Introduction

Dr Petra Butler, January 2024 -- This year's first OGEMID Symposium will discuss the impact of corruption in/on international arbitration. You will all agree that this is an important topic that affects the legitimacy and credibility of arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism.

The schedule of the Symposium is as follows:

1. the management of corruption allegation/suspicions by arbitral tribunals: should the arbitrators be proactive?
2. the annulment, recognition & enforcement of arbitral awards suspected to give effects to a corruption contract (or to a contract concluded through bribes): how state courts should proceed?
3. the corruption of the arbitral tribunal
4. asset recovery
5. matters of evidence and conclusion

We are really looking forward to a lively discussion. The Symposium "speakers" from around the world are:

• Olufunke Adekoya, independent arbitrator.
• Martin Kenney, founder and managing partner of Martin Kenney & Co (MKS).
• Sébastien Manciaux is Law Professor (Maître de conferences HDR) at the Université de Bourgogne, Dijon (France), and a member of the Research Centre on Investment and International Trade Law (CREDIMI).
• Cesar Pereira C.Arb FCiarb is a partner at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini, Sao Paulo (Brazil), and co-head of his firm's infrastructure and arbitration practices.
• Rina See, barrister at Bankside Chambers in Singapore.