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NYIAC Grand Central Forum & 10th Anniversary Celebration September 20th, 2023

September 13, 2023 by Ellen Page

September 2023—The New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC) Grand Central Forum will take place Wednesday, September 20^th from 5pm-8:30pm. The flagship annual event will include a celebration of NYIAC’s 10^th anniversary. Chaffetz Lindsey’s James Hosking and Marisa Marinelli (Holland & Knight) are Co-Chairs of the Program Committee together with Chaffetz Lindsey associate and Secretary of the Program Committee, Marcel Engholm Cardoso.

The 2023 forum “Selecting New York Law for Cross-Border Transactions — A Wise Choice?” will feature keynote speaker Eduardo Zuleta (Arbitration Chambers) and a moderated panel discussion featuring Lucy Reed (Arbitration Chambers), Elisabeth Eljuri (Westlawn Americas Offshore), Maureen Ryan (Former Atlas Renewable Energy) and Stephen Smith (Former Lockheed Martin).

A celebration of NYIAC’s 10^th anniversary will take place following the forum and include guest speaker Michael J. Garcia (Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals).

Event Details

NYIAC Grand Central Forum & 10th Anniversary Celebration

Date: September 20, 2023

Schedule: 5:00-6:30pm Grand Central Forum / Intermission / 6:45-8:30pm 10th Anniversary Celebration

Venue: New York City Bar, 42 West 44th Street (between 5/6 Avenues)

Registration:

Click here to register for the NYIAC Grand Central Forum.

Click here to register for the 10^th Anniversary Celebration.

About NYIAC

The New York International Arbitration Center (“NYIAC”) is a nonprofit organization formed to advance, strengthen and promote the conduct of international arbitration in New York.

Anibal Sabater to Speak at ICAL 20th Anniversary Conference

August 17, 2023 by Ellen Page

August 2023— Chaffetz Lindsey’s Anibal Sabater will speak at the upcoming ICAL 20^th Anniversary Conference in Stockholm, Sweden on August 31^st. Anibal will join the Thursday afternoon panel “Rise of the Machines or Sleep Mode: Is International Arbitration Ready for the Technology Revolution?” The group will examine technological advancements that international arbitration is or should be using as well as explore issues that an overreliance on technology could bring.

Panelists include Joel Altschul (EY), Monica Crespo (Jus Mundi), Edward Jansson Stiernblad (Vinge) and Sophie Nappert (3VB).

The international conference taking place August 31^st-September 1^st will celebrate twenty years of study and research in international arbitration at the Master Program of International Commercial Arbitration Law at Stockholm University. The event will bring together leading arbitration practitioners, academics, and arbitrators from all over the world to examine whether we have truly mastered international arbitration in the last two decades.

Chaffetz Lindsey’s Gretta Walters is a co-chair for the event. Learn more and register for the conference here.

Chaffetz Lindsey is a proud sponsor of the event.

Andreas Frischknecht to Speak on NYIAC-ASA Joint New York Panel

April 25, 2023 by Ellen Page

April 2023— Chaffetz Lindsey’s Andreas Frischknecht will join a panel discussion on “New York and Swiss Perspectives on Arbitration: The Interplay of Arbitral Proceedings and Awards with the Courts” on Tuesday, April 25^th. The event will be jointly hosted by the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC) and the Swiss Arbitration Center (ASA).

Panelists will explore the nuances of setting aside and enforcing arbitral awards in New York and Switzerland, as well as other ancillary proceedings ranging from evidence gathering and discovery to interim measures and arbitrator challenges, while highlighting some of the key differences between the two jurisdictions.

Speakers include Vanessa Alcaron Duvanel, King & Spalding (Geneva), Alexandra C. Johnson, Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law (Geneva) and Nicolle Kownacki, White & Case (Washington, D.C.). The discussion will be moderated by Moderated by Tanya Landon, Sidley Austin (Geneva).

Chaffetz Lindsey is a proud sponsor of the event.

