Jessica has experience in disputes in the Energy sector, Oil & Gas, including midstream transportation and pipeline agreements. As in-house counsel to a prominent EPC company in Milan, she focused on projects and disputes in the midstream sector both on and offshore. She is knowledgeable in upstream granting instruments, exploration and production, construction, operation and decommissioning, as well as stakeholder issues, including indigenous rights, social licencing, local content and the environment.

Jessica's expertise covers the law and governance of the energy transition, climate change and environmental law, including the operation of the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement and the interaction between international investment law and environmental regulation. She is knowledgeable in renewable energy support schemes, including feed-in tariffs and green certificates; emissions trading systems and other carbon pricing mechanisms; fossil fuel phase-out measures; and the commercial and investment treaty implications of decarbonisation policy. She has advised corporates, governments and other stakeholders on climate litigation risk.

Jessica has experience as counsel and arbitrator in construction and engineering disputes involving nuclear energy facilities, offshore pipelay, pipelaying vessels, sustainable smart cities, urban rail and complex industrial facilities. She has experience dealing with issues of delay, disruption, prolongation, liquidated damages, misrepresentation and negligence.

Jessica has considerable experience in commercial disputes across a range of industry sectors, including energy, construction, joint ventures, industrial chemicals, financial services, digital assets, telecommunications, intellectual property and commercial agency.

Arbitrator:

• President in an LCIA arbitration seated in London and subject to English law between a UK financial services firm and a Romanian energy company in a dispute concerning renewable energy project transactions
• Sole Arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration seated in London and subject to English law between a European energy company and a UK project developer concerning a services agreement for renewable energy projects.
• Sole Arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration seated in London under the law of England & Wales concerning a retail joint venture dispute. 
• Co-Arbitrator under the LCIA rules in an arbitration seated in the Bahamas under Bahamian law arising out of a Subscription Agreement for the issuance of digital assets.  
• Co-Arbitrator under the LCIA Rules in a dispute seated in Doha under the laws of Qatar relating to the construction of a sustainable urban regeneration project.
• Sole Arbitrator in an ICC arbitration seated in London under the law of England & Wales concerning a contract for commissioning services in the transportation sector between a sustainable rail construction and engineering company and a legacy train manufacturer. 
• Co-Arbitrator in a multi-million-dollar LCIA arbitration seated in London concerning a debt restructuring agreement in the telecommunications sector between a state-owned telecoms company and a government-owned mobile telecoms operator in West Africa. 
• Co-Arbitrator in an ICC arbitration seated in Calgary under Alberta law in relation to a multi-million-dollar claim between Canadian and U.S. parties concerning the construction of a large chemical industrial facility.
• Co-Arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration seated in London under the law of England & Wales, in relation to a contract for the supply of personal protective equipment between U.K. and U.S. parties during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
• Sole Arbitrator in an ICC arbitration under the law of England & Wales concerning a commercial agency agreement.
• Sole Arbitrator in two separate commercial disputes, under the LCIA rules and the law of England & Wales, concerning a consumer credit agreement.  
• Acting as arbitrator in several arbitrations in the transport & tourism sector under the Arbitration Act 1996 (UK).

Tribunal Secretary:

• Tribunal Secretary in an ad hoc arbitration seated in New York and subject to the law of New York involving a multinational chemicals group and its insurers in a consolidated coverage and reinsurance dispute.
• Tribunal Secretary in an ad hoc arbitration seated in Toronto under Ontario law involving a precious‑metals streaming group and West African mining companies in a dispute concerning gold production.
• Tribunal Secretary in a SIAC arbitration seated in Singapore and subject to Singapore and Indonesian law between an Asian industrial company and a European engineering group concerning the design, supply and commissioning of a large-scale processing facility.
• Tribunal Secretary in an UNCITRAL dispute seated in Ontario and subject to the laws of Ontario concerning a political risk insurance policy over Libyan oil assets.
• Tribunal Secretary in an LCIA dispute seated in London and subject to the law of England & Wales between an Asian development bank and an English insurance syndicate in relation to a trade credit insurance policy.
• Tribunal Secretary in a SIAC dispute seated in Singapore and subject to Indonesian and Japanese law relating to a project to invest in and build a complex in Timor Leste.
• Tribunal Secretary in an UNCITRAL dispute seated in London and subject to the law England & Wales and Saudi law concerning the construction of a major IT and communications complex in Saudi Arabia.

Counsel:

• Counsel to a leading European EPC contractor in an ICC arbitration under English law in relation to a cancelled pipeline project; over EUR 1 billion was at stake.
• Counsel to an oil and gas major in a dispute with a contractor arising out of political and social unrest in West Africa that triggered force majeure provisions.
• Counsel to a French-German consortium in an ICC arbitration in Stockholm under Finnish law against a Finnish utility company in a dispute arising from an agreement for the construction of a nuclear power plant; over EUR 6.1 billion was at stake.
• Counsel to a Middle Eastern industrial company in an LCIA arbitration against a UAE-based oilfield service provider concerning an oil development program in Kuwait.
• Counsel to a Chinese entity in a shareholder dispute concerning breaches of tax warranties.
• Counsel to a prominent oil & gas contractor in an LCIA arbitration regarding variations and prolongation claims relating to the supply of two vessels in the Kashagan Field.
• Counsel to a multinational infrastructure firm in an ICC arbitration concerning one of the world’s largest urban rail projects; the seat was London and over USD 900 million was at stake.
• Counsel to 13 financial investment companies and two individuals as claimants in an ICC arbitration arising out of the revision and breach of a settlement agreement relating to a substantial telecommunications operation in Brazil; the seat was Paris, Brazilian law applied and the language was English. Over EUR 15 billion was at stake.
• Counsel to the Arab Republic of Egypt in an arbitration initiated by Hussain Sajwani, Damac Park Avenue for Real Estate Development S.A.E., and Damac Gamsha Bay for Development S.A.E. (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/16). The dispute arose from a criminal conviction for corruption in relation to the purchase and development of land for tourism purposes.
• Counsel to three European chemical companies as respondents in an ICC arbitration in Geneva under Swiss law against the European subsidiaries of a large North American chemical concern.

