Sovereign & States Disputes and Enforcement

In-person

24th & 25th January 2023 | The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London.

Uniquely bringing the sovereign disputes and international asset recovery communities together

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Agenda

Day1- 24th January Day 2- 25th January

Registration
9:00am

Advisory board introduction
9:30am

Jon Felce, Partner
Cooke, Young & Keidan

Emmanuel Kaspereit, Partner
Archipel (France)

Sovereign disputes and defaults- what the stats say
9:45am

Karthik Balisagar, Senior Managing Director
FTI Consulting

Keynote Speech- International Investment Law and Developing States Reimagined from a Southern Perspective
10:15am

Professor Emilia Onyema, Professor of International Commercial Law
SOAS University of London

Coffee Break
11:00am

Sovereign disputes and enforcement post-Achmea, Komstroy and PL Holdings 
11:20am

Jon Felce, Partner
Cooke, Young & Keidan

Alberto Fortún, Partner
Cuatrecasas (Spain)

Paolo Di Giovanni, Partner
BonelliErede (Italy)

Benjamin Siino, Founding Partner
GBS Disputes (France)

Anya George, Partner
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd (Switzerland)

Part 1: Developments in ICSID, ECT and bilateral/ multilateral Investment and commercial arbitration involving sovereigns
12.00pm

Baiju Vasani, Arbitrator
Twenty Essex

Tomas Vail, Founder & Principal
Vail Dispute Resolution

Sylvia Tonova, Partner
Jones Day (UK)

Elizabeth Oger-Gross, Partner
White & Case (France)

Lunch
12:40pm

Planes, trains and automobiles - identifying sovereign assets
2:00pm

Emmanuel Kaspereit, Partner
Archipel (France)

Ashley Messick, Managing Director
JS Held

Daniel P. Rubel, Partner
Zeichner Ellman & Krause (US)

Arnoldo B. Lacayo, Shareholder
Sequor Law (US)

Nicolae Reutoi, Associate Director - Disputes
Alaco

Injunctions, attachment, receivers, disclosure and other ancillary relief – are sovereigns too protected?
2:40pm

Jon Felce, Partner
Cooke, Young & Keidan

Laure-Hélène Gaicio-Fievez, Partner
BSP (Luxembourg)

Warren E. Gluck, Partner
Holland & Knight (USA)

Jagdish J. Menezes, Of Counsel
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

Dominik Milani, Doctorate in law, Lawyer, Partner Zurich
NSF (Switzerland)

Coffee Break
3.20pm

Tools outside of courts used by and against Foreign States
3:40pm

Nikos Asimakopoulos, Director - Disputes
Alaco (UK)

Benoît Mauron, Partner
LALIVE (Switzerland)

Thomas Eymond-Laritaz, Founder & CEO
Highgate

Charlene Sun, Partner
DLA Piper (US)

States and state-owned entities
4.20pm

Raphael Kaminsky, Partner
Teynier Pic

Matthew Weiniger KC, Dispute Resolution Partner, Global Chair of International Arbitration
Linklaters

Cathalijne van der Plas, Partner
JahaeRaymakers (The Netherlands)

Alexander A. Yanos, Partner, Co-chair of International Arbitration Group
Alston & Bird (US)

Advisory board wrap-up of day 1
5.00pm

Baiju Vasani, Arbitrator
Twenty Essex

Nikos Asimakopoulos, Director - Disputes
Alaco (UK)

Drinks
5.15pm

Registration
9:00am

Advisory board introduction
9:30am

Baiju Vasani, Arbitrator
Twenty Essex

Nikos Asimakopoulos, Director - Disputes
Alaco (UK)

Tips for working for a sovereign
9.45am

Emmanuel Kaspereit, Partner
Archipel (France)

Lorraine de Germiny, Partner
LALIVE

Oluwemimo Ogunde SAN, Principal Partner
Wemimo Ogunde & Co (Nigeria)

Samantha J. Rowe, Partner
Debevoise & Plimpton (UK)

Part 2: Developments in ICSID, ECT and bilateral/ multilateral Investment and commercial arbitration involving sovereigns
10.15am

Baiju Vasani, Arbitrator
Twenty Essex

Solomon Ebere, Partner
DWF Law LLP

Jiries Saadeh, Partner
Fietta LLP

Steven P. Finizio, Partner
WIlmerHale

Coffee Breaks
11:00am

Around the World
11.20pm

Noor Kadhim, Founder and Principal
Kadhims

Aïcha Brahma, Avocat - Attorney at law
BRAHMA AVOCATS (Morocco)

