Anne Paoletti Brodbecker
Anne Paoletti Brodbecker, Partner, Société d’Assistance Juridique aux Entreprises in Marseille, member of the Marseille Bar’s ADR and International Sections, Mediator with an advance degree in the Law and Practice of Mediation (2014, Institute of Business Law, AMU) and a certification as mediator via the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Marseille-Provence (2005), member of the Board of Directors of “Marseille Mediation”.
Anne, French, has been practicing in Marseille for over 31 years, first as in-house counsel for ONET SA, a group of engineering and services companies, then as a business lawyer handling principally commercial contracts, consortiums, partnerships, corporations, mergers & acquisitions for French and foreign companies (mainly eastern Europe, Italy, UK, Japan), intellectual property, GPDR and litigation.
Kazuhiko Nishihara
Kazuhiko Nishihara is a lawyer admitted in Japan and New York State. His practice includes litigation, ADR, international transaction, employment law, corporate, M&A, and domestic and international inheritance law. He is a founder and managing partner of Honmachi International Law Office, P.C.
He is an accredited mediator of the Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), a listed mediator of the Mediation Center Osaka, and a specialist mediator of the Singapore International Mediation Center (SIMC). He is Secretary General of Japan International Mediation Center in Kyoto (JIMC-Kyoto), the first international mediation center in Japan.
He is active in many organizations and his position includes Vice Chair of the International Committee and the Attorney Ethics Committee of the Osaka Bar Association, Deputy Secretary General of Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA), and Secretary of the Kinki Branch of Japan CSR Association, and a member of Hawaii Tax Institute Advisory Committee.
He graduated from Kyoto University, Faculty of Law (JD) and Graduate School of Law (LLM), and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (LLM). He served as a member of the Student Secretariat of the Alumni Association of Kyoto University, Faculty of Law.
William Peterson
William Peterson, Partner, Ringle, Roy & Associés in Marseille, Co-Chair of the Marseille Bar’s International Section and member of the International Law Section of CLA (Bar of California), Arbitrator with chambers in Paris, Vienna and Barcelona, Mediator (certified via the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Marseille-Provence (2005), Co-Chair/ Lecturer of the International Litigation Programme at the Institute of Business Law at Aix-Marseille University (AMU) which encompasses preparation for the Vis International Arbitration Moot.
William, French-American, has been practicing in France for over 25 years handling commercial contracts including leases, litigation, arbitration and diverse inbound matters for foreign clients. His firm, with a network throughout France, handles business and litigation matters, including real estate, private and public works, employment and complex litigation.
Jeffery J. Daar, Principal
Jeffery J. Daar Jeffery Daar is a principal of the law firm Daar & Newman. He has more than 25 years of extensive experience in cross-border disputes including both in courts and arbitration, often collaborating with lawyers all over the world on every continent. His diverse expertise includes international arbitration and cross-border litigation and transactions, complex state and federal litigation, recognition and enforcement of foreign money judgments and arbitral awards, class actions, employment, trade secrets and technology disputes, insurance including insurance insolvency, appellate work, private post-secondary schools and colleges, and intellectual property. Jeffery currently serves as an arbitrator in domestic and international arbitration matters, including for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA), Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (VanIAC), Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA), South China International Arbitration Center (HK) (SCIAHK), and the American Arbitration Association (AAA). He has much expertise in international arbitration and differing cultures, languages and legal systems. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Jeffery was the Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the California Lawyers Association (2020-2023) and remains an active member. He is a founder and President of California Arbitration, Inc. (CalArb) (2022-present.) He was co-founder and Co-Chair of California International Arbitration Week (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). Jeffery is an internationally recognized speaker and writer on international law issues. For example, he is the Executive Editor of the 560 page handbook International Intellectual Property Law Basics, and Associate Editor of the handbook International Corporate Structures. Jeffery also holds and has held various leadership positions in other nonprofit organizations and political organizations. He received his JD from the University of California, Davis and his BA from Claremont McKenna College.