International Arbitration Day

International Arbitration Day networking breakfast

The opportunity to meet colleagues at Covington & Burling's office for a brief networking breakfast before the keynotes of International Arbitration Day.

Please note numbers are limited and places are open to those who have registered for other sessions during the day.

Keynote from Jan Paulsson followed by Panel discussion on Saudi Arabia

Keynote: 'International Arbitration in the Year 2050: Shipwrecked or Basking on the Shores of the Promised Land? (Treading water not an option) by Jan Paulsson, Judge of the Court of cassation of the Kingdom of Bahrain, with dispensation to serve as arbitrator, and President of the Court of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration.

This will be followed by a panel discussion on:

Vision 2030 and beyond: Arbitration's role in Saudi Arabia's transformation

The panellists include:

• Amani Khalifa (Freshfields)
• Haroon Niazi (HKA)
• Joza AlRasheed (Herbert Smith Freehills)

Keynote followed by Panel discussion on ASEAN

Keynote from O. Thomas Johnson, Judge, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague.

The keynote will be followed by a panel discussion on:

ASEAN's arbitration landscape in the Year of the Dragon: Power and Progress.

The panellists for this session are:

• Debby Sulaiman (HBT)
• Dzung Manh Nguyen (Dzungsrt & Associates)
• Mark Mangan (Lindsay Francis & Mangan)
• Nelson Goh (Pallas Partners)

Keynote followed by Panel discussion on India

Keynote from Lord David Wolfson KC.

The keynote speaker will be followed by a panel session on:

India's review of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act and arbitration ecosystem - India's Push for Regional Prominence?

The panel includes:

• Nitesh Jain (Trilegal) - moderator
• Honorable Mr Justice Surya Kant (Supreme Court of India)
• Prashanto Chandra Sen (Quadrant Chambers)
• Dharshini Prasad (Wilkie Farr)
• Gopal Subramanium (3 Verulam Buildings

Panel session on Europe

The panel will discuss:

Europe horizon scanning - a kaleidoscope session

Panellists for this session include:

• Alejandro Carballo Leyda (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Duarte G Henriques (Victoria Associates)
• Gerard Meijer (Linklaters)
• Veronika Korom (Paragon Advocacy)

Panel session on MENA

During this session on MENA the panel will discuss:

Latest developments in the MENA region

The panellists are:

• Joseph Chedrawe (Covington & Burling) - moderator
• Christopher Beem (ACWA Power)
• David Hume (A&O Shearman)
• Jacqui Record (Ankura)
• Rajinder Bassi (Kirkland & Ellis)
• Sally Kotb (Habib al Mulla)

Panel session on sanctioned countries

The session will focus on:

Sanctioned countries: sanctions and arbitration - a practical perspective

The panellists are:

• Anna Bradshaw (Peters & Peters)
• David Goldberg (White & Case)
• David Lorello (Covington & Burling)
• James Freeman (Allen & Overy)
• Jon Newman (Kirkland & Ellis)
• Maya Lester (Brick Court Chambers)

International Arbitration Day networking lunch

The opportunity to network over a buffet lunch at Clyde & Co's office before the afternoon sessions of International Arbitration Day.

Please note numbers are limited and places are open to those who have registered for other sessions during the day.

Panel session on Africa

The panel will discuss:

Growing and emerging markets in Africa

The panellists are:

• Funke Adekoya (Independent Arbitrator)
• Nadya Berova (Barrick)
• Poupak Anjomshoaa (Trinity International)
• Rob Wilkins (Pinsent Masons)
• Salim Moollan KC (Brick Court Chambers)

Panel session on the Baltics

The panel will discuss:

Great Expectations. Discussion on Baltic Sttes and Arbitration

A panel of practitioners from the Baltic States or working with Baltics’ related arbitrations will discuss what type of disputes are more likely to end with London seated arbitrations and/or applicable English law, whether there is a need for English counsels to act as counsel in Baltic arbitration, save for English arbitrators, does size of the dispute matter answering these questions. Panelists shall share their practical insights towards upcoming major projects (infrastructure, energy) in the Baltic region that might lead to commercial or investment arbitrations as well as possible disputes resulting from reality of these turbulent times – including measures taken by the Baltic States related to national security and implementation of sanctions.

The panellists are:

• Eva Kalnina (Arbitration Chambers Latvia)
• Georg Scherpf (Clyde & Co)
• Paulius Docka (Noewe Legal)
• Ramunas Audzevicius (Motieka)
• Vilija Vaitkute Pavan (Ellex Valiunas - Vilnius)

Panel session on the Balkans

The panel will discuss:

The use of arbitration for resolution of disputes in the Balkans

The panellists include:

• Ana Stanic (E&A Law)
• Angel Ganev (DGKV)
• James Hayton (LK Law)
• Milena Djordjevic (University of Belgrade)
• Nikola Stambolic (BRG)

Panel session on Space

The panel will discuss:

Space - the new disputes frontier?

The panellists are:

• Artem Doudko (Osborne Clarke)
• Dr Jan Frohloff (SRP, Germany)
• Oliver Grazebrook (InmarSat)
• Rachael O'Grady (Mayer Brown)
• Dr Tanja Masson-Zwaan (Leiden University)

Panel session on the West Coast US

The panel will discuss:

Silicon Valley leads the way - is arbitration the answer for tech disputes?

The panel incudes:

• Andrew Wynn (FTI Consulting)
• Javier Samaniego (Osborne Clarke)
• Jeremy Wilson (Covington & Burling)
• Madhu Krishnan (Wise)
• Sarah Reynolds (SVAMC)

with opening remarks by Mike Freer MP.

Panel session on Latin America

The focus for the discussion will be:

Arbitration in Latin America - the next decade, the shift in policies

The panel includes:

• Christian Leathley (Herbert Smith Freehills)
• Enrique Abiega (JS Held)
• Luiz Aboim (Mayer Brown)
• Melissa Ordonez (Hogan Lovells)
• Valeria Galindez (Galindez Arbitration)

International Arbitration Day Networking Drinks

Brief networking drinks 

Please note capacity is limited and registration is essential.