Dr Rishab Gupta, Arbitrator
Twenty Essex

Rajan Nazran , Senior Partner
NazranRoth

Tactics and strategies used by Foreign States to delay or evade enforcement
12.00pm

Michaël Schlesinger, Partner
Archipel (France)

Nicolas C. Herren, Partner
Pestalozzi (Switzerland)

Hakim Boularbah, Partner
Loyens & Loeff (Brussels)

Ruth Byrne KC, Barrister
King & Spalding

Lunch
12:40pm

Funding sovereign disputes
2:00pm

Nikos Asimakopoulos, Director - Disputes
Alaco (UK)

Ayse Yazir, Global Head of Origination
Bench Walk Advisors (London)

David Walker, Senior Legal Counsel
Deminor

Christiane Deniger, Senior Vice President
Burford Capital

Yasmin Mohammad, Director
Fortress Investment Group (France)

State corruption and public/private partnerships
2:40pm

Jon Felce, Partner
Cooke, Young & Keidan

Clara Poglia , Partner, Co-Head of the Dispute Resolution Group
Schellenberg Wittmer (Switzerland)

James Mather, Barrister
Serle Court

Amaechi Nsofor, Head of Africa Insolvency & Asset Recovery
Grant Thornton

Stéphane Bonifassi, Lawyer
Bonifassi Avocats (France)

Coffee Break
3:20pm

Corruption in sovereign disputes and enforcement
3:40pm

Kiran Unni, Partner
Kobre & Kim

Jef Klazen, Partner
Kobre & Kim

Nikos Asimakopoulos, Director - Disputes
Alaco (UK)

Manish Aggarwal , Partner
Three Crowns

Katrina Limond, Senior Associate
Allen & Overy

Sanctions, sovereigns and state-owned entities
4:20pm

Mikhail Vishnyakov, Counsel
Cooke, Young & Keidan

Kian Meshkat, Of Counsel
Ferrari & Associates (US)

Rob Dalling, Partner
Jenner & Block

Marie Poirot, Lawyer
Bonifassi Avocats

Advisory board wrap-up of conference
5:00pm

Jon Felce, Partner
Cooke, Young & Keidan

Emmanuel Kaspereit, Partner
Archipel (France)