EVENT DETAILS:

When: Tuesday, April 25th | 6PM-8:30PM

Where: Chaffetz Lindsey Office (1700 Broadway, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10019)

Agenda

6:00pm: Opening Remarks & Program Review

6:15pm: Substantive Session with Q&A

7:30pm: Networking Reception

8:30pm: Close of Session

Gretta Walters to Join Panel at 18th Annual ICDR Y&I Coffee House Debate

March 31, 2023 by Ellen Page

April 2023— Chaffetz Lindsey’s Gretta Walters will speak at the 18^th Annual ICDR Y&I Coffee House Debate in Vienna, Austria on Sunday, April 2^nd at 12:30pm-2:30pm CEST. Gretta and accompanying panelists Malcolm Robach (Mannheimer Swartling), Katie Gonzalez (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton), Dr. Désirée Prantl (Baker McKenzie), Anamaria G. Marin (SLCG) and Giorgio A. Sassine (Musick, Peeler & Garrett) will debate the following propositions: i) States cannot rely on their own breach of internal requirements to avoid arbitration agreements; and ii) Investigations carried out by states about the other side’s alleged corruption should not prevent arbitrations from proceeding.

The discussion will be moderated by Mark Kantor (Independent Arbitrator) and Patricia Shaughnessy (Stockholm University).

The event will take place during the Vis Moot finals in Vienna. Chaffetz Lindsey is a proud co-sponsor of the event.

Event Details:

When: Sunday, April 2^nd | 12:30pm-2:30pm CEST

Where: Palais Daun-Kinsky, Freyung 4, Vienna, Austria

Lidia Rezende Organizes ASIL Annual Meeting Panel “Regulating States’ Sovereign Rights under Today’s Global Challenges”

March 23, 2023 by Ellen Page

March 2023— Chaffetz Lindsey’s Lidia Rezende sits on the organizing committee of the upcoming American Society of International Law (ASIL) 2023 Annual Meeting taking place March 29^th-April 1^st. Lidia will be organizing the panel titled “Regulating States’ Sovereign Rights under Today’s Global Challenges” taking place on Friday, March 31^st at 12pm as part of the “Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Dispute Resolution” track.

Panelists Crina Baltag (Stockholm University), Nikhil Gore (Covington & Burling), Viren Mascarenhas (MilBank), Luciana Ricart (Curtis-Prevost, Colt & Mosle), and Benjamin Kantor (Columbia Law School) will explore sovereign immunity and the State’s right to regulate access to its territory under new global circumstances that have led to renewed challenges to the limits of these principles.

2023 ASIL Annual Meeting

March 29 – April 1, 2023

Washington Hilton (1919 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20009)

Learn more about the event and register here. (Registration closes March 27^th at 3:30pm EST)

Chaffetz Lindsey is a proud sponsor of the event.

Caline Mouawad to Attend ERA’s “Meet the Female Arbitrators” Event as Featured Arbitrator

March 20, 2023 by Ellen Page

March 2023— Chaffetz Lindsey’s Caline Mouawad has been selected as a featured arbitrator for the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge’s “Meet the Female Arbitrators” event in New York City. The event will introduce a group of talented women arbitrators and is aimed to increase awareness of qualified arbitrator candidates to better serve clients, businesses and organizations in the appointment process.

The networking event sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills in collaboration with NYIAC @ JAMS, will take place in person on Monday, March 20, 2023 from 6pm-8pm at JAMS (The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue, 16th floor, New York, NY 10018). Register your attendance here.

The Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge is a global initiative which aims to address the underrepresentation of women on international arbitral tribunals.

Anibal Sabater to Speak at the 9th Harvard International Arbitration Conference

February 23, 2023 by Ellen Page

February 2023— Chaffetz Lindsey’s Anibal Sabater will speak at the 9^th Harvard International Arbitration Conference on Thursday, March 2^nd. Anibal will join Isabel Fernández de la Cuesta (King & Spalding) and Richard C. Lorenzo (Hogan Lovells) for the 1:30pm panel “Arbitration in the Context of Energy Transition.” Katie Gonzalez (Cleary Gottlieb) will moderate the discussion.

The conference titled “”International Arbitration: Fostering and Adapting to Change” will feature many of the world’s leading practitioners who will be discussing some of the most relevant issues that practitioners are facing in the field.

The event is hosted by the Harvard International Arbitration Association.

Conference Details:

When: March 2^nd-March 3^rd, 2023

Where: Harvard University (Wasserstein Hall, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138)

Learn more and register here.

