Team

Anna Petrig

Prof. Dr. iur. Anna Petrig, LL.M. (Harvard)  Anna Petrig, a Swiss citizen, holds the Chair of International Law and Public Law at the University of Basel (Switzerland). She obtained her law degree (summa cum laude, mention droit européen) from the Université de Fribourg (Switzerland), holds a PhD (summa cum laude) in the field of the…

Elizabeth Mavropoulou

Dr. Elizabeth Mavropoulou, Programme Manager, Human Rights at Sea Elizabeth is the Administrator & Programme Manager of Human Rights at Sea overseeing the projects and programmes of the charity with the aim to deliver and fulfil on the organisation’s charitable objectives. She acts as the focal point for external consultants and interns and she is responsible…

David Hammond Esq.

David Hammond Esq., Chief Executive Officer, Human Rights at Sea Human Rights at Sea, as an emerging international concept and civil-society platform was first conceived in 2013 and founded on 3 April 2014 by David Hammond. A former military seafarer, veteran Royal Marines’ Officer and Barrister (Counsel), David has practical maritime and legal-related operational experience having served in the…

Alexander Marcopoulos

Alex Marcopoulos Alex is Counsel in Shearman & Sterling’s International Arbitration Practice Group. He has practiced in the field of International Arbitration for the past 10 years. Alex has been commended as an “excellent lawyer” and for his “great strategic mind”. He has also been praised for “his expert handling of disputes in the maritime industry”.…

Elise Edson

Elise Edson, Counsel, Shearman & Sterling Elise is a dual Australian/French national and a Counsel in Shearman & Sterling’s International Arbitration Practice Group. In addition to international arbitration, she focuses on climate change and sustainability issues as well as business and human rights, and is active on pro bono matters, including representing refugees in respect…

Chloé Vialard

Chloé Vialard, Associate, Shearman & Sterling Chloé Vialard is an associate in the International Arbitration practice. Her experience includes international commercial and construction arbitrations conducted under the Rules of the ICC, with a focus on African matters, as well as enforcement and annulment proceedings before French courts. In September 2018, Chloé Vialard transferred to our team…

Acknowledgments and Contributors

Sandrina Antohi, Dr. Yas Banifatemi, Pr. Emmanuel Gaillard (in memoriam), Dimitrios Katsikis, Nanou Leleu Knobil, Margaret Ryan, Mariia Tsarova