Presentations

Karen Gough is a Barrister in practice at 39 Essex Chambers, London, an Attorney-at-law (Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago), Chartered Arbitrator and accredited Adjudicator.

Karen practises internationally as counsel, attorney-at-law, arbitrator, adjudicator and ADR neutral. She has specialised, for more than 30 years, in complex construction, engineering, professional negligence and general commercial disputes whether resolved by litigation, arbitration, adjudication  or other forms of ADR. She has appeared before the Courts of England and Wales at all levels including the Privy Council. Karen is dual qualified as a practising attorney in the Caribbean, a Chartered Arbitrator, a Certified International ADR Practitioner and is widely recognised as an expert in the resolution of disputes under the FIDIC and NEC forms of contract.

She is a past global President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, an expert advisor on construction, ADR and arbitration matters to the AIAC (Malaysia), IWHAAM (Bahamas), and JAIAC (Jamaica), a teaching fellow at the College of Law in Australia, past Vice Chairman of SCL UK, a member of the International Statutory Adjudication Forum of Experts (“ISAF”) and Chair of the drafting committee of ISAF’s Model Law on Adjudication, and Co-Chair of the ICPC of the IPBA.

Jeonghye Sophie Ahn is a Co-Head of the International Dispute Resolution Team at Yulchon LLC and focuses on international arbitration, international litigation, and international trade matters. In recognition of Sophie’s expertise in international arbitration, she has received individual rankings from leading legal directories, including Chambers and The Legal 500. As both arbitrator and counsel, she has handled a broad range of international arbitration matters, including investor-State disputes (ISDS), joint venture disputes, intellectual property disputes, and disputes in the media, telecommunications, and construction sectors. In addition, Sophie has represented numerous overseas clients in litigation before Korean courts, including matters involving the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and foreign judgments, as well as other complex commercial disputes. Furthermore, Sophie is actively engaged in international trade practice, representing and advising the Korean government and corporations in a wide range of areas, including anti-dumping, subsidies, and export controls.

Sangchul Kim is a partner at Bae, Kim & Lee, specializing in international construction arbitration and litigation. He represents clients in complex disputes involving infrastructure, power plants, and large-scale energy projects across various jurisdictions. Drawing on his extensive hands-on experience and practical insight into major global construction projects, he has been recognized by Global Arbitration Review (GAR) for his expertise in handling sophisticated technical and legal arguments, and consistently ranked by leading legal publications as a top practitioner in the fields of international disputes and arbitration.

Shumin Lin is a Director in Drew & Napier’s Dispute Resolution Practice, recognised in ALB Asia’s Super 50 Disputes Lawyers 2025, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, and Best Lawyers. With 17 years of experience, she has particular expertise in web3 and cryptocurrency disputes, having acted in landmark cases involving decentralized finance, stolen digital assets, and novel legal issues in the blockchain space, including securing Singapore’s first substituted service via NFTs. Her broader practice spans shareholder and company law disputes, tortious actions and regulatory investigations. Shumin has represented clients across a wide range of industries, including technology, retail, shipping, hospitality, and venture capital.

Zach Song is experienced in conducting international arbitrations and advising on disputes in the energy sector.

Zach is a partner at Steptoe in its international disputes group working in New York City, and had previously worked in London, Singapore, Bangkok and  Seoul.  Zach is a specialist in dispute resolution and has worked on international arbitrations and litigation in relation to nuclear technology, oil and gas projects, solar power plants, high voltage cable interconnector projects, and energy storage system projects in the United States.  Zach sits as a registered panel arbitrator of several Asian arbitral institutes, serves as mediator of the International Division of the Korea Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB), and also serves as a panel lawyer for the Ministry of Justice of South Korea regarding Singapore related matters.  Zach is a pragmatic problem solver and having worked on international arbitration around all major arbitral institutes, he also believes strongly in mediation and has represented clients in complex mediations including those administered by the Singapore Mediation Centre.  Zach travels back to Asia often to work with clients on their international disputes matters.

Ms. Khushu is a Partner at Kachwaha and Partners based in New Delhi, India with her primary focus on complex commercial arbitration and disputes involving infrastructure, power, construction and telecom sectors. She has extensive experience in high-stakes multi-million dollar international and domestic arbitrations under ICC, SIAC, DIAC, LCIA Rules. She also handles enforcement and challenge proceedings before various High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.

She has been recognised as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ in the Dispute Resolution – Litigation section of ‘The Legal 500: Asia Pacific’ since 2021. She also features in the BW Legal World ‘40 under 40’ lawyers, Legal Leaders and Legal Influencers list for 2021 (all India list). She has also featured in the All India Forbes Legal Powerlist 2022.

She is a regular speaker / panelist at both national and international conferences. She has been recently appointed as the At Large India Jurisdictional Member of the IPBA from 2025-2028.

Barrister and Chartered Arbitrator – Principal of KSB Law Consultants Limited (2001 to present)

Chartered Arbitrator (2008) and Member of CIArb Presidential Panel of Arbitrators (2008-present) appointed in a number of international/ domestic cases dealing with contractual disputes including those related to energy, construction, joint venture agreements, partnership disputes agreements, financial agreements, professional negligence, and other commercial issues.

Legal advisor/ representative of parties in domestic/ international litigation and arbitration cases across diverse sectors.

Chairman (May 2015 – April 2018) of the CIArb London Branch.

Chair Education Committee (October 2025 – present) of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators

For more information, please visit the KSB website at www.ksb-law.co.uk