3rd EFILA Annual Conference 2018

Parallel States’ Obligations in Investor-State Arbitration

The conference will focus on:

Programme

08.30-09:00 Registration, tea and coffee

09:00-09:15 Welcome Address by the Chair of the Executive Board of EFILA

- Sherina Petit (Norton Rose Fulbright)

09:15-10:45

Panel 1: Non-disputing third parties and their influence on arbitration

- Chair: Yasmin Mohammad (Vannin Capital)

- Alejandro López Ortiz (Mayer Brown)

- Kostadin Sirleshtov (CMS)

- Lise Johnson (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment)

10:45-11:15 Tea/coffee break sponsored by Brill Martinus Nijhoff Publisher

11.15-12.45 Panel 2: Investment regulation and arbitration

Chair: Aron Skogman (Mannheimer Swartling)

- Federico Ortino (Kings College London)

- Christophe Bondy (Cooley)

- Monica Moraleda (Kingdom of Spain)

12.45-14:00 Lunch break

14.00-15.30

Keynote Speech by the Honorable Charles N. Brower, Arbitrator,

20 Essex Street Chambers

“Why The EU Investment Court System Is Destined To Fail Foreign Investors And Host States Alike?”

- Chair: Markus Burianski (White & Case)

Commentators:

- Cherie Blair QC (Omnia Strategy)

- Annette Magnusson (Secretary General of the Arbitration Institute of the SCC)

- Dirk Pulkowski (Permanent Court of Arbitration, PCA)

15:30-16.00 Tea/coffee break sponsored by Harbour Litigation Funding

16.00-17.30 Panel 3: Human rights, environment and arbitration

- Chair: Marie Stoyanov (Allen & Overy)

- Monique Sasson (independent arbitrator)

- Stephen Fietta (Fietta)

- Iuliana Iancu (Hanotiau & van den Berg)

17:30-17:45

Closing remarks

- Prof. Nikos Lavranos, Secretary General of EFILA