Gretta Walters to Speak on Panel at 2023 iLaw Conference

February 16, 2023 by Ellen Page

February 2023— Chaffetz Lindsey’s Gretta Walters will join B. Ted Howes, Martin F. Gusy and Eric P. Tuchmann for a panel discussion at the 2023 iLaw Conference on Friday, February 17^th. The session titled “Regional Reports on the Current State of Affairs in International Arbitration” will feature a quick-moving discussion covering key legal and practice developments pertaining to the latest global highlights with a focus on international arbitration. The panel will take place at 10am during the AAA-ICDR International Arbitration Track morning sessions.

Hosted by the Florida Bar International Law Section and the American Arbitration Association, iLaw is the International Law Section’s flagship event attended by legal practitioners around the globe providing a full day of programming on issues in international litigation, business transactions and the AAA-ICDR international arbitration track. Find the full conference program and more information here.

Conference details:

iLaw 2023

Friday, February 17, 2023

JW Marriott Marquis (255 Biscayne Boulevard Way, Miami, Florida 33131)

Andy Frischknecht to Moderate 2022 New York Arbitration Week Panel

November 11, 2022 by Ellen Page

November 2022— Chaffetz Lindsey partner Andy Frischknecht will moderate a session during New York Arbitration Week taking place November 14^th-November 18^th. The roundtable discussion “Who’s in Charge? From Different Perspectives in the Hearing Room” will take place on Wednesday, November 16 from 4pm-5:30pm among practitioners who serve as both counsel and arbitrators. This panel will explore the relationship between the arbitral tribunal, the parties and their counsel in a variety of procedural contexts.

Andy will be joined by Ema Vidak Gojković (Vidak Arbitration), Olena Perepelynska (FCIArb, Integrites, Ukrainian Arbitration Association) and Ank Santens (White & Case LLP).

Learn more about New York Arbitration Week and register here (webinar registration only). New York Ethics CLE credit pending

James Hosking, Caline Mouawad & David Blackman to Speak at the 16th Annual Investment Treaty Arbitration JURIS Conference

October 12, 2022 by Ellen Page

October 2022— Chaffetz Lindsey’s James Hosking, Caline Mouawad and David Blackman will be speaking at the upcoming 16^th Annual Investment Treaty Arbitration conference on Friday, October 14^th, 2022. The four panel event – being held in Washington, DC — will host leading arbitration practitioners and scholars from around the globe to discuss international investment law and arbitration.

Each panel will feature a topic question and two authors whose writings have taken opposing views. A moderated panel will engage in a discussion of the topic question and the writings of the authors. We are pleased to have three Chaffetz Lindsey attorneys featured on the panels:

The first panel of the day “The Only Valid Basis for Treaty Claims Involving Judicial Action or Inaction is the CIL theory of Denial of Justice; True or False?” will feature both James Hosking and Caline Mouawad as panelists alongside authors Cesar Riviere (Skadden) and Myriam Seers (Savoie Laporte) and co-panelists Michael A. Fernandez (Rivero Mestre) and Camilla Gambarini (Withers). Nicole Silver (Validity Finance) will moderate.
David Blackman will sit as an author on the panel “The State Enterprise as Investor: A Special Threat Requiring Special Rules or Not?” David will speak on the opposing side with co-author Jack Busby (Allen & Overy) amongst panelists José Antonio Rivas (Xtrategy), Charles Kotuby (Pitt Law), Mahnaz Malik (20 Essex), Kirsten Teo (Dechert). Teddy Baldwin (Steptoe) will moderate.

Additional event details including in-person and virtual registration is available on the conference page here. Chaffetz Lindsey is pleased to sponsor this event.

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NYIAC Grand Central Forum & 10th Anniversary Celebration September 20th, 2023

Anibal Sabater to Speak at ICAL 20th Anniversary Conference

Andreas Frischknecht to Speak on NYIAC-ASA Joint New York Panel

Gretta Walters to Join Panel at 18th Annual ICDR Y&I Coffee House Debate

Lidia Rezende Organizes ASIL Annual Meeting Panel “Regulating States’ Sovereign Rights under Today’s Global Challenges”

Caline Mouawad to Attend ERA’s “Meet the Female Arbitrators” Event as Featured Arbitrator

Anibal Sabater to Speak at the 9th Harvard International Arbitration Conference

Gretta Walters to Speak on Panel at 2023 iLaw Conference

Andy Frischknecht to Moderate 2022 New York Arbitration Week Panel

James Hosking, Caline Mouawad & David Blackman to Speak at the 16th Annual Investment Treaty Arbitration JURIS Conference

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