Why (and why not) international arbitration: a candid Q&A with Three Crowns’ executive partner Gaëtan Verhoosel, moderated by Hugh Carlson

In HIALSA’s opening event for the academic year, please join Three Crowns’ Gaëtan Verhoosel and Hugh Carlson for a candid Q&A about international arbitration.  The event will serve as an excellent opportunity for students to learn more about the practice of international arbitration, including its advantages and disadvantages, from one of its leading figures.

Time will be allotted for audience Q&A.  Lunch will be served.

Gaëtan Verhoosel is a founding partner of Three Crowns and has served as the firm’s executive partner since its inception.  He has served as advocate and as arbitrator in a large number of commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, some of which have been widely reported because of the significance of the financial recoveries at stake or the novelty of the legal issues involved.  Gaëtan is incoming Co-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee and was appointed to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators by the Kingdom of Belgium.  He teaches international investment law at King’s College School of Law in London.

Prior to co-founding Three Crowns, Gaëtan was a partner and the global co-chair of the international arbitration practice at a prominent international law firm.  Prior to entering private practice, he served as a Legal Advisor at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, where he advised dispute settlement panels adjudicating disputes between sovereigns across a range of industry sectors.  Gaëtan has been ranked as a leading international arbitration practitioner in all major publications, including Chambers UK, Chambers (Global, Europe, and Latin America), PLC Which Lawyer (England), Legal 500 (UK), Legal 500 (Latin America), Who’s Who Legal, and GAR’s 45 under 45.

Hugh Carlson is Director of Practice and a senior associate at Three Crowns, where he serves in a leadership role and practices international commercial and investment arbitration.  He has represented multinational companies and sovereign states under most major arbitral rules systems.  Hugh is an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School and co-directs the International Arbitration Workshop at Harvard Law School.  He is recommended in Legal 500 and has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers (2016-2018).  He is a member of the CPR Cybersecurity Task Force.