The International Arbitration and Enforcement Forum 2025 - 2nd Annual

Join Cross-Jurisdictional Experts Navigating an Increasingly International Arbitration Landscape

8th October 2025 | Central London

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Agenda

8th October 2024

Networking & Registration
9:00am

Chairperson's Opening Remarks
9:20am

Evaluating the Impact of Recent and Upcoming Reform on the International Arbitration Landscape
9:25am

  • Discussing changes made by the UK Arbitration Act 2025
  • The evolution of Arbitration law in the EU
  • LCIA, ICC changes to confidentiality summary disposal and strike out

The Roles of Funding and Insurance in Successful International Arbitration
10:25am

  • Involving funders and insurers early in arbitration to plan enforcement strategies
  • Funding the enforcement of arbitral awards as a long-term investment
  • Insuring the resolution of a complex international dispute

Networking & Refreshment Break
11:15am

Examining the Progress of Diversity in Arbitration
11:40am

  • Have gender diversity requirements been met for arbitrators?
  • How a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences facilitates smoother arbitration
  • Considering other areas in which diversity standards in Arbitration may be falling behind

Exploring the Practical Realities of Buying Out and Enforcing Arbitration Awards
12:30am

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

Networking & Lunch Break
1:20pm

New Strategies and Technologies for Arbitration
2:20pm

  • Using AI and other legal technologies to facilitate arbitration
  • How these technologies impact the enforceability of arbitral awards
  • Potential for Mass Arbitration

Understanding the Implications of Sanctions for Arbitration and Enforcement
3:10pm

  • Developments in global sanctions regimes
  • The risks posed by counter sanctions
  • Predicting how changing foreign policy may affect enforcement against sanctioned parties

Networking & Refreshment Break
4:00pm

Discussing Enforcement Against Sovereign Entities
4:30pm

  • Obtaining Evidence in Sovereign & States Disputes
  • State immunity from enforcement and when immunity is waived
  • Sovereign arbitration based on criminal allegations

Chairperson's Closing Remarks
5:30pm

9:00am
Networking & Registration
9:20am
Chairperson's Opening Remarks
9:25am
Evaluating the Impact of Recent and Upcoming Reform on the International Arbitration Landscape
  • Discussing changes made by the UK Arbitration Act 2025
  • The evolution of Arbitration law in the EU
  • LCIA, ICC changes to confidentiality summary disposal and strike out
10:25am
The Roles of Funding and Insurance in Successful International Arbitration
  • Involving funders and insurers early in arbitration to plan enforcement strategies
  • Funding the enforcement of arbitral awards as a long-term investment
  • Insuring the resolution of a complex international dispute
11:15am
Networking & Refreshment Break
11:40am
Examining the Progress of Diversity in Arbitration
  • Have gender diversity requirements been met for arbitrators?
  • How a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences facilitates smoother arbitration
  • Considering other areas in which diversity standards in Arbitration may be falling behind
12:30am
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
1:20pm
Networking & Lunch Break
2:20pm
New Strategies and Technologies for Arbitration
  • Using AI and other legal technologies to facilitate arbitration
  • How these technologies impact the enforceability of arbitral awards
  • Potential for Mass Arbitration
3:10pm
Understanding the Implications of Sanctions for Arbitration and Enforcement
  • Developments in global sanctions regimes
  • The risks posed by counter sanctions
  • Predicting how changing foreign policy may affect enforcement against sanctioned parties
4:00pm
Networking & Refreshment Break
4:30pm
Discussing Enforcement Against Sovereign Entities
  • Obtaining Evidence in Sovereign & States Disputes
  • State immunity from enforcement and when immunity is waived
  • Sovereign arbitration based on criminal allegations
5:30pm
Chairperson's Closing Remarks

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