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Events
Legal aspects of the choice of law in international contracts under the new “Rome I-Regulation”
This two-day conference will explore the legal aspects of the choice of law in international contracts under the new "Rome I-Regulation". Speakers from eight different member States of the EU will discuss current issues relating to choice of law, in a comparative law approach based in particular on the national courts' pratice of the Rome Convention. 9 Sep 2010 - 10 Sep 2010 Dijon - France. The conference language will be French.
9 Sep 2010 - 10 Sep 2010 Bourgogne
More information is available at http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/-ROME-1-et-le-choix-de-loi-.html.
The Swedish Arbitration Days 2010 - Damages and other relief in international arbitration
The Swedish Arbitration Days 2010 will bring together leading international arbitration practitioners, well-known arbitrators, scholars, forensic evaluation experts and accounting experts in the appraisal of damages, among others, to discuss the issues of damages and other relief in international arbitration.
16 Sep 2010 - 17 Sep 2010 Stockholm
More information is available at www.swedisharbitration.se.
Construction Disputes Asia: Evolution or Revolution?
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the Society of Construction Law (Singapore) proudly present a one day conference on ‘Construction Disputes Asia: Evolution or Revolution’ on 17 September 2010 at the Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore.
This prestigious conference offer an update of the new SIAC 2010 Rules (and its application to construction contracts including Institutional Arbitration); the problems and challenges of using a Construction Expert in dispute resolution; effective ADR from an international perspective from leading construction practitioners form United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong and Malaysia; and aspects specialist Energy sector Construction Contracts.
Register before 31 August 2010 and pay the early registration fee. For a limited period only, register 4 delegates and pay for only 3.
More information at www.siac.org.sg, email events(at)siac .org.sg or call +65 6221 8833.
17 Sep 2010 Singapore
More information is available at www.siac.org.sg.
IV Düsseldorf International Arbitration School
The last decades of the twentieth century have seen a phenomenal
boom in international arbitration, with all the hazards and
vagaries that come with sudden success. Anyone dealing with
business transactions crossing borders now needs to be familiar
with the special features of international commercial and
investment arbitration. The five-day Düsseldorf International
Arbitration School aims at providing young practitioners, post
graduates and advanced students - especially Moot Court
participants - with the requisite specific knowledge. The School
is based on a highly practical, inter-active teaching concept.
20 Sep 2010 - 24 Sep 2010 Düsseldorf
More information is available at http://www.duslaw.eu/en/veranstaltungen/intensiv/arbitration_en.
Investment Treaty Arbitration
C5 has brought together the leading lawyers and arbitrators to provide
you with the latest tools needed
to initiate, conduct and succeed in investment treaty arbitration
worldwide. In a series of highly practical sessions delivered by
a faculty of the top minds in the field, you will get the most
up-to-the-minute and relevant information possible on the issues
shaping the investment treaty arbitration landscape now.
22 Sep 2010 - 23 Sep 2010 London
More information is available at www.c5-online.com/arbitration.
How to Handle Competition Issues in an International Commercial Arbitration
This three-day intensive seminar based on a mock arbitration case will provide critical skills and practical insight into handling arbitration cases primarily under the auspices of the ICC Rules of Arbitration.
12 Oct 2010 - 15 Oct 2010 Washington DC
More information is available at http://www.wcl.american.edu/arbitration/seminar.cfm.
3rd St.Gallen International Dispute Resolution Conference
Organised by the University of St.Gallen in cooperation with the University of Texas School of Law.
Speakers and Moderators:
Prof. Rachel Brewster, - Prof. Lucius Caflisch, - Ambassador Dr. Christian Etter, - Prof. Susan Franck, - Daniel Hochstrasser, - Prof. Dr. Christine Kaddous, - Prof. Dr. Juliane Kokott, - James Loftis, - Paul Mahoney, - Prof. Dr. Markus Müller-Chen, - Sir Richard Plender, QC. - Prof. Alan Rau, - Dean Lawrence Sager, - Prof. Akio Shimizu, - Dr. John Temple Lang, - Prof. Dr. Peter Van den Bossche, - Edwin Vermulst, - Dr. Michael Waibel, and Prof. Dr. Franz Werro.
14 Oct 2010 - 15 Oct 2010 St.Gallen
More information is available at www.sg-disputeresolution.com.
Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Competition (FDI Moot)
The 2010 Oral Rounds will be held 22-24 October 2010 at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, Cailfornia (on the Pacific Coast 20-45 minutes north of Los Angeles). The "FDI Moot Problem 2010" and other information is available on the website http://www.fdimoot.org/
22 Oct 2010 - 24 Oct 2010 Malibu
More information is available at http://www.fdimoot.org/.
International Investment Arbitration - The Need of Change of Legal Regulations
The Chairs of the Conference are prof. Andrzej Szumanski, the President of the Court of Arbitration at PCPE Lewiatan and dr Marcin Dziurda, President of the State Treasury Solicitors' Office. The panelists will be: dr Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, dr Marek Swiatkowski, dyr. Maria Szymanska, mec. Bartosz Kruzewski, dr Andrzej W. Wisniewski, dr Maciej Jamka, mec. Pawel Pietkiewicz, dr Wojciech Sadowski, mec. Wojciech Jaworski, dr Katarzyna Michalowska, mec. Sylwester Pieckowski, dr Maciej Szpunar, prof. dr hab. Stanislaw Soltysinski, prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Domanski, mec. Maciej Laszczuk and mec. Justyna Szpara.
The Conference is a part of the project “Promotion of amicable methods of commercial dispute resolution” co-financed by the European Union Funds within the framework of the European Social Fund. Therefore, the Conference is free of charge.
The Conference will be held in Polish and English (simultaneous translation)
26 Oct 2010 Warsaw
More information is available at http://www.sadarbitrazowy.org.pl/en/conference26october.
Cross-Examination in International Arbitration
Juris Conferences will be putting on a day-long
seminar at the Grand Hotel in Vienna on Cross-Examination in
International Arbitration. The seminar will be directed toward
an expected audience of lawyers with civil law backgrounds who
would like to have greater familiarity with the techniques of
cross-examination, because it is a major part
of international arbitration hearings.
5 Nov 2010 Vienna
More information is available at http://www.jurisconferences.com/.
Fifth Annual Lecture on International Commercial Arbitration
The annual lecture offers an eminent figure in international arbitration a platform on which to share his or her ideas on novel issues and current trends in international arbitration, while providing practitioners and academics an exclusive opportunity to participate. The 2010 Annual Lecture will feature Yves Derains, Partner, Derains Gharavi & Lazareff.
11 Nov 2010 Washington DC
More information is available at http://www.wcl.american.edu/arbitration/2009/annuallecture.cfm.
HKIAC 25th Anniversary Celebration
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre ("HKIAC"). To celebrate this special occasion, the HKIAC will host a series of events from 17-20 November in Hong Kong.
17 Nov 2010 - 20 Nov 2010 Hong Kong
More information is available at http://www.hkiac.org/25th.
The 15th Geneva Global Arbitration Forum - Ahead of the Curve
Sessions:
- Another way to settle disputes – can the success story of Dispute Boards be extended beyond construction to other fields?
- Best practices for international commercial arbitrators: how far are we?
- The arbitrator as a creator of value
- Arbitration as a growth industry: where will the growth come from - the BRICs and other emerging economies? Is it a case for supply-side economics?
- Preventing a backlash against investment arbitration: could the WTO be the solution? Please visit www.ggaf.ch for updates of the conference programme.
8 Dec 2010 - 9 Dec 2010 Geneva
More information is available at http://www.ggaf.ch/.
Note: a list of prior events can be found here.
Published Articles
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TDM Studies
TDM also publishes a series of 'Special Studies':
The World Bank Guidelines as a Foundation for a Global Investment Treaty: A Problem-Oriented Approach
by Dr. Claudia Wendrich, LL.M.
The paper - following the structure of the Guidelines - addresses admission and treatment of
FDI, expropriation of foreign investments, inter-State and investor-State dispute resolution as
well as the proposed Convention's scope of application. In addition, it contains an overview of
numerous past attempts multilaterally to regulate FDI. Each chapter selects key problems which
often arise out of investment transactions, such as restrictions on admission of foreign
investors, monetary transfers and compensation for expropriated investments....
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Arbitrating International Petroleum Disputes: an Analysis of Key Substantive Law Issues by Dr. Zeyad A. Alqurashi
The exploration and development of oil and gas in developing countries have often been conducted by international oil companies rather than the countries themselves. International petroleum companies and host governments and/or governmental agencies conclude agreements for this purpose. Such agreements have over time retained certain fundamental characteristics.
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State Regulation of Foreign Property Rights: Between Legitimate Regulation and Nationalisation - an Analysis of Current International Economic Law in Light of the Jurisprudence of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
by Abba A. Kolo
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