Peter Chaffetz and Steven Schwartz Speak at 2015 ARIAS Fall Conference

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.

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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.

 

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?”

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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.

August 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 leading questions being asked in international arbitration today. Taking place on September 21, 2015, the conference’s panel sessions will examine the trends that are presently changing the landscape of international dispute resolution. Chaffetz Lindsey partner Aníbal Sabater will speak on a panel called “Emergency Arbitrators: Is this institutional relief fulfilling its promise?” which will address:

• 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; and
• Emergency order and beyond: Relevant standards to grant emergency relief and the enforceability of emergency orders in the face of party non-compliance

The panel will be moderated by Rocío Digón, Managing Director and Counsel, at ICC International Court of Arbitration, SICANA, Inc. (New York).  Other panelists include: Christian Leathley (Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, London), Ank Santens (Partner, White & Case LLP, New York), and Michael Young (Partner, Allen & Overy LLP, Paris). This conference appeals to arbitrators, legal practitioners, in-house counsel and academics who wish to learn more about developments in international arbitration.  For more information, please click here.

June 2015 – Aníbal Sabater, Partner at Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, will be a speaker at the upcoming International Arbitration 2015 Seminar sponsored by Practising Law Institute (PLI). Designed for private practitioners, in-house counsel, and other professionals who are involved in the arbitration of international disputes, this program will address the many ways in which arbitration can offer more choices than litigation.

The event is being held on Wednesday, June 10th at the PLI New York Center, 1177 Avenue of the Americas, (2nd floor), entrance on 45th Street, New York, New York 10036.

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