The different ethical and professional rules for witness preparation/coaching, including implications for online/hybrid examination of witnesses

Alipak heads the International Dispute Resolution practice at Nishith Desai Associates, in New Delhi. He advises and represents clients in a wide range of legal issues, with a special focus on cross-border and complex litigation, international commercial and investment treaty arbitration. He has experience in representing clients in institutional arbitrations (SIAC, LCIA, ICC), ad hoc arbitrations and litigation proceedings before the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, various other forums in India. He has advised and represented clients engaged in technology, cryptocurrency and blockchain, oil and gas, media & entertainment, manufacturing, funds and financial services sectors. He has been appointed as the Diversity and Inclusion Officer in the Professional Ethics Committee, International Bar Association (2023-2024); he is also the Co-Chair of the Steering Committee at Young MCIA (2023-2025). He was appointed as the national rapporteur for the International Bar Association (IBA) Toolkit on International Arbitration and Insolvency (2021, 2023), by the IBA Insolvency and International Arbitration Group. He is ranked by Who’s Who Legal Arbitration Rankings 2024 - Future Leaders (Partners); Benchmark Litigation 2022, 2023, 2024 as the Future Star (Arbitration); Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific 2023 – White Collar and Investigations; Asia Law 2022, 2023 as Rising Star (Dispute Resolution); Recommended Lawyer in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific Ranking 2023.

Dr. Xavier Favre-Bulle is a partner at Lenz & Staehelin in Geneva, where he heads the Arbitration group. He has some 30 years of experience in dispute resolution and has been involved in more than 275 arbitrations. Among various positions in arbitration associations, Xavier is the Senior Co-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and the author of some 80 books and articles. He has lectured at several universities (Switzerland, France) on arbitration and contract law. He was also the President of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre until 31.12.2023.

Sophie is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins where she leads the International Arbitration Practice. Ms. Lamb is an expert in the field of international commercial and investment arbitration and an accomplished courtroom advocate. Her practice focuses on international arbitration, public international law, complex litigation in the English and overseas courts, and business and human rights counselling. Described by Legal Business as “one of the leading arbitration lawyers of her generation,” Ms. Lamb is consistently ranked by the principal legal directories among the world's best lawyers in her chosen fields.

B. Ted Howes is an independent arbitrator based in New York. Ted has acted as co-arbitrator, tribunal chair and sole arbitrator under the world’s leading arbitration rules in a wide variety of complex commercial disputes, including post-M&A disputes, joint venture disputes, shareholder agreement disputes, distributorship agreement disputes, franchise disputes, construction disputes, energy disputes, trademark and patent licensing disputes, employment disputes, and sales representative/brokerage disputes. Prior to becoming a full-time arbitrator in 2025, Ted specialized in international arbitration for over 34 years, acting as counsel for clients in arbitrations around the world in disputes governed by both common and civil law systems. During his years of practice as counsel, Ted was a partner at the international law firms of Mayer Brown LLP and (prior to that) McDermott Will & Emery LLP, where he served, respectively, as the U.S. Head of Mayer Brown’s International Arbitration Practice Group and the Global Head of McDermott Will & Emery’s International Arbitration Practice Group. Ted is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). He is registered on the panel of arbitrators for a number of premier arbitration institutions, including the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the American Arbitration Association, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center, and the Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Center. Ted is a U.S. delegate to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Arbitration and ADR, a former member of the Advisory Board to the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (2023-25), and a member of Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association. Ted sits on the Board of Editors of the American Arbitration Association’s Dispute Resolution Journal. Ted has been regularly ranked by the major legal directories for international arbitration, including Chambers and Legal 500. Ted received a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1991 and a B.A. degree from Harvard University in 1987. He was admitted to practice law in the State of New York in 1992. Ted is a frequent speaker and writer on international arbitration and related international legal issues. Ted is fluent in English and conversational in French and Spanish. A representative listing of Ted’s cases, articles, presentations, professional activities and recognitions is available at www.howesarbitration.com.