Presentations

Axel Reeg is admitted to the Bars of Germany and Spain. His main practice areas include cross-border litigation before state courts and arbitrations under the rules of many institutions around the world, mainly as an arbitrator. He is familiar with both civil and common law approaches to dispute resolution: Axel holds a PhD in law of the University of Freiburg/Germany, has been a special student at the Law Faculty of the National University of Singapore and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators from 2013 to 2020. He teaches international commercial arbitration at the University of Heidelberg and presently is a co-leader of the practice group on Settlement Facilitation of the DIS, the German Institution of Arbitration. Also, he regularly publishes on topics of international arbitration.

Paras is a Partner in Rajah & Tann. Paras has extensive experience in handling complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes, and regularly represents clients before the Singapore Courts and arbitral tribunals in both institutional and ad hoc proceedings. He also sits as arbitrator, and is empaneled with the SIAC, HKIAC, ICDR, KCAB, DIAC and THAC.

Stefanie Pfisterer specializes in international arbitration as well as in litigation. She regularly acts as counsel and arbitrator in arbitration proceedings. She also represents clients in complex state court litigations in a broad range of matters. Stefanie Pfisterer also serves as Co-Head of Diversity & Inclusion and ESG.

Kumar is the Head of Dispute Resolution and Senior Partner at the Malaysian law firm, HHQ.  He has been in legal practice for more than 30 years.  He is actively involved in corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration with specialisation in maritime and shipping law, fraud and asset recovery, employment and general commercial disputes.

He has an active arbitration practice. Apart from being appointed as arbitrator, he has acted as counsel in both domestic and international arbitrations, sought interim measures in support of foreign seated arbitrations and dealt with challenges to arbitral awards in the Malaysian Courts.

Lawrence Schaner is an independent arbitrator with over three decades of experience in the resolution of cross-border and domestic business disputes. His experience as an arbitrator includes more than 100 administered and ad hoc cases under many rules, including the AAA, CPR, ICC, ICDR, JAMS, KCAB, LCIA, SCC, SIAC and UNCITRAL. He is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is ranked in Band 1 for international arbitrators by Chambers USA and among the world’s “Most in Demand Arbitrators” by Chambers Global. Until April 2017, he was a partner at Jenner & Block, where he co-founded and co-chaired the firm’s international arbitration practice. He taught a seminar on international arbitration as an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law for more than a decade. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School (JD) and Duke University (BA). Following law school, he clerked for the Hon. Cecil F. Poole, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the bars of California, Illinois and New York. He is currently a vice chair of the IPBA’s Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee.

Sapna Jhangiani KC has over twenty-five years’ experience as Counsel, arbitrator, mediator and Judge in complex commercial disputes seated all over the world. She is a member of Blackstone Chambers, based in Singapore, and previously practised in London, New York and Dubai. Alongside her independent practice, Sapna is a Judge in the Court of Appeal of the DIFC Courts.

Sapna is called to the Bar in England & Wales, Singapore and the British Virgin Islands. She holds an undergraduate degree from Oxford University, and a diploma in international commercial arbitration from Queen Mary University, London, in which she graduated with distinction. She is recognised by Lexology: Arbitration 2026 as a “Global Elite Thought Leader”, and was named by Asian Legal Business as one of Asia’s top 15 female lawyers.