Introduction to International Arbitration from Professor Emmanuel Gaillard and Dr. Yas Banifatemi

WCC 1019 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Please join HIALSA for a lunch talk on the basics of international arbitration. Two of the most recognized thought leaders in the field, Professor Emmanuel Gaillard and Dr. Yas Banifatemi, will give an introduction on the fundamentals of international arbitration, and their view on what it means to work in this field of practice. This talk will be of particular interest to […]

Workshop Session 5: Oral advocacy in international arbitration

Hauser Hall Room 104 Cambridge, MA, United States

HIALSA is thrilled to welcome Ms. Claudia Salomon and Ms. Hiroko Yamamoto to HLS for the fifth International Arbitration Workshop session of the 2018–19 academic year. Ms. Salomon, a partner at Latham & Watkins in New York, and Ms. Yamamoto, a law clerk at Latham and HIALSA's president in 2017–18, will be presenting on strategies […]

International Arbitration and Climate Change: A Conversation with Wendy J. Miles, QC

WCC 1019 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Please join HIALSA and WLA in welcoming Wendy J. Miles, QC for a lunch talk on the role played by international arbitration in resolving climate change related disputes. Wendy J. Miles, QC is a partner in the London office of Debevoise & Plimpton, and is recogniZed as one of the market’s foremost lawyers in the […]

A Critical Analysis of Third-Party Funding in Investment Arbitration

WCC 2004 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Please join HIALSA for a lunch talk with Professor Frank Garcia and Brooke Güven on a critical analysis of third-party funding (TPF) in investor-state dispute-settlement (ISDS) cases. TPF of investment disputes is rapidly increasing, as investors discover the high returns to be made by funding claimants in investor-state dispute-settlement (ISDS) cases. TPF proponents often defend […]

Arbitrating Competition Law Claims

WCC 2009

Please join HIALSA Lunch talk with Stefan Kröll, an independent Geman arbitrator and director of the Center for International Dispute Resolution at Bucerius Law School. We will discuss the topic of competition law in international arbitration. Since the U.S. Supreme Court in Mitsubishi v. Soler declared competition law disputes to be arbitrable, claims arising under […]