Dawn Yamane Hewett
Washington, DC and Tokyo
Dawn Yamane Hewett, Partner at Quinn Emanuel, draws on decades of experience in international affairs and as a former Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce to represent clients in international commercial and investor-state arbitration in a wide range of industries around the world. A Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese speaker, she maintains a particular focus on Asia and Latin America. She serves on the Court of Arbitration for the Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre (arbitrateAD) and the Executive Committee of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy (FIAA), and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. A graduate of Yale Law School, Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, Trinity College Dublin, and the University of Washington and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Dawn guest lectures on international arbitration at universities around the world.Edward G. Lindsey
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Edward G. Lindsey, licensed in 1992, is an attorney, mediator and arbitrator practicing in Tulsa. He is licensed to practice law in all Oklahoma state and federal courts, the Muscogee Creek Nation, The 10th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He is the founding director of THE OKLAHOMA ARBITRATION CENTER which is a local arbitral institution providing alternative dispute resolution services in family, civil and international disputes. Mr. Lindsey received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1992 and an LLM in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland in 2023. He became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2024. Ed and his wife, Tara, reside in Tulsa and between them have four children.Eugenie Rogers
Dallas, Texas
Eugenie Rogers FCIArb is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Dallas office who handles primarily international disputes. She has substantial experience representing clients in complex cross-border disputes, including international commercial arbitration and business litigation, with particular emphasis on high-value cases centered in Europe and the Middle East, in the construction, engineering, transportation, and energy sectors. She is licensed in Texas and Florida. Eugenie is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and serves as chair of the Young Members Group and Vice-Chair of Communications for its North America Branch. She also serves as a regional representative of the ICC's Young Arbitration & ADR Forum in North America. Eugenie has been recognized by Chambers as an Up and Coming Partner and by The Legal 500 as a Recommended Lawyer in International Arbitration, and she is particularly active in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives for women in arbitration.Fernando Alvarez-Perez
Miami, FL, USA Washington, DC, USA
Fernando graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 2014. Since then, he has worked at major international arbitration practices, including Hogan Lovells and Bryan Cave. Fernando is the founding partner of Gateway Litigation, PLLC, an international dispute-resolution boutique. He is also a fiction writer.Marieke Witkamp
Houston, TX
Marieke Witkamp FCIArb is an international arbitrator who worked on 3 continents and has over 20 years of dispute resolution experience. She gained her dispute resolution experience as (i) a judge and arbitrator in the Netherlands, (ii) an arbitration attorney in Qatar with K&L Gates, (iii) as (foreign) lawyer at a boutique litigation firm in Houston, TX and as (iv) in-house counsel in Qatar and the Netherlands. Marieke recently joined ArbDB Chambers, a leading international chambers of third party neutrals, and will be practising as a full time independent arbitrator through them. Marieke’s areas of expertise are maritime, insurance, construction, energy law and post M&A disputes but she is comfortable with almost any contractual dispute that comes up. Marieke is a hands-on arbitrator who takes her responsibility to start off a procedure in the best way possible and will take the necessary decisions to keep a procedure on track. She is frequently asked as tribunal chair as she is experienced in managing cases, leading hearings and writing fair and well-reasoned awards.Mark Schroeder
Houston, Texas
Mark Schroeder FCIArb is an independent arbitrator and mediator with 40 years experience supporting clients in various sectors of the energy industry including infrastructure development, construction, government affairs, and contracting across the value chain, predominantly in the hydrocarbons industry. Prior to embarking upon a dispute resolution practice, he was EVP and General Counsel of a publicly-traded energy infrastructure partnership. In that role, including its predecessor, he provided legal support for 4 capital projects each in excess of $500 million. He led company responses to customer and government audits, and government investigations. From 1996 – 2001 he lived in London, England, leading a large energy company’s public policy team in advocating for EU energy market liberalization. He has testified as an expert witness in energy industry disputes. Member of Louisiana Bar, a civil law jurisdiction. CPA (Inactive).