Interviews

Launched in 2021, the #10QuestionsWithMaxwell series invites eminent ADR practitioners to share their perspectives and insights into the ADR industry. Join us and find out more about how these practitioners stepped into their legal or arbitration career, their memorable dispute cases, their significant highlights as well as challenges, and more.

In 2024, we also released a follow-up series, #5QuestionswithMaxwell (Green Edition), dedicated to showcasing arbitrators who are leading the way in environmental sustainability. 

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#ThePrivateCaucus: Conversations in Confidence Interview Series: Adi Gavrilă, CEO, ADR Center Romania; Senior Expert, ADR Center

March 31, 2026

#10QuestionswithMaxwell Interview Series: Min Kyung Kim, Des Voeux Chambers

March 5, 2026

#ThePrivateCaucus: Conversations in Confidence Interview Series: Lim Tat, Aequitas Law

February 27, 2026

#10QuestionswithMaxwell Interview Series: Ashwita Ambast, Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)

January 19, 2026

#5QuestionswithMaxwell Green Edition: Cherine Foty

December 4, 2025

#5QuestionswithMaxwell Green Edition: Christine Falcicchio

October 7, 2025

#10QuestionswithMaxwell Interview Series: Emi Rowse (Igusa), Kudun & Partners

July 23, 2025

#10QuestionswithMaxwell Interview Series: Fei Ning, Hui Zhong Law Firm

May 6, 2025

#10QuestionswithMaxwell Interview Series: Earl Rivera-Dolera, Tokyo International Law Office

April 9, 2025

#10QuestionswithMaxwell Interview Series: Paul Tan, One Essex Court

January 21, 2025

#10QuestionswithMaxwell Interview Series: Myung-Ahn Kim, Yoon & Yang LLC

December 5, 2024

#10QuestionswithMaxwell Interview Series: Lijun Chui, Simmons & Simmons JWS

November 11, 2024
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Maxwell Unplugged: Erika Williams

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Join the conversation as Erika Williams, Independent arbitrator, joined by Monica Chong, a disputes lawyer at Wong Partnership LLP in Singapore, shares her journey of navigating a variety of roles before unexpectedly discovering her passion for arbitration – a reminder that opportunities can arise in the most unexpected places.
 
She shares insights from her experience in arbitration practice, as well as the value of both formal and informal connections while networking, and maybe even shares a few secrets on how to build them!
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Cassandra Anthonisz

Deputy Manager of Legal & Business Service

Cassandra Gayle Anthonisz is the Deputy Manager of Legal and Business Services at Maxwell Chambers. Her multifaceted experience spans across legal, business development, and communications sectors, offering a distinctive combination of legal acumen, strategic insight, and cross-sector versatility.

Her professional background encompasses legal affairs, compliance, business development, and legal technology. She has held in-house positions across sectors, where she gained extensive experience navigating complex legal and regulatory environments. Her experience spans the implementation of strategic legal frameworks in sectors such as maritime, commodities, and fintech, with a focus on client-facing legal operations; contractual negotiations; contentious and non-contentious work.

Prior to joining Maxwell Chambers, Cassandra led legal technology start-ups through the unprecedented challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. In these capacities, she integrated legal innovation with corporate strategy, while spearheading business development initiatives and cross-border legal solutions.

Cassandra has a passion for advancing access to justice and to promoting forward-thinking and progressive business-aligned legal practices. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Birmingham City University in the United Kingdom, and is currently pursuing a Master of Laws (LLM).

Ban Jiun Ean

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Ban Jiun Ean read law at the National University of Singapore before joining the Ministry of Law. He spent nine years doing legal policy work, with a focus on the development of Singapore’s alternative dispute resolution (ADR) industry. 

Jiun Ean spearheaded the development of the world’s first integrated dispute resolution centre, Maxwell Chambers, which brought together arbitral institutions, service providers and legal practitioners under the same roof in a facility equipped with bespoke dispute resolution rooms and state-of-the-art supporting technology. In 2010, he was appointed Chief Executive of Maxwell Chambers, helming the company for five years and establishing it as the foremost dispute resolution centre of its kind in the world. In 2016, he left Maxwell to pursue several other projects, including the development of an arts centre and to write several novels. In 2019, Jiun Ean was appointed as the Executive Director of Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC), working to strengthen the mediation industry in Singapore and globally. 

Jiun Ean returns to Maxwell Chambers as Chief Executive, to augment the team as it continues to build on Maxwell’s position as the premier ADR facility in the world.

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