End of conference
5:15pm

9:00am
Registration
9:30am
Advisory board introduction
Jon Felce - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan
Emmanuel Kaspereit - Partner - Archipel (France)
9:45am
Sovereign disputes and defaults- what the stats say
Karthik Balisagar - Senior Managing Director - FTI Consulting
10:15am
Keynote Speech- International Investment Law and Developing States Reimagined from a Southern Perspective
Professor Emilia Onyema - Professor of International Commercial Law - SOAS University of London
11:00am
Coffee Break
11:20am
Sovereign disputes and enforcement post-Achmea, Komstroy and PL Holdings 
Jon Felce - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan
Alberto Fortún - Partner - Cuatrecasas (Spain)
Paolo Di Giovanni - Partner - BonelliErede (Italy)
Benjamin Siino - Founding Partner - GBS Disputes (France)
Anya George - Partner - Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd (Switzerland)
12.00pm
Part 1: Developments in ICSID, ECT and bilateral/ multilateral Investment and commercial arbitration involving sovereigns
Baiju Vasani - Arbitrator - Twenty Essex
Tomas Vail - Founder & Principal - Vail Dispute Resolution
Sylvia Tonova - Partner - Jones Day (UK)
Elizabeth Oger-Gross - Partner - White & Case (France)
12:40pm
Lunch
2:00pm
Planes, trains and automobiles - identifying sovereign assets
Emmanuel Kaspereit - Partner - Archipel (France)
Ashley Messick - Managing Director - JS Held
Daniel P. Rubel - Partner - Zeichner Ellman & Krause (US)
Arnoldo B. Lacayo - Shareholder - Sequor Law (US)
Nicolae Reutoi - Associate Director - Disputes - Alaco
2:40pm
Injunctions, attachment, receivers, disclosure and other ancillary relief – are sovereigns too protected?
Jon Felce - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan
Laure-Hélène Gaicio-Fievez - Partner - BSP (Luxembourg)
Warren E. Gluck - Partner - Holland & Knight (USA)
Jagdish J. Menezes - Of Counsel - Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
Dominik Milani - Doctorate in law, Lawyer, Partner Zurich - NSF (Switzerland)
3.20pm
Coffee Break
3:40pm
Tools outside of courts used by and against Foreign States
Nikos Asimakopoulos - Director - Disputes - Alaco (UK)
Benoît Mauron - Partner - LALIVE (Switzerland)
Thomas Eymond-Laritaz - Founder & CEO - Highgate
Charlene Sun - Partner - DLA Piper (US)
4.20pm
States and state-owned entities
Raphael Kaminsky - Partner - Teynier Pic
Matthew Weiniger KC - Dispute Resolution Partner, Global Chair of International Arbitration - Linklaters
Cathalijne van der Plas - Partner - JahaeRaymakers (The Netherlands)
Alexander A. Yanos - Partner, Co-chair of International Arbitration Group - Alston & Bird (US)
5.00pm
Advisory board wrap-up of day 1
Baiju Vasani - Arbitrator - Twenty Essex
Nikos Asimakopoulos - Director - Disputes - Alaco (UK)
5.15pm
Drinks
9:00am
Registration
9:30am
Advisory board introduction
Baiju Vasani - Arbitrator - Twenty Essex
Nikos Asimakopoulos - Director - Disputes - Alaco (UK)
9.45am
Tips for working for a sovereign
Emmanuel Kaspereit - Partner - Archipel (France)
Lorraine de Germiny - Partner - LALIVE
Oluwemimo Ogunde SAN - Principal Partner - Wemimo Ogunde & Co (Nigeria)
Samantha J. Rowe - Partner - Debevoise & Plimpton (UK)
10.15am
Part 2: Developments in ICSID, ECT and bilateral/ multilateral Investment and commercial arbitration involving sovereigns
Baiju Vasani - Arbitrator - Twenty Essex
Solomon Ebere - Partner - DWF Law LLP
Jiries Saadeh - Partner - Fietta LLP
Steven P. Finizio - Partner - WIlmerHale
11:00am
Coffee Breaks
11.20pm
Around the World
Noor Kadhim - Founder and Principal - Kadhims
Aïcha Brahma - Avocat - Attorney at law - BRAHMA AVOCATS (Morocco)
Dr Rishab Gupta - Arbitrator - Twenty Essex
Rajan Nazran - Senior Partner - NazranRoth
12.00pm
Tactics and strategies used by Foreign States to delay or evade enforcement
Michaël Schlesinger - Partner - Archipel (France)
Nicolas C. Herren - Partner - Pestalozzi (Switzerland)
Hakim Boularbah - Partner - Loyens & Loeff (Brussels)
Ruth Byrne KC - Barrister - King & Spalding
12:40pm
Lunch
2:00pm
Funding sovereign disputes
Nikos Asimakopoulos - Director - Disputes - Alaco (UK)
Ayse Yazir - Global Head of Origination - Bench Walk Advisors (London)
David Walker - Senior Legal Counsel - Deminor
Christiane Deniger - Senior Vice President - Burford Capital
Yasmin Mohammad - Director - Fortress Investment Group (France)
2:40pm
State corruption and public/private partnerships
Jon Felce - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan
Clara Poglia - Partner, Co-Head of the Dispute Resolution Group - Schellenberg Wittmer (Switzerland)
James Mather - Barrister - Serle Court
Amaechi Nsofor - Head of Africa Insolvency & Asset Recovery - Grant Thornton
Stéphane Bonifassi - Lawyer - Bonifassi Avocats (France)
3:20pm
Coffee Break
3:40pm
Corruption in sovereign disputes and enforcement
Kiran Unni - Partner - Kobre & Kim
Jef Klazen - Partner - Kobre & Kim
Nikos Asimakopoulos - Director - Disputes - Alaco (UK)
Manish Aggarwal - Partner - Three Crowns
Katrina Limond - Senior Associate - Allen & Overy
4:20pm
Sanctions, sovereigns and state-owned entities
Mikhail Vishnyakov - Counsel - Cooke, Young & Keidan
Kian Meshkat - Of Counsel - Ferrari & Associates (US)
Rob Dalling - Partner - Jenner & Block
Marie Poirot - Lawyer - Bonifassi Avocats
5:00pm
Advisory board wrap-up of conference
Jon Felce - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan
Emmanuel Kaspereit - Partner - Archipel (France)
5:15pm
End of conference

Event Partners

Lead Partner

Alaco
Knowledge Partner

Highgate

Kobre & Kim

FTI Consulting

Archipel

JS Held

ZEK

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