Aníbal Sabater Speaks in Madrid at EXPANSIÓN and ACCIONA ADR Event

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Aníbal Sabater Speaks in Madrid at EXPANSIÓN and ACCIONA ADR Event

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Anibal_Expansion Event Photo_11.2015November 2015 – Expansión and Acciona joined forces to assemble a prestigious group of national and international experts, which took place at the Hotel InterContinental in Madrid on November 24, 2015.  The experts shared their experiences on using alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in the infrastructure and energy sectors, as these mechanisms are increasingly popular in global business practice for their efficiency and practicality. The event aimed to delve into the different existing ADRs, their application in the energy and infrastructure sectors, and key practices for successful implementation.

Chaffetz Lindsey partner Aníbal Sabater presented as an expert at this event.  His session addressed commercial arbitration in construction and energy in the United States.

Expansión published an article on the seminar and has posted photos from the event.

For more information about this event, please click here.

Photo credit: Expansión.

 

James Hosking to Speak at 9th International Arbitration & Mediation Conference in Brazil

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November 2015 –The International Centre for Dispute Resolution® (ICDR®), the international division of the American Arbitration Association® (AAA®), the Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (CAM-CCBC), and the Arbitration Centre of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), São Paulo, are jointly hosting the 9th International Arbitration and Mediation Conference on November 18, 2015, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  This year’s conference, which brings together in-house counsel and attorneys, experts, arbitrators, and mediators, will focus on the various types of industries–and the possible disputes that may arise–related to the Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

The program will focus not only on sports arbitration: additional sessions will cover international ADR best practices as they relate to licensing, construction, and infrastructure projects as well.

Chaffetz Lindsey partner James Hosking is a faculty member for a session titled “International Construction and Infrastructure Projects: The Latest Conflict-Management Options.”  The panel will focus on innovative tools to use in international arbitration and mediation of disputes stemming from construction and infrastructure projects.  Several members of the Chaffetz Lindsey team are involved in such disputes involving Brazil and many other jurisdictions.

James will be joined on the panel by Oliver J. Armas (Hogan Lovells LLP, New York); Tony Dymond (Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, London); Patricia D. Galloway (Pegasus Global Holdings,Inc., Cle Elum); and José Antonio Fichtner (Andrade & Fichtner, Rio de Janeiro). Mauricio Gomm Santos (Gomm & Smith PA, Miami) will serve as the moderator.

For more information about this event or to sign up to register, please click here.

Steven Reisberg Speaks at the First Annual NYSBA/AAA Arbitration Competition

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November 2015 – The NYSBA teamed up with the AAA to hold the most realistic arbitration experience for New York State Law student-participants.

The NYSBA/AAA Moot Arbitration Competition was held on November 13th and 14th at AAA/NYIAC’s office on 42nd Street in Manhattan. All of the participants arbitrated before the best arbitrators in the state of New York and received feedback from leading practitioners in the field. Additional networking and training sessions were offered to the the participants.

Chaffetz Lindsey partner Steven Reisberg participated on a panel discussing the preliminary conference that occurs at the first hearing with the arbitrators to set the schedule for the proceeding.

For more information or to register for this event, please click here.

Peter Chaffetz and Steven Schwartz Speak at 2015 ARIAS Fall Conference

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November 2015 – The 2015 ARIAS Fall Conference is taking place in New  York City this week.   At this year’s conference, Chaffetz Lindsey partners Peter Chaffetz and Steve Schwartz are each speaking on panels.

Steve’s panel, “Improving the Arbitral Process through Team Engagement: How Counsel, Arbitrators and Company  Representatives Can Make a Difference.” This session will focus on ways in which outside counsel, inside counsel and party arbitrators can work together as a team to make the reinsurance arbitration process, which is frequently criticized as too slow, too expensive and too unpredictable, work better for everyone.  Other presenters include Robert E. Sweeney, Jr., CNA and Sylvia Kaminsky, Arbitrator / Reinsurance Consultant.

Peter is speaking with Jan Woloniecki, of ASW Law Limited, on “Contract Avoidance under U.S., UK and Bermuda Law.”  They will lead a discussion on rescission and avoidance of reinsurance contracts, comparing New York, Bermudian and New English Law.

 

 

James Hosking Speaks at ICC Canada International Arbitration Conference

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October 2015 – The 2015 ICC Canada International Arbitration Conference took place in Vancouver on October 22nd and 23rd.  This conference is held annually to discuss issues surrounding Canadian and international arbitration and best practices.

