Cambridge Arbitration Day International Investment and Commercial Arbitration 7th and 8th March 2014 Faculty of Law, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ

Sessions on the 7th

March 18:00-20:30: ! Young Arbitration Practitioners

Meeting ! Drinks reception and networking

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Registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1N2i7d6T5HCRDQbWbQ6PXAt9P9DOdRP2Tg4SoHxwTO7U/viewform Free event. Registration subject to availability. Event and programme subject to modifications and cancellation. Contact hag25@cam.ac.uk

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Sessions on the 8th

March 9:00-17:30: ! The Backlash against Investment

Arbitration ! Do we need a New York Convention

2.0? ! Salient Issues on Investment Arbitration ! Salient Issues on Commercial

Arbitration

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Sessions on the 7th

March 17:30-18:00: Registration

18:00-19:30: Young Arbitration Practitioners Meeting

Cross cultural litigation on international arbitration: Taking of evidence

Paul Coates, Senior Associate, Clifford Chance, London Jiries Saadeh, Senior Associate, Volterra Fietta, London Peter Nikitin, Associate, Arnold and Porter, London Wesley H. Pang, Associate, Shearman & Sterling, London Ruth Byrne, Senior Associate, King & Spalding, London Moderator: Matthew Davie, LL.M. Candidate, University of Cambridge

19:30-20:30- Drinks reception and networking event

Programme

Sessions on the 8th

March 9:00-9:20: Registration 9:20-9:30: Inauguration 9:30-11:00: The backlash against investment arbitration

! Eduardo Silva Romero, Partner, Dechert LLP, Paris: Does a moral hazard exist in investment arbitration?

! Kenneth Fleuriet, Partner, King & Spalding, London and Paris: Effectiveness of the system to protect investors: what to do when the state does not comply with an award?

! Martins Paparinskis, Lecturer, University College of London: Is there an inconsistency or need for certainty in the system?

! Dmitri Evseev, Partner, Arnold & Porter, London: Public interest: is there a need for transparency in the system?

! Moderator: Hugo García Larriva, LL.M. Candidate, University of Cambridge

Sessions on the 8th

March 11:00-11:30: Break.

11:30-13:00: Do we need a New York convention 2.0?

! Richard Kelly, Partner, Shearman & Sterling, London: Enforcement of arbitral awards against non-signatories: problems arising from Art. IV.1.b in accordance with Art. II.1

! Audley Sheppard, Partner, Clifford Chance, London: Enforcement of arbitral awards under annulment proceedings or declared null and void

! Patrick Taylor, Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London: Public policy (refusal grounds) in the judicial enforcement of arbitral awards

! Sophie Nappert, Arbitrator, 3 Verulam Buildings, London: Enforceability of parties’ waivers to rely on a ground for refusal of enforcement

! Moderator: Vinayak Bhandari, LL.M. Candidate, University of Cambridge

13:00-14:00: Lunch 14:00-15:30: Salient Issues on Investment Arbitration

! Alejandro Escobar, Partner, Baker Botts, London: Denial of justice: Actual trends

! Patricio Grané, Partner, Volterra Fietta, London: Most favoured nation clause and procedural issues.

! Michael Waibel, Lecturer, University of Cambridge: Mass procedure in investment arbitration?

! Aimee-Jane Lee, International Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton: Amici curiae in investment arbitration

! Moderator: Francis Legault-Mayrand, LL.M. Candidate, University of Cambridge.

15:30-16:00: Break

Sessions on the 8th

March

16:00-17:30: Salient Issues on Commercial Arbitration

! Andrew Fox, Senior Associate, Sidley Austin LLP, London: Lis Pendens and Res Iudicata in Commercial arbitration

! Nicholas Fletcher, Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner, London: Decisions on anti sue-enforcement injunctions and the principle of Kompetenze-Kompetenze

! Andrew Cannon, Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills, London: Corruption in international arbitration

! Neil Andrews, Professor, University of Cambridge: Problems of Arbitration Clauses

! Moderator: Dragana Nikolic, LL.M. Candidate, University of Cambridge

19:30: Cambridge Arbitration Day Dinner (only people with tickets may attend)

Jesus College Hall CB5 8BL Cambridge Dress Code: Black Tie

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