Global Voices in International Arbitration:
A Dialogue Among Multiple Stakeholders
Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Harvard Law School
Timetable
8:30-9:00 | Registration/Breakfast |
9:00-9:10 | Opening |
9:10-9:35 | Keynote Remark by Mr. Hewitt Pate (Chevron Vice President & General Counsel) |
9:50-11:05 | In-House Counsel’s Perspective on International Arbitration Panel |
11:20-12:35 | Transforming Institutions in Investor-State Dispute Settlement Panel |
12:35-1:35 | Lunch |
1:35-1:45 | Faculty Remark by Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies & Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law William Alford |
1:45-2:30 | Keynote Remark by Mr. Jan Paulsson (Three Crowns, Founding Partner, Washington D.C.) |
2:45-4:00 | Cross-Cultural Advocacy Panel |
4:15-5:30 | Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration Panel |
5:30-5:40 | Closing Remarks by Mr. Jonathan I. Blackman (Cleary Gottlieb, Partner, London & New York) |
6:00-8:00 | Reception at the HLS Pub |
Please note the timetable is subject to change.
Keynote Speakers
- Mr. Hewitt Pate (Chevron, Vice President and General Counsel)
- Mr. Jan Paulsson (Three Crowns, Founding Partner, Washington D.C.)
In-House Counsel’s Perspective on International Arbitration Panel
- Ms. Elizabeth Devaney (Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Senior Corporate Counsel–Litigation)
- Ms. Elisabeth Eljuri (Sierra Oil & Gas, Vice President, Chief Negotiator, and Chief Legal Officer)
- Ms. Kelly Herrera (ConocoPhillips, Senior Counsel)
- Mr. Jose Martin (Chevron, Managing Counsel)
- Moderator: Mr. Hugh Carlson (Three Crowns, Director of Practice & Senior Associate, Washington D.C.)
- Part of our International Arbitration Workshop
Transforming Institutions in Investor-State Dispute Settlement Panel
- Ms. Claudia Annacker (Cleary Gottlieb, Partner, Paris)
- Mr. José Angelo Estrella Faria (United Nations Office of Legal Affairs International Trade Law Division (UNCITRAL Secretariat), Senior Legal Officer)
- Mr. Michele Potestà (Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Senior Associate, Geneva)
- Ms. Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Director)
- Mr. André von Walter (Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission, Legal Counsel and Negotiator)
- Moderator: Mr. Pedro Arcoverde (ICC International Court of Arbitration, Deputy Counsel)
- Supported by
Cross-Cultural Advocacy Panel
- Mr. Laurent Gouiffès (Hogan Lovells, Partner, Paris)
- Mr. Alastair Henderson (Herbert Smith Freehills, Managing Partner, Singapore)
- Ms. Sophie Lamb (Latham & Watkins, Partner, London)
- Ms. Claudia Salomon (Latham & Watkins, Partner, New York)
- Mr. Claus von Wobeser (Von Wobeser y Sierra, Managing Partner, Mexico)
- Moderator: Mr. Jonathan Lim (WilmerHale, Senior Associate, London)
- Part of our International Arbitration Workshop
- Supported by
Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration Panel
- Mr. Doak Bishop (King & Spalding, Partner, Houston)
- Mr. Nigel Blackaby (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Partner, Washington D.C.)
- Ms. Jean Kalicki (Kalicki Arbitration)
- Ms. Anne Marie Whitesell (Georgetown University Law Center Professor; Former ICC International Court of Arbitration Secretary General)
- Mr. Howard Zelbo (Cleary Gottlieb, Partner, New York)
- Moderator: Mr. Adrián Magallanes (Von Wobeser y Sierra, Partner, Mexico)
Please note that speakers are subject to change. For questions, please contact [email protected].