Spring 2014
International Investment Law and Policy Speaker Series
Moderated by: Ian Laird (Crowell & Moring LLP) and Borzu Sabahi (Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP)
January 30th
PETER WOLRICH
Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
“Effective Management of Arbitration — Role of In House Counsel”
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February 6th
ANNA JOUBIN-BRET
Avocat à la Cour, Cabinet Joubin-Bret (Paris)
“How Can We Reform Investor-State Arbitration?”
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The PowerPoint presentation is available here.
View TDM Special Issue introduction here.
February 20th
JOHN BEECHEY
Chairman, ICC International Court of Arbitration
“Commercial Arbitral Institutions and Commercial Arbitrators: Do They Have a Role To Play in Investor-State Treaty Development and in Investor-State Arbitrations?”
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February 27th
STUART NEWBERGER
Senior Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
“Investment Treaty Arbitration — How Claimant Can Get the Respondent Sovereign’s Attention and What to Do When You Get It”
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March 6th
JONATHAN BONNITCHA
Visiting Fellow in International Investment Law and Policy, Australian National University
“Investment Treaties: An Economic Perspective”
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The PowerPoint presentation is available here.
March 27th
SERGIO PUIG
Lecturer and Teaching Fellow, International Legal Studies, Stanford Law School
“Social Capital in the Arbitration Market: Network Analysis and International Investment Law”
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The PowerPoint presentation is available here.
April 3rd
SYLVIE TABET
General Counsel and Director, Trade Law Bureau, Government of Canada
“In Search of Coherent BIT Interpretation: A Greater Role for States?”
April 10th
ELIŠKA NĚMECKÁ
International Investment Law Department. Ministry of Finance, Czech Republic
“Czech Experience with Investor-State Arbitration and Its Evolving Investment Treaty Policy”
The PowerPoint presentation is available here.