Chaffetz Lindsey partner James Hosking spoke on the “Ghosts of Proceedings Past” panel alongside Gerald Ghikas (Q.C., Ghikas Arbitration), Marek Krasula (ICC International Court of Arbitration/SICANA, Inc.), and Robert Wisner (McMillan LLP).  Sophie Nappert (3 Verulam Buildings, London) was the moderator.

For more information about this event, please click here.

Peter Chaffetz and Steven Reisberg Speak at 2015 IBA Annual Conference in Vienna

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October 2015 – The International Bar Association is hosting its Annual Conference in Vienna this week.  More than 6000 delegates have converged upon the Austria Center Vienna to attend nearly 200 working sessions.  Two of Chaffetz Lindsey’s partners, Peter Chaffetz and Steven Reisberg, are speakers at the conference.

Steven was a panelist at the “Smarter ways to educate your court” session, held on Tuesday, October 6th (from 2:30pm to 5:30pm).  The panel, sponsored by the IBA’s Litigation Committee, discussed expert witnesses and questions surrounding the use of them in court, including: Do court-appointed experts have the expertise? Are party-appointed experts independent? What alternatives exist? The panel also discussed how to handle confidentiality and privilege, as well as cutting-edge methods of presenting evidence, such as 3D-animated videos.

The panel was chaired by Bettina Knoetzl (Wolf Theiss, Vienna, Austria) and Christopher Richter (Woods LLP, Montreal, Québec, Canada).  Additional panelists included:  Yvette Borrius (Höcker Advocaten, Amsterdam, Netherlands), Richard Briggs (Hadef & Partners, Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Caroline Edwards (Travers Smith, London, England), Robert Hunter (Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, London, England), Paul Oberhammer  (Vienna University Department of Civil Procedure Law, Vienna, Austria), and Thera van Swaay de Marchi  (Pinheiro Neto Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil).

Peter Chaffetz was a session co-chair and panelist at the “How to market a litigation department” workshop, held on Wednesday, October 7th (2:30pm to 5:30pm).  The panel, sponsored by the IBA’s Law Firm Management Committee, engaged panelists and attendees to discuss questions such as: What is the best way to market a dispute resolution department? What should it offer, how should it charge and what should be its brand? The panel included the marketing director of a global law firm and dispute resolution partners from a variety of firms around the world. Some in-house counsel also provided insights.  It was structured to be a highly interactive experience and, by the end of the session, everyone was armed with ideas to make their business development efforts more effective.

Peter’s co-chairs of the session were Michael Hales (Minter Ellison, Perth, Western Australia, Australia), Matt McCahearty (Macfarlanes LLP, London, England).  Additional panelists included: Shawn Chen (HSBC, London, England), Myra Garrett (William Fry, Dublin, Ireland), Damian Morris (ICAP PLC, London, England), Laurie Robertson (Baker & McKenzie, London, England), Pedro Soares Maciel(Lefosse Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil), and Alvin Yeo (WongPartnership LLP, Singapore).

Chaffetz Lindsey Hosts ICC Young Arbitrators Forum Event

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October 2015 – Chaffetz Lindsey and the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum co-hosted a panel on In Defense of International Commercial Arbitration:  Lessons to be Learned or Ignored from Investor-State Arbitration on September 29th, 2015.  Over 60 people turned out to discuss and debate recent developments in the investor-state dispute resolution system and the impact of these developments on international commercial arbitrations.

Yasmine Lahlou, Partner at Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, provided opening remarks, discussing the recent controversy surrounding the adoption of trade agreements in the U.S, Asian and Pacific countries, and the E.U.  The panel then explored transparency, issue conflict, and corruption issues, as they have arisen in investor-state arbitrations, and offered insight as to how these issues can be addressed in commercial arbitrations.  The panel consisted of Christian Hioureas, Associate at Chadbourne & Park LLP; Aloysius (Louie) Llamzon, Associate at King & Spalding LLP; Ruth Teitelbaum, Senior Associate at Freshfields Bruckhause Deringer LLP; and Gretta Walters as moderator, Associate at Chaffetz Lindsey LLP.

