The International Arbitration and Enforcement Forum 2024

Join Cross-Jurisdictional Experts Navigating an Increasingly International Arbitration Landscape

8th October 2024 | The Hallam Conference Centre, London

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Agenda

8th October 2024

9:00am

Networking & Registration

9:15am

Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Tatiana Menshenina - Partner - Withers

9:25am

Discussing Reform in an Evolving Arbitration Landscape

Interim measures
LCIA, ICC changes to confidentiality summary disposal and strike out
Section 67, 44 of Arbitration Act 1996

Alejandro Escobar - Partner, Practice Group Chair - Public International Law - Baker Botts - London
Trevor Mascarenhas - Partner - PCB Byrne - London
Jennifer Haywood - Arbitrator - Serle Court - London
Jenny Arlington - Senior Counsel - Akin - London

10:10am

Reviewing Multilateral Treaties and Trade Agreements

Multilateral Investment Treaties and Trade Agreements
ECT and waning popularity
Ramifications of NAFTA on international arbitration and enforcement

Stuart Leach - Founder - Stuart Leach Associates - London
Ella Wisniewski - Senior Associate - CMS London
Linda Jacques - Partner - LA Marine - UK
Noor Kadhim - Founder and Principal - Kadhims - England

10:55am

Networking & Refreshment Break

11:15am

Evaluating the Current Diversity Standards in Arbitration

Diversity requirements for arbitrators (gender grounds)
Age: Shadowing schemes for younger arbitrators to gain experience
Importance of arbitrators resonating with parties/case backgrounds

Professor Emilia Onyema - Professor of International Commercial Law - SOAS University of London
Ashley Jones - Senior Knowledge Laywer - Freshfields
Oriane Cannac - Senior Associate - Aavagard
Serena Cooke - Legal Director - DLA Piper

12:00am

Assessing the Impact of Brexit on Enforcement and Arbitration

Relevance of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA)
Enforcing foreign judgements in the UK and vice versa

Emiko Singh - Partner - White & Case
Lucy Winnington-Ingram - Counsel - Reed Smith
Dr. Tadas Varapnickas - Associate Partner - Ellex
Jonathan Schuman - Managing Associate - Simmons + Simmons - London

12:45pm

Networking & Lunch Break

1:45pm

Exploring the Practical Realities of Buying Out and Enforcing Arbitration Awards

Practical consideration and aftermath when an award is sold off and broken off
Due diligence process prior to investment
Structuring monetization arrangements

Abdul Azeem s/o Abdul Samad - Senior Associate - Dechert
Katrina Limond - Counsel - A&O Shearman
Dr Paschalis Paschalidis - Counsel - Arendt
Yael Ribco Borman - Senior Associate - GBS Disputes
Professor Gilles Cuniberti - Professor of Comparative Law and Private International Law - University of Luxembourg

2:30pm

Addressing New Opportunities for Funding and Insuring Disputes

Funding international arbitration and foreign litigation
Recoverability of funding costs
Dispute resolution insurance

Javier Íscar De Hoyos - Managing Partner - Íscar Arbitraje
David Walker - Senior Legal Counsel - Deminor
Camilla Godman - Investment Manager, Senior Legal Counsel - Omni Bridgeway
Joaquín Ruiz Echauri - Partner - Perez Llorca

3:15pm

Networking & Refreshment Break

3:40pm

Utilising Novel Technologies in the Enforcement of Digital and Physical Assets

Crypto and digital assets
How technology assist and speed up enforcement process

Hinesh Shah - Partner - Pinsent Masons
Katia Finkel - Partner - Eversheds Sutherland
Alexander Shirtcliff - Partner - Blake Morgan
Jeff Yiu - Senior Associate - Three Crowns

4:35pm

Understanding the Implications of Sanctions for Arbitration and Enforcement

Impact on arbitration process
Enforcing against sanctioned/high risk entities
Counter sanctions adopted by Russia

Egishe Dzhazoyan - Partner - King & Spalding
Jonathan Lim - Partner - WilmerHale
Charles Claypoole - Partner - Latham & Watkins
Oriane Cannac - Senior Associate - Aavagard

5:25pm

Chairperson's Closing Remarks

Event Partners

Networking Partner

Deminor Litigation Funding

Knowledge Partner

Serle Court

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