London Faculty

Silvia Borelli

Adjunct Professor
Human Rights

Dr. Silvia Borelli is Principal Lecturer in Public International Law and Director of Research in the School of Law at the University of Bedfordshire. She is also a Visiting Professor at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. 

Dr. Borelli holds a PhD from the University of Milan, an MA in International Relations from the University of Bologna and a Laurea in Law degree from the University of Parma. She is qualified as an attorney in Italy and accredited with the UK Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner (OISC) as a Level 2 Immigration Adviser (Asylum and Protection). She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has previously served as a member of the Peer Review College of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

Dr. Borelli has been a visiting scholar at various institutions, including the University of Trento, Reykjavik University, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge and the British Institute of International Law (BIICL). She also collaborates with various human rights organizations based in London. From 2011 to 2018, she was a member of the Lawyers Advisory Committee of Peace Brigades International UK and currently serves as a Board member and trustee of the Executive Committee of the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk.

Dr. Borelli’s research interests cover international human rights law, international humanitarian law and human rights in conflict, international refugee law and international migration law, as well as more general issues under the law of treaties and law of State responsibility. 

Philippa Charles 

Adjunct Professor
International Commercial Arbitration

Professor Charles is a Partner and the Head of the International Arbitration Department at Stewarts, the UK’s largest disputes-only law firm. She has 25 years of experience in the conduct of arbitrations on behalf of clients ranging from sovereign states and state owned entities, large corporations and niche industry participants to high net worth individuals. She is a solicitor advocate who has conducted trial advocacy both in London and in the UAE, and has experience of arbitrations before ICC, LCIA, SCC, SAI and other institutions, as well as in ad hoc proceedings, and has advised on disputes involving foreign applicable laws including those of Brazil, China, Nigeria, New York, France and the UAE. She sits as an arbitrator and has been appointed as sole or presiding arbitrator in cases under LCIA, ICC and SIAC Rules and in ad hoc proceedings.

Professor Charles is a law graduate of Oxford University. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Certified Mediator with CEDR, and a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, as well as of the ICC UK National Committee on Arbitration and ADR. Prior to joining Stewarts in 2013, Professor Charles was a partner in the London office of Mayer Brown. 

Michael Greenop

Adjunct Professor

Comparative Law

Michael Arada Greenop is an adjunct professor of law at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, where he teaches Comparative Law for the London Study Abroad Programme.  He is a senior associate in Gary Born’s international arbitration team at WilmerHale in London, where he specializes in international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration.  Mr. Greenop has experience as counsel and as tribunal secretary in arbitrations under most leading institutional rules and in jurisdictions spanning Europe, Asia, The Americas, Africa and the Middle East.  He also has experience advising governments and arbitral institutions on the drafting of arbitration legislation and arbitration rules, including the Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation and the Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre (arbitrateAD), both shortlisted by the Global Arbitration Review for the “Best New Development” category in 2023 and 2024 respectively.  Mr Greenop is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and was admitted as the youngest Fellow of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand.  He holds an LLM (Distinction) from Queen Mary University of London and an LLB(Hons)/BCom from the University of Auckland.  He presently serves as the Co-Chair of the Task Forces and Coordinator of the Rules Standing Committee of the Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation.  He previously co-founded the pre-eminent group for young arbitration practitioners in New Zealand, Young AMINZ.  Mr Greenop has spoken at conferences and workshops on issues relating to private and public international law, and his publications on arbitration and public international law topics have featured in leading peer-reviewed legal publications and have received awards.

Szymon Osmola

Adjunct Professor

European Union Law

Dr Szymon Osmola is an adjunct professor of law at Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law, teaching European Union Law for the London Study Abroad Programme. Dr Osmola is a Fellow at LSE Law School, where he teaches EU and private law. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute. His research focuses on EU private law, with a particular focus on EU consumer and contract law, as well as legal theory and private law more broadly.

Milosz Palej

Adjunct Professor

Comparative Law

Milo Palej is an adjunct professor of law at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, where he teaches Comparative Law. He is an associate in the Litigation/Controversy Department and a member of the International Arbitration Practice Group at WilmerHale in London. He has represented clients across a wide range of industries in commercial arbitrations under a variety of rules, including LCIA, HKIAC, and ICC, as well as in investment arbitrations and litigation before English courts, including in proceedings against states. Mr. Palej regularly speaks at conferences and workshops on international arbitration issues.

