Online WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Workshop

November 12-14, 2024, from 10:00 to 12:00 CET

Faculty profiles

Dr. Jan-Michael Ahrens, Siemens AG, Erlangen

Jan Ahrens is Principal Counsel Dispute Resolution at Siemens AG and responsible for managing major disputes worldwide, across all business areas.

Jan is a German lawyer and also qualified to practice in England & Wales and Switzerland. He holds a PhD from Freiburg University and an LLM from Geneva and Lausanne Universities. Before joining Siemens in 2009, Jan Ahrens practiced with a leading Swiss law firm in Geneva in the field of international arbitration and worked as a legal counsel for a major European pharmaceutical company. Since 2002, Jan has been acting as counsel, managing in-house counsel and arbitrator in numerous international arbitrations and he is a regular lecturer in the field.

Mr. Philipp Groz, Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich

Philipp Groz is a dispute resolution partner at the Swiss law firm Schellenberg Wittmer, where he is the head of the IP team and the co-head of the life sciences team. He regularly represents clients in domestic and international litigation, arbitration and mediation proceedings with a focus on disputes related to IP, life sciences, unfair competition, licensing, R&D, and distribution. He also regularly sits as an arbitrator. Philipp is listed as a neutral with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center and is a board member of Licensing Executives Society Switzerland. Philipp is also a member of the WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Advisory Committee and of AIPPI's Standing Committee on ADR. He is recognized, inter alia, in Who's Who Legal's Arbitration rankings as a leading practitioner at the cross-section between IP and arbitration. Philipp graduated from the law school of the University of Zurich and also earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from NYU Law.

Mr. Martin Hauser, Martin Hauser Mediation, Munich

Martin Hauser, certified mediator in Germany and France, leads national and international commercial mediations in English, French, and German. Martin has a legal background in intellectual property, IT, licenses, distribution, competition, complex industrial projects, and international business law. With over 30 years of practice as a business lawyer in commercial litigation, international arbitration, international commercial and investment mediation, and negotiations, Martin works full-time as a commercial mediator on the resolution of complex and emotional legal conflicts. He is accredited with mediation institutions such as ICC Centre for ADR, Paris, CMAP and CFACI, Paris, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, Geneva, ADGMAC, Abu Dhabi, VIAC, Vienna, IMI/IFCM, The Hague/Paris, and listed with the Paris Court of Appeals and CNMA, Paris. Martin is Officer of the IBA Mediation Committee Advisory Board and past Co-Chair (2021-2022) of the IBA International Bar Association Mediation Committee. He is a member of the VIAC Board, Vienna. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the IAM, Dallas, and is again selected by WWL Who’s Who Legal 2024 as Thought Leader Global Elite in Commercial Mediation.

Martin is a member of the Munich (Rechtsanwalt) and Paris (avocat honoraire) Bars. He practiced from 1988 to 2019 as a founding partner at BMH AVOCATS, Paris. From 1980 to 1983, he was a research fellow in French intellectual property and competition law with the Max-Planck-Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich. Martin holds degrees of Master of Arts (M.A.) in negotiation and mediation from the European University Viadrina Frankfurt Oder (2015), Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (M.C.J.) from New York University (NYU) (1986), Doctorate in Law (Dr. iur.) from the University of Munich (1983) and law degrees from the Universities of Munich and Freiburg i. Br. (1985, 1979).

Mr. Chung Nian Lam, WongPartnership LLP, Singapore

Chung Nian Lam heads the Intellectual Property, Technology & Media, Telecommunications and Data Protection Practices at WongPartnership LLP, a leading Singapore law firm.

He has extensive experience representing multinational companies, listed corporations and government clients on regulatory, transactional, enforcement and advisory matters. He is a leading practitioner in his areas of expertise, having won many awards and accolades.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has been appointed as an IP Adjudicator empowered to hear disputes before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, as well as to the Singapore International Arbitration Centre’s Panel of Arbitrators for IP Disputes, and the World Intellectual Property Organization Panel of Film and Media Mediators, Arbitrators and Experts, among others. He is admitted to the Singapore Bar and to the Roll of Solicitors of England & Wales and is also a registered patent agent in Singapore.

Ms. Kathleen Paisley, Ambos NBGO, Brussels

Kathleen Paisley is a recognised international arbitrator and mediator. She is triple qualified in law, finance and accounting, with a JD from the Yale Law School, an MBA in finance and has completed the CPA exam. Kathleen has acted in commercial cases under all the major international arbitration rules and in investor-State cases before ICSID and under the UNCITRAL rules. She is an expert in IP, technology, pharmaceuticals and bio-technology, data-protection and cybersecurity, as well as having a sophisticated understanding of finance and accounting-related issues. She has also acted as chief legal officer in both technology and pharmaceutical companies. In addition to her commercial and corporate experience, she is also recognised in both public and private international law having acted in investor-State cases for more than 25 years.

Ms. Jane Player, Jane Player Mediation, London

Jane Playeris an accredited mediator having mediated over 400 disputes both domestic and international. Her expertise focuses on general corporate and contractual claims, fraud and project disputes in the IP/IT and media sectors. Jane has particular experience of international dispute resolution and has a leading reputation for managing cross cultural aspects of technology collaborations ,joint venture and shareholder disputes.

Particularly recommended where there are strong personalities within the parties’ groups and where there may be some cynicism towards the potential for dispute resolution through mediation, Jane has an engaging style and is often praised for her proactive approach. She appreciates that IT and IP disputes are often complex and an understanding of the industry gives parties’ confidence in the mediator.

Mediating at Independent mediators in London , Jane also mediates for the WIPO ICC LCIA and SIMC as well as being a member of the IMI Users Council and an honorary member of the International Mediators Association, Jane actively promotes mediation and is regularly asked to speak on the subject in a number of jurisdictions.

Finally, Jane actively promotes “in life” mediation (and has been appointed as an “in life” mediator), which is a new trend in English dispute resolution and one attractive to IP cases . The use of mediation techniques earlier in the business relationship, working with parties to help them maintain their commitment to the venture as opposed to focusing on rights and obligations once things go wrong, has proved very successful. This approach complements businesses’ desire to form long term strategic relationships with their partners.

Ms. Joyce A. Tan, Joyce A. Tan & Partners LLC, Singapore

Joyce A. Tan is founder and executive chair of the firm she established in 1998, a business-focused commercial law practice, with strengths in intellectual property and technology. She is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer by numerous legal publications including Legal 500, Chambers, AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers, Practical Law Company, World Trade Mark Review, International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, International Who’s Who of Regulatory Communications Lawyers, International Who’s Who of Internet, E-Commerce & Data Protection Lawyers, Global Communications, Guide to the World’s Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers, Global Counsel 3000, Global Law Experts, The Best Lawyers and Acritas Stars and has been recognized in the A-List of Singapore’s Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal.

Her subject matter expertise in the IP and TMT space has also been validated by her appointment as expert witness on domain names and cybersquatting in legal proceedings before the Supreme Court of Singapore, which led to a precedent-setting decision in which she was heavily quoted.

Her business-focused legal practice which routinely involves intense negotiations and the development of creative business solutions, is a natural ally to her mediation work, in which she has been active for many years. She is credited for her work in the successful mediation of an international dispute involving IP rights spanning six jurisdictions, which the World Trademark Review reported as “groundbreaking” and that “could redefine the trademark status quo”. Her mediation work has extended to disputes involving cross-border trade mark rights, copyright, passing off, TMT procurement, commercial matters and personal rights, including those arising from proceedings before the Supreme Court and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.