9th EFILA Annual Conference on 25 April 2024 at Clifford Chance in Frankfurt
Download the Conference booklet with all bios: 9th EFILA Annual Conference prorgamme 24-4-2024 full programme with bios
Download PPT presentations and article of the speakers:
- EFILA conference_Olga Hamama_Clifford Chance
- Georg article Arbitration International – Bleak House
- HAPP DEF 240424 Alternative Approaches to Valuing Damages in International Investment
- Raimanova EFILA 25 April
- Kevin Huber Slides
- Yael Kluwer Arbitration presentation – Final
- Maria EFILA Domestic review of arbitral awards
- Challenging-Arbitral-Awards-in-the-Nordics-2023-Survey 16-5
- Download the Westerberg Arbitration Tracker 2024 here!
The topic of the conference was:
New Frontiers in International Investment Arbitration
PROGRAMME
08:30-09:00 Registration and buffet breakfast sponsored by Clyde & Co
09:00-09:15 Welcome Address by the Chair of the Executive Board of EFILA Mrs. Mirjam van de Hel (NautaDutilh)
09:15-9:30 Welcome Address by the host of the Conference Dr. Moritz Keller (Clifford Chance)
09:30-10:45 Keynote Speech:
Foreign direct investments in times of geopolitical uncertainty?
by Prof. Dr. Mathias Wolkewitz (General Counsel of Wintershall, Honorary Professor, TU Clausthal Institute for Subsurface Energy Systems) and Q&A session
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Nikos Lavranos (Secretary-General of EFILA)
Commentators:
- Lucia Raimanova (Allen & Overy)
- Olga Hamama (Clifford Chance)
- Laura Rees-Evans (Fietta)
10:45-11:15 Tea/coffee break sponsored by Allen & Overy
11:15-12:45 Panel 1: Domestic courts and the review of awards: recent trends
Speakers:
- Dr. Maria Fogdestam Agius (Westerberg & Partners Advokatbyrå AB)
- Dr. Paschalis Paschalidis (Arendt)
- Georg Scherpf (Clyde & Co)
- Dr. Alfred Siwy, LLM (Zeiler, Floyd Zadkovich)
12:45-14:30 Lunch break sponsored by Fietta
14:30-16:00 Panel 2: Geopolitical uncertainties and their impact on arbitration
Moderator: Tetyana Makukha (General Manager of EFILA, NautaDutilh)
Speakers:
• Henry Smith (Control Risks)
• Dr. Richard Happ (Luther)
• Kevin Huber (Lalive)
• Dr. Patricia Nacimiento (HSF)
16:00-16:30 Tea/coffee break sponsored by Lalive
16:30-17:00 Presentation of the new European Investment Law and Arbitration Review and the 2023 Essay Competition Prize giving ceremony by Yael Hollander de Groot (Senior Product Manager, Wolters Kluwer, International Group, Legal & Regulatory)
17:00-17:15 Closing by Prof. Dr. Nikos Lavranos (Secretary General of EFILA)
17:15-20:00 Drinks sponsored by Wolters Kluwer
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