Education 

• 2022 - present: University of Cambridge, PhD, Law
• 2020 to 2021: Queen Mary University of London, LLM, Dispute Resolution, Energy and Climate Change
• 2007 to 2010: University College London, LLB Hons
• 2001 to 2005: McGill University, BA Hons, Philosophy

Career History 

• 2020–present: Independent Arbitrator, Crow Arbitration / Arbitra International 
• 2025–present: Fellow, Climate and Nature Governance, World Economic Forum
• 2024–2025: Hoffmann Fellow in Global Climate Governance, World Economic Forum
• 2023–2026: Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge
• 2022–present: Researcher, CEENRG, University of Cambridge; Researcher, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
• 2015–2020: Vinson & Elkins, Senior Associate, International Dispute Resolution
• 2017–2018: Saipem S.p.A., Legal Counsel (secondment)
• 2014–2015: Betto Seraglini, Senior Associate, International Dispute Resolution
• 2010–2014: Shearman & Sterling, Associate, International Arbitration Group

• Lexology Index: Future Leader, Arbitration (2024–present); Global Elite Thought Leader (2026); Arbitration 2026: Most Highly Regarded
• Past President of the Executive Committee and Advisory Board Member, Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners (YCAP)
• Steering Committee, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators ADR & Sustainability Specialist Group
• Member, ICC Canada Arbitration Committee
• Co-Chair, North American Regional Subcommittee, Campaign for Greener Arbitrations
• IBA Arbitration Committee,  ESG Sub-Committee Member 

Selected Speaking Engagements:

• Panelist, 14th ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration 2026
• Panelist, GAR Live: Women in Arbitration 2026 - the impact of tech on resources and the environment 
• Panelist, 19th Annual Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference, IBA Toronto 2025
• Panelist, 14th Annual Cambridge International Law Journal Conference – Emissions Trading: An Emerging Tension at the Nexus of Investment Protection and Climate Governance
• Presenter, World Economic Forum – Procurement Innovation Dialogues 2025
• Co-Chair, 2024 ICC Canada Arbitration Committee Annual Conference, Vancouver
• Panelist, Paris Arbitration Week 2024 – PAW Sustainability Event
• Panelist, 7th Annual Conference on Energy Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in the Middle East and Africa – The Impact of the Energy Transition on Dispute Resolution in Africa
• Panelist, ICCA-VanIAC Joint Conference on Energy Infrastructure Disputes and Arbitration – Predicting the Future of International Energy Arbitration
• Panelist, 7th ELG Energy Event Paris: Investment Arbitration and the Energy Transition
• Panelist, SCC Arbitration Institute Energy Transition Forum – Energy Transition and Climate Disputes
• Panelist, RESOLVE 2023, ADGM Abu Dhabi – Anticipating and Mitigating ESG-Related Disputes
• Panelist, ICC UK Conference on Arbitration and ADR 2022 – Climate Change Meets Arbitration: A Look Ahead to 2030
• Panelist, ICC Canada Conference 2022 – Debate on the Impact of Sanctions on Institutional and Arbitrator Neutrality
• Speaker, Barton Legal Webinar – Challenges for the Construction Supply Chain from Climate Change and the Energy Transition, 2022
• Guest Faculty, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society Gold Standard Course in International Arbitration 2022

Publications & Media:

• Author, 'The linking problem: emissions trading, investment treaty jurisdiction, and the globalization of carbon markets', Journal of International Economic Law (forthcoming 2026)
• Co-Author (with Harro van Asselt), 'European Union' in Douglas Kysar and Ernest Lim (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Private Law (OUP, 2026)
• Co-Author (with Tejas Rao), 'Contested Histories, Positionality and the Judiciary in the UK, Canada and the USA' in Myriam Gicquello, Melanie Murcott and Emily Webster (eds), Adjudicating Climate Change: Exploring Extra-Legal Factors (Bloomsbury, 2027)
• Author, 'No NAFTA Protection for US Company's Acquisition of Carbon Credits Under the Scrapped Ontario Cap and Trade Program', ADR Perspectives (ADR Institute of Canada, 2024)
• Author, Lexis PSL Case Note on Tennant v Canada
• Co-Author (with Wolf von Kumberg), 'The Development of Investor State Mediation and its Future in Supporting Climate Change', The Journal of International Arbitration, Mediation, and Dispute Management (CIArb, 2022)
• Guest, ICC Australia Conversations – Judicial Notice of Climate Change (May 2024)
• Podcast Guest, Al Tamimi COP28 Podcast – Resolving Environmental and Climate Change Disputes through Arbitration (October 2023)
• Podcast Guest, 39 Essex OUTLOOK Podcast – Building for the Future: Climate Change and Arbitration (March 2023)