas and electric power transmission and distribution, airports, telecommunications networks, etc.
• Competition and anti-trust issues in the energy industry: economic analysis of mergers and of alleged breaches of competition law (abuse of dominance, anti-competitive agreements) including in relation to electricity generation, oil and gas (up, mid and downstream), and power and gas retail markets.

He has provided expert witness testimony in approximately 50 international arbitrations, in the context of both commercial and investment treaty disputes. Who’s Who Legal notes that he ‘is widely considered to be “a genius”’ and that ‘one client describes him as “the best expert I have ever seen under cross-examination, and possibly the brightest I have seen in my whole career”’.
Dr. Moselle began his career as an assistant professor at Northwestern University, where he taught courses in quantitative methods and in game theory. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Universities of Cambridge and London. He was previously a Managing Director of the UK energy regulator Ofgem. He teaches in the Brussels School of Competition on competition and regulation, and as a guest lecturer at Queen Mary University of London School of Law on issues related to damages and disputes in the energy industry. He has published articles in leading economics journals, and is co-author of a textbook on statistics; co-author and co-editor of a book on the economics of renewable generation. He is also co-author of book chapters on the role of the expert in gas price reviews (in Gas Price Arbitrations: A Practical Handbook); on the definition of investment in economics (in Jurisdiction in Investment Treaty Arbitration); and on the use of statistical techniques for estimating damages (in The Guide to Damages in International Arbitration).

Mr. Simon Dunbar is an international dispute resolution lawyer, who specialises in international arbitration.  Based in Singapore for more than 15 years, his work spans the Asia-Pacific region.
Simon has represented clients in international arbitrations under all of the major institutional rules, with a focus on joint venture, energy, technology and infrastructure disputes.
Simon is admitted to practice in Singapore, England & Wales (as a solicitor advocate) and New York.
In addition to his work as counsel, Simon has acted as sole or presiding arbitrator in arbitrations under the SIAC, ICC and UNCITRAL Rules, as well as ad hoc arbitrations.  

Mr. Emmanuel Grand is an energy economist with more than 15 years of experience in the electricity, gas and renewables sector. His expertise focuses on issues related to energy contracts, markets, and regulations.
He has supported energy counterparties in their contract negotiations (Power Purchase Agreements, Gas/LNG supply agreements, Concession agreements…), analysing prices and flexibilities, risk-sharing and operational issues for engagements exceeding USD 20bn combined. He has repeatedly modelled and forecasted electricity, gas, oil and carbon markets, which inter alia have been used to support large-scale transactions, market entry strategies or investment decisions. He has worked on energy regulatory issues in 35 countries, supporting the design of regulated market rules, price controls and access rules, both for public authorities and regulated companies.
Emmanuel’s contracts, markets, and regulations expertise has led him to act on multiple occasions as party-appointed or tribunal-appointed expert in commercial and investor-state arbitrations, as well as national litigation, across the world.

Ms. Emma Schaafsma (Kratochvilova) is a partner in the ICE Disputes group in London.  Emma has over 20 years’ experience representing clients in high-value and complex disputes arising on international construction projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors.  Projects include power and process plants, LNG tank and terminal, wind (onshore and offshore), road and rail; in South East Asia, China, the Middle East, the United States, Mexico, South America and New Zealand. 

Mr. Jeff Sullivan is a U.S. and English qualified Queen’s Counsel and partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he is a member of the firm’s International Arbitration Group.  Mr Sullivan represents clients in both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations.
Mr Sullivan’s practice has a particular focus on disputes arising in the energy and infrastructure sectors.  His experience includes handling disputes arising out of long-term supply agreements, concession agreements, production sharing and operating agreements, joint venture agreements, EPC and other construction agreements.  Mr Sullivan has also acted as counsel in numerous renewable energy disputes.
Mr Sullivan is a Member of the ICC UK Arbitration & ADR Nominations Committee, a member of the Energy Charter Treaty Secretariat’s Legal Advisory Task Force, an Executive Board Member of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA) and an Executive Committee Member of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy (FIAA).

Ms. Tan Weiyi is a partner at Clyde & Co Singapore. She represents and advises clients in a range of cross-border commercial disputes, including transactional, licensing, intellectual property, employment and tenancy disputes. Weiyi also represents clients in investigations and enforcement actions, focused on corruption, financial fraud and other white-collar criminal offences.

Weiyi is an accredited arbitrator and mediator, and has been appointed as sole arbitrator in SIAC proceedings and co-mediator in mediation proceedings administered by the SMC. She serves as Honorary Treasurer of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and chairs the Institute’s Membership Committee. She is also a Certified Fraud Examiner and serves as President of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) Singapore Chapter. Weiyi has published in various arbitration journals, including the Asian International Arbitration Journal and Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal. She is the recipient of several awards, and most recently nominated in 2021 for “Litigator of the Year – South East Asia” at the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Women in Law Awards and “Lawyer of the Year – White Collar Crime” at the Euromoney Women in Business Law Awards. 

Mr. Ramesh Selvaraj is the Co-Deputy Head of the International Arbitration Practice and Recruitment Partner at Allen & Gledhill LLP. His expertise lies in advising across a broad spectrum of contentious work. He has acted as lead counsel in both domestic and international arbitrations across various corporate and commercial sectors, including the hospitality, commodities and construction industries. He is recommended for his expertise in international arbitration and commercial litigation in leading publications, such as The Legal 500 Asia Pacific where he has been described as an “excellent attorney”, an “outstanding lawyer” and one who has “an excellent grasp of many areas of the law”.

Ramesh is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and is also an accredited Principal Mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre. Ramesh is the immediate past Chair of the YSIAC Committee formed under the auspices of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.

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Practice Area:  : Alternative Dispute Resolution
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