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JAMES HOSKING PART OF FACULTY FOR ITALIAN COURSE IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

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September 2015 – James Hosking will again serve as a lecturer for the certificate program in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration Theory and Practice run at Roma Tre Universita Degli Studi, and sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce, Italian Arbitration Association, and Milan Chamber of Arbitration. The week-long course will be attended by a mix of law students, practitioners and in-house counsel and is intended as an intense introduction to international commercial and investment arbitration. The course will be run with support from leading international and domestic law firms, as well as arbit (the Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR) and the Italian Ministry of Justice. James will speak on extending the arbitration agreement in the context of multi-party arbitration.

For more info on the ICIATP program, please click here.

 

Aníbal Sabater to Speak at 10th ICC NY Conference

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September 2015 – To commemorate the tenth year of the ICC New York Conference, members of the ICC Court and Secretariat, along with world-renowned practitioners, will lead an interactive discussion on the questions being asked in international arbitration today. This event, being held on September 21st, will feature a panel discussion on “Emergency Arbitrators: Is this institutional relief fulfilling its promise?”

Chaffetz Lindsey Partner Aníbal Sabater will speak on the panel along with Christian Leathley (Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, London), Ank Santens (Partner, White & Case LLP, New York), and Michael Young (Partner, Allen & Overy LLP, Paris).

The panel will address topics ranging from ICC emergency relief: recent ICC Court experience and new trends since the entry into force of the 2012 Arbitration Rules; choice of forum: strategic considerations as to whether emergency relief should be sought from institutions or domestic courts; emergency order and beyond: relevant standards to grant emergency relief and the enforceability of emergency orders in the face of party non-compliance.  The moderator will be Rocío Digón (Managing Director and Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration, SICANA, Inc., New York).

For more information or to register to attend this event, please click here.

Chaffetz Lindsey to Host Upcoming ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF) Event

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September 2015 – Chaffetz Lindsey LLP is proud to host and sponsor the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF) event being held on September 29, 2015. This ICC YAF seminar entitled “In defense of international commercial arbitration: Lessons to be learned or ignored from investor-state arbitration” will take place a week after the 10th ICC New York Conference.  Chaffetz Lindsey attorneys Yasmine Lahlou and Gretta Walters will join other panelists, who will discuss key challenges and recent developments in the investor-state dispute resolution system. The discussion will address whether these issues help or hinder international commercial arbitration. The panelists will focus on issues of transparency and confidentiality; appeal rights; costs; challenges on the basis of issue conflicts; and corruption, as well as the recent controversy surrounding the adoption of trade agreements in the US, Asian countries and the EU.

This seminar will be an ideal forum for young practitioners to exchange thoughts on international arbitration and to enrich their network in the region.  For more information about this event, or to register to attend, please click here.

Aníbal Sabater a Panelist at an ICC Young Arbitrators Forum

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August 2015 – The ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF) and ICC Colombia are co-organizing a breakfast discussion on the “Key Aspects of International Arbitration.” The event will take place on August 21, 2015, in Medellín and is supported by Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá, Cámara de Comercio de Medellín para Antioquia, and Camara de Comercio de Cali.

Chaffetz Lindsey partner Aníbal Sabater will be speaking on a panel alongside Santiago Bejarano, Associate (WilmerHale, London); Claudia Benavides Galvis, Partner (Baker & McKenzie; ICC YAF Regional Coordinator for Latin America, Bogota); and Brian Diego Gosis, Foreign Consultant (Gomm & Smith, Miami), to discuss “Aspects International Arbitration, How does it work?”

For more information about this event, please click here.

Aníbal Sabater to Speak in Colombia at International Congress on Alternative Dispute Resolution

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August 2015 – The Centers of Conciliation and Arbitration Chambers of Commerce of Bogota, Cali and Medellin in Colombia, have united forces to spread, with greater impact, alternative methods of dispute resolution, in order to improve the competitiveness of entrepreneurs and contribute to the pacification of the country.

MASC (Métodos Alternos de Solución de Conflictos) is an organization that aims to bring together the most prominent arbitrators, conciliators and conciliators of these three centers – along with prestigious international experts in the field.  MASC is sponsoring the first International Congress on Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods on August 20 and 21, 2015.

Chaffetz Lindsey partner Aníbal Sabater will be speaking on a panel alongside Eduardo Silva Romero, Partner (Dechert, Paris) and Yves Derains, Partner (Derains & Gharavi, Paris) to discuss internationality criteria in arbitration.

This event will be held at the  Chamber of Commerce of Medellín for Antioquia, the Village Service Center, Carrera 44 Sur 16 – 170 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. For more information, please click here.

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