International Arbitration Day
15 May
08:30 - 18:00
LIDW’s International Arbitration Day will ‘follow the arbitration disputes sun’ across key regions and jurisdictions. The event will be hosted across three firms within a very short walk of one another, so that delegates can choose the sessions covering the jurisdictions and regions most relevant to their work. The International Arbitration Day will explore recent developments, the connections of those regions to English law and London seat arbitrations as well as the role of lawyers in enforcement procedures and asset recovery.
Each session will consist of a panel discussion with a moderator with time allowed for Q&A.
A summary of the agenda for the day with the regions to be covered can be found below. Delegates should register for each session they plan to attend, including networking events. The detailed event description for each session will include a brief synopsis of the theme to be covered and information on the panellists.
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Start |
Mayer Brown |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Allen & Overy |
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08:30 |
Networking Breakfast at Mayer Brown |
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09:00 |
Keynote: The role of arbitration in times of crisis |
Keynote: Arbitral Liability |
Keynote: The Arbitration Act |
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09:30 |
MENA/GCC |
China/ SE Asia |
Russia |
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11:00 |
Break |
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11:30 |
Ukraine |
Offshore |
India |
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13:00 |
Networking Lunch at Herbert Smith Freehills |
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14:30 |
Latin America - Commercial Arbitration |
Caspian Region |
Europe |
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16:00 |
Break |
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16:30 |
Latin America - Investment Arbitration |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
North America |
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18:00 |
Networking Drinks at Allen & Overy |
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15 May
08:30 - 09:00
Spaces: 150
Networking Breakfast
Please note all registrations for this event are now closed.
Please ensure you have registered for International Day sessions before registering for the networking breakfast
15 May
09:00 - 11:00
Location: Allen & Overy
Spaces: 250
Keynote on The Arbitration Act: To reform, or not to reform? That is is the question and Panel discussion on Russia
Please note registrations for this event are now closed.
Keynote: 'The Arbitration Act: To reform, or not to reform? That is the question.' by The Rt. Hon Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBE, PC
The panel for the discussion on 'Russian disputes - the new challenges' is:
- Baiju Vasani (Twenty Essex) - moderator
- Egishe Dzhazoyan (King & Spalding)
- Katia Finkel (Baker & McKenzie)
- Valery Knyazev (Kroll)
- Tatiana Minaeva (RPC)
15 May
09:00 - 11:00
Location: Herbert Smith Freehills
Spaces: 200
Keynote on Challenging arbitral awards through the backdoor: Mitigating the increasing trend of claims against arbitrators and Panel discussion on Asia
Please note all registrations for this event are now closed.
Keynote: 'Challenging arbitral awards through the backdoor: Mitigating the increasing trend of claims against arbitrators' by Paula Hodges KC from Herbert Smith Freehills
The panel for the discussion on Asia: 'The UK's finest export: English law' is:
- Matthew Hodgson (Allen & Overy) - moderator
- Jonathan Lim (Wilmer Hale)
- Sara Masters KC (Twenty Essex)
- Mike McClure KC (Herbert Smith Freehills)
- Nish Shetty (Clifford Chance)
15 May
09:00 - 11:00
Location: Mayer Brown
Spaces: 140
Keynote on arbitration in times of crisis and Panel discussion on MENA
Please note all registrations for this event are now closed.
Keynote: 'The role of arbitration in times of crisis' by Loukas Mistelis from Clyde & Co
The panel for the discussion 'Arbitration in the MENA Region: transition and growth' is:
- Raid Abu-Manneh (Mayer Brown) - moderator
- Christian Alberti (SCCA)
- Karim Ghaly KC (39 Essex Chambers)
- Sara Koleilat-Aranjo (Al Tamimi & Company)
- Dr Aseel Zimmo (Bahrain Ministry of Justice)
15 May
11:30 - 13:00
Location: Allen & Overy
Spaces: 250
Panel discussion on India
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Indian arbitrations - peculiarities, challenges and opportunities
Members of the panel for this session are:
- Rishab Gupta (Twenty Essex) - moderator
- Anuradha Agnihotri (Herbert Smith Freehills)
- Devika Khopkar (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom)
- Arun Mal (Allen & Overy)
- Nicholas Peacock (Bird & Bird)
15 May
11:30 - 13:00
Location: Herbert Smith Freehills
Spaces: 200
Panel discussion on Offshore jurisdictions
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Offshore jurisdictions - new approaches to arbitration
Members of the panel for this session are:
- Artem Doudko (Osborne Clarke) - moderator
- Tameka Davis (Conyers, Dill & Pearman)
- Marcos Dracos (One Essex Court)
- Jeremy Snead (Ogier)
- Dr Aseel Zimmo (Bahrain Ministry of Justice)
15 May
11:30 - 13:00
Location: Mayer Brown
Spaces: 120
Panel discussion on Ukraine
Please note all registrations for this event are now closed.
