Paris Arbitration Week
2023
Paris Arbitration Week
27 March - 31 March 2023
As an official PAW partner, Laborde Law invites you to the 2023 edition of Paris Arbitration Week.
We will be hosting two hybrid events (in person + online):
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A first conference on Monday 27 March 2023 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm, at the Salon des Arts et Métiers
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A second conference on Wednesday 29 March 2023, from 2:30 to 6:00 pm, at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée
Jointly organized with the firm Honlet Legum Arbitration, the first conference on Monday will feature a discussion on "The Future of Investment Arbitration: A Conversation with Meg Kinnear, Toby Landau KC and Professor Alain Pellet".
The second conference on Wednesday will hold two panels as well, with one panel on "The Ferocious Divide: What Future for the Modernised ECT?", and the other one discussing "The Business of Arbitration - State of the Third-Party Funding Market".
All panels will be followed by Q&A sessions and a coffee break. A cocktail will close each day.
Details of our events and registration are also available on our official PAW Partner webpage.
To register in person and online, please write to Sabina Nurbagandova at Sabina.Nurbagandova@laborde-law.com, indicating your name, professional affiliation and position, as well as the panel(s) you may wish to attend and whether you will attend online or in person.
You are also encouraged to send questions in advance to be posed in the Q&A segments at the end of each panel.
The Future of Investment Arbitration: A Conversation with Meg Kinnear, Toby Landau KC and Professor Alain Pellet
Monday, 27 March 2023
15h30 – 17h00 (Paris time, GMT +2)
Venue: Salons de l'Hôtel des Arts et Métiers
9bis, avenue d'Iéna, 75016 Paris
Dire predictions of demise notwithstanding, investment arbitration does indeed have a future. That future, however, will almost certainly diverge from the present in a number of respects. This panel brings together three of the leading lights in the field, from very different backgrounds, for a wide-ranging conversation on what the future of investment arbitration will likely resemble.
The panel will address questions including: Is evolution or revolution the way forward? Investment arbitral tribunals or investment courts? What role for the EU going forward?
Q&A with the audience will follow.
Guest Speakers:
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Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General of ICSID
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Toby Landau KC, Duxton Hill Chambers
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Professor Alain Pellet, International Law Institute
Host Speakers:
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Gustavo Laborde, Laborde Law
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Jean-Christophe Honlet, Honlet Legum Arbitration
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Barton Legum, Honlet Legum Arbitration
Interviewe
The Ferocious Divide: What Future for the Modernised ECT?
Wednesday, 29 April 2023
14h30 – 16h00 (Paris time, GMT +2)
Venue: Hôtel Plaza Athénée
25 Avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris
A discussion on the new reformed ECT.
Guest Speakers:
• Prof. Loukas Mistelis, QMUL, Clyde & Co
• Anna Kozmenko, Schellenberg Wittmer
• Lorena Fatas Perez, Ministry of Justice, Kingdom of Spain
• Graham Coop, Pinsent Masons, Former General Counsel of ECT Secretariat
Moderator:
Gustavo Laborde, Laborde Law
The Business of Arbitration -
State of the Third-Party Funding Market
Wednesday, 29 April 2023
16h30 – 18h00 (Paris time, GMT +2)
Venue: Hôtel Plaza Athénée
25 Avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris
A discussion about the state of affairs of the arbitration market, funding trends, and a look into the future.
Q&A with the audience will follow.
Speakers:
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Pierrick Le Goff, De Gaulle Fleurance
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Annie Lespérance, Omni Bridgeway
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Benjamin Siino, GBS Disputes
Moderator:
Gustavo Laborde, Laborde Law