IBA Annual