International arbitration and the war in Ukraine
Members of the panel for this session are:
- Maria Kostytska (Winston & Strawn) - moderator
- Olexander Droug (Sayenko Kharenko)
- Alison Macdonald KC (Essex Court Chambers)
- Svitlana Romanova (Metinvest Group)
- Lord Guglielmo Verdirame KC (Twenty Essex)
15 May
13:00 - 14:15
Location: Herbert Smith Freehills
Spaces: 200
Networking lunch
Please note this event is fully booked and registration has now closed.
Please ensure you have registered for International Day sessions before registering for the networking lunch
15 May
14:30 - 16:00
Location: Allen & Overy
Spaces: 250
Panel discussion on Europe
Please note all registrations for this event are now closed.
Investment protection in Europe at a crossroads
Members of the panel for this session are:
- Lucia Raimanova (Allen & Overy) - moderator
- Patrick Baeten (ENGIE)
- Alejandro Carballo Leyda (Energy Charter Treaty)
- Professor Sir Alan Dashwood KC (Henderson Chambers)
- Veronika Korom (ESSEC)
15 May
14:30 - 16:00
Location: Herbert Smith Freehills
Spaces: 200
Panel discussion on the Caspian Region
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The Caspian Renaissance - fertile ground for arbitration
Members of the panel for this session are:
- Craig Tevendale (Herbert Smith Freehills) - moderator
- Diana Bayzakova (TIAC)
- Nick Gvinadze (Gvinadze & Partners)
- Ruslan Mirzayev (ICC)
- Valikhan Shaikenov (Shaikenov Law Experts (SHEL))
15 May
14:30 - 16:00
Location: Mayer Brown
Spaces: 120
Panel discussion on Latin American Commercial Arbitration
Please note all registrations for this event are now closed.
London as a hub for international arbitration in Latin America
Members of the panel for this session are:
- Luiz Aboim (Mayer Brown) - moderator
- Alejandro Garcia (Stewarts Law)
- Ximena Herrara-Bernal (GBS Disputes)
- Christian Leathley (Herbert Smith Freehills)
- Samantha Rowe (Debevoise & Plimpton)
15 May
16:30 - 18:00
Location: Allen & Overy
Spaces: 250
Panel discussion on North America
Please note all registrations for this event are now closed.
US disputes - arbitration in motion
Members of the panel for this session are:
- Benjamin Knowles (Clyde & Co) - moderator
- Santiago Dellepiane (Berkeley Research Group)
- Kiera Gans (DLA Piper)
- Luis M Martinez (American Arbitration Association)
- Christopher Moore (Cleary Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton)
15 May
16:30 - 18:00
Location: Herbert Smith Freehills
Spaces: 200
Panel discussion on Sub-Saharan Africa
Please note all registrations for this event are now closed.
Shifting attitudes towards arbitration across Sub-Saharan Africa
Members of the panel for this session are:
- Jean-François LeGal (Pinsent Masons) - moderator
- Nadia Darwazeh (Clyde & Co)
- Timothy L Foden (Boies Schiller Flexner)
- Tunde Ogunseitan (Ogunseitan Arbitration)
- Naomi Tarawali (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton)
15 May
16:30 - 18:00
Location: Mayer Brown
Spaces: 120
Panel discussion on Latin American Investment Arbitration
Please note all registrations for this event are now closed.
Investment Arbitration in Latin America: the new hot spots?
Members of the panel for this session are:
- Eduardo Silva Romero (Dechert) - moderator
- Alejandro Escobar (Baker Botts)
- Patricio Grané Labat (Arnold & Porter)
- Andrea Menaker (White & Case)
- Claus von Wobeser (von Wobeser y Sierra)
15 May
18:00 - 20:00
Location: Allen & Overy
Spaces: 200
Networking Drinks
Please note this event is now fully booked and registration has closed
Please ensure you have registered for International Day sessions before registering for the networking drinks
We will be joined by Mike Freer MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice, who will make brief remarks at 18:30.