Mr. Palej holds Bachelor of Civil Law (Anne Campbell Scholar) and Bachelor of Jurisprudence (First Class) degrees from Christ Church, University of Oxford. Mr. Palej maintains a vibrant pro bono practice and has represented and advised clients in matters related to human rights and housing before international courts and the English Court of Appeal. He also serves as a trustee on the board of a leading UK-based charity focused on ending female genital mutilation and all other forms of violence against women and girls. 

Lauren Suding

Adjunct Professor
International Moot Court

Ms Suding is a practicing barrister at Field Court Chambers. She regularly appears in the Employment Tribunal, the Family Court, and the Court of Protection, including in the High Court. Lauren's legal career has also included work at the Free Representation Unit, The Access to Justice Foundation, and Allen & Overy. She came to the law following a successful career in financial services, reaching Executive Director level at firms including JP Morgan, Standard & Poors and Oppenheimer.

Ms Suding was called to the bar by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, where she was awarded a Lord Lowry Scholarship. She is currently an officer of the Middle Temple Young Barristers' Association and a member of the Middle Temple Hall Committee and Finance and Resources Committee. She has lived in California, New York, DC, and Ireland, attended Magdalen College at the University of Oxford, and graduated with a BSc from Stanford University.

Daniel Wilmot

Adjunct Professor
International Commercial Arbitration

Professor Wilmot is an adjunct professor of law at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, teaching International Commercial Arbitration.  He is a solicitor qualified in England & Wales and is a partner within the specialist International Arbitration team at Stewarts, the UK’s largest disputes-only firm.  Professor Wilmot is individually recognised within the Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and Who’s Who Legal (GAR’s sister publication) rankings of the UK’s leading practitioners in the field of international arbitration.  He maintains a broad practice of arbitration work, focused on commercial arbitration but also including investment treaty arbitration and proceedings before courts of the seat (for example, as to interim/injunctive relief or challenges to arbitral awards).  Professor Wilmot has conducted arbitrations under a variety of governing laws and pursuant to the leading institutional/industry rules (LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL, DIFC-LCIA, UNCITRAL, LMAA, etc.) and has advised and represented government entities, multinational corporates, investors and (ultra) high-net-worth individuals.  He has delivered presentations/training on the practice and procedure of arbitration to Government ministers, Attorneys-General and senior members of the judiciary, including as part of programmes run by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).  He is also an expert in the use of litigation technology in dispute resolution and has lectured on the same.  He holds an LLB (Laws) from University College London (UCL).  Before Stewarts, he practiced within the international arbitration teams at White & Case and Pinsent Masons (in London).  

Agnieszka Zarowna

Adjunct Professor
International Commercial Arbitration

Professor Zarówna teaches International Commercial Arbitration at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.   She is an attorney in New York and a solicitor in England and Wales, practicing at White & Case’s International Arbitration team in London.  In addition to appearing as counsel in commercial arbitrations, both domestic and international, Professor Zarówna has particular expertise in representing States, companies and private individuals in investment arbitrations under the ICSID, UNCITRAL, and SCC rules, applicable bilateral and multilateral investment treaties and foreign investment laws.  She has also served as an assistant to arbitral tribunals.  Professor Zarówna is recognised in Legal500 as Rising Star in International Arbitration and Key Lawyer in Public International Law, Who's Who Legal as Future Leader in International Arbitration, and IFLR1000 as Rising Star in Commercial Arbitration.  She holds Master of Laws degrees from Harvard Law School, l’Université de Poitiers, and the University of Warsaw.

Jan Zglinski

Adjunct Professor

European Union Law

Dr Jan Zglinski is an adjunct professor of law at Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law, teaching European Union Law for the London Study Abroad Programme. Dr Zglinski is an Associate Professor at LSE Law School and Research Fellow of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law. Prior to that, he was Erich Brost Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford. Jan studied law in Hamburg, Paris and Oxford and holds a PhD from the European University Institute. He has held visiting positions at Yale Law School and NYU Law School. His research focuses on EU constitutional and internal market law, as well as sports law and policy, with a particular emphasis on empirical legal approaches.