Annual Conference 2018

3^rd EFILA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018

PARALLEL STATES’ OBLIGATIONS IN INVESTMENT ARBITRATION

5 FEBRUARY 2018

Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, University of London

Watch the Keynote Speech by the honorable Charles N. Brower (45 min).

Read the summary Report of the conference.

EFILA Annual Conference booklet 2018

PROGRAMME

08:30-09:00 Registration tea and coffee
09:00-09:15 Welcome Address by Chair of the Executive Board of EFILA
– Sherina Petit (Norton Rose Fulbright)

09:15-10:45 Panel 1: Non-disputing third parties and their influence on arbitration
– Chair: Yasmin Mohammad (Vannin Capital)
– Alejandro López Ortiz (Mayer Brown)
– Kostadin Sirleshtov (CMS)
– Lise Johnson (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment)

10:45-11:15 Tea/coffee break sponsored by Brill Martinus Nijhoff Publisher

11:15-12:45 Panel 2: Investment regulation and arbitration

– Chair: Aron Skogman (Mannheimer Swartling)
– Dr. Federico Ortino (King’s College London and Clifford Chance)
– Christophe Bondy (Cooley)
– Mónica Moraleda Saceda (Kingdom of Spain)

12:45-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-15:30 Keynote Speech by the Honorable Charles N. Brower (Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and 20 Essex Street Chambers) on “Why The EU Investment Court System Is Destined To Fail Foreign Investors And Host States Alike?”

– Chair: Dr. Markus Burianski (White & Case)
– Commentators:
– Cherie Blair CBE, QC (Omnia Strategy)
– Annette Magnusson (Secretary General of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce)
– Dr. Dirk Pulkowski (Permanent Court of Arbitration)

15:30-16:00 Tea/coffee break sponsored by Harbour Litigation Funding

16:00-17:30 Panel 3: Human rights, environment and arbitration
– Chair: Marie Stoyanov (Allen & Overy)
– Dr. Monique Sasson (Macchi Celere & Gangemi)
– Stephen Fietta (Fietta)
– Iuliana Iancu (Hanotiau & van den Berg)

17:30-17:45 Closing remarks
– Prof. Dr. Nikos Lavranos (Secretary General of EFILA)

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