Events

Fall 2016

International Investment Law and Policy Speaker Series 

Moderated by: Ian Laird (Crowell & Moring LLP), Grant Hanessian (Baker & McKenzie LLP) and Kabir Duggal (Baker & McKenzie LLP)

September 12th

MARIA CHEDID

Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP

“Investor-State Arbitration: An Advocate’s Perspective”

September 26th

FREDDY SOURGENS

Associate Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law

“Supernational Law – How Investment Tribunals Avoid Favoring the Interests of Multinationals Overthe Public Policy Concerns of Host States”

October 4th

STANIMIR ALEXANDROV

Co-Chair, International Arbitration Practice, Sidley Austin LLP; Professor, GWU Law School

“Consistency of ISDS Jurisprudence”

October 17th

GABRIELLE KAUFMANN-KOHLER

Professor of Law, University of Geneva; Partner, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler

“Accountability of Arbitrators in Investor-State Dispute Settlement”

View video here.

View PPT presentation here.

October 24th

GABRIEL BOTTINI

Adjunct Professor of Public International Law, University of Buenos Aires; Independent Arbitrator

“Admissibility of Investment Claims: Standing and Cause of Action Aspects”

October 31st*

ALLAN ROSAS

Judge, European Court of Justice

“The Interaction Between Investment Law and EU Law”

*This talk is also co-sponsored by the European Legal Studies Center and the EU Delegation to the UN, and is part of our week-long event, “EU Judges Visit Columbia Law School.”

View PPT presentation here.

November 7th

MARK WU

Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

“China’s Economic Transformation and its Implications for Ongoing Investment Treaty Negotiations”