Tom Villalon, Aarushi Nargas, and Hafsa Ahmad have co-authored an article titled “Confidentiality of the arbitration process: myth or reality?” for the June 2025 issue of Financier Worldwide Magazine.
The article provides an overview of the confidentiality obligations across key arbitration jurisdictions, highlighting how confidentiality is treated, what exceptions apply, and practical steps to strengthen these protections.
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ABOUT TOM VILLALON
Tom is an associate in the Washington, DC office. He has significant experience representing clients in a wide range of international arbitrations under most major institutional rules, with a particular focus on disputes across Asia and Latin America. Tom has represented and advised clients from an array of industries, including construction, mining & metals, post-M&A, biotech, and pharmaceuticals.
Tom holds a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Hawaii School of Law, and a B.A with Honors from Dartmouth College. While in law school, he won first-place individual oralist for the global International Environmental Law Moot Court competition. He is the host of The China Arbitrator, a Mandarin language arbitration podcast dedicated to understanding Asian views of the practice of international arbitration. He is also the co-founder of Rescue Afghan Women Now, an organization dedicated to rescuing high-risk Afghan women from Taliban capture and execution.
ABOUT AARUSHI NARGAS
Aarushi is a Special Legal Consultant in the Washington, DC office. She has experience in international commercial arbitrations across a range of industries, including oil and gas, mining, and intellectual property. Prior to joining Three Crowns, Aarushi clerked with Chief Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud at the Supreme Court of India, where she worked on commercial, arbitration, and constitutional law matters. She also has prior experience of working at the judicial chambers of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague and as an associate in the projects and infrastructure practice of a domestic commercial law firm in India.
Aarushi holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where her focus was on international commercial and investment arbitration and public international law. She served as the Vice President of the Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association and as a member of the board of the Harvard International Law Journal. She also holds an LL.B. from National Law University Jodhpur, where she graduated with a gold medal for her outstanding achievements in moot court competitions.
ABOUT HAFSA AHMAD
Hafsa is an international associate in the Washington, D.C. office. She has experience representing private corporations and state-owned companies in international commercial arbitrations, including under the LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL rules. Hafsa holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. While at Harvard, she was President of the Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association and article editor at the Harvard Human Rights Journal.
Hafsa obtained her LL.B. from the University of London at the University College Lahore campus. She graduated at the top of her class and represented Pakistan in the 2017 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Hafsa also received a B.A. from Middlebury College in International Politics and Economics, with a minor in Art History.