The Advisory Board to the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA) comprises representatives from companies, law firms, academia and arbitration communities from various EU Member States.

The Advisory Board currently consists of the following members:

  1. Mrs Nynke M. Hupkens-Sipma, Director Legal Afffairs at Achmea
  2. Dr. Erhard Böhm, Attorney, BAIER RECHTSANWAELTE ATTORNEYS AT LAW
  3. Dr. Andrea Carlevaris, Partner, Bonelli Erede, Paris/Milan
  4. Mr Alexander de Daranyi, Senior Legal Director, Banking & Finance Law at Sanofi
  5. Ms Norah Gallagher, Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London
  6. Ms Laura Halonen, Counsel, Lalive, Geneva (Chair)
  7. Sir Francis Jacobs, KCMG, QC, Professor at King’s College London
  8. Aron Skogman, Partner, Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm
  9. Epaminontas E. Triantafilou, Partner, Quinn Emanuel, London
  10. Saadia Bhatty, Counsel, Gide Loyrette Nouel, London
  11. Ali H. Arif, Partner, Dechert, Washington/London
  12. José Angel Rueda, Associate, Cuatrecasas, Madrid
  13. Dr. Gloria Alvarez, Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
  14. Dr. Lukasz Gorywoda, Counsel, VVGB Advocaten/Avocats, Brussels

The members of the Advisory Board serve in their personal capacity and are completely independent from the organisations in which they are employed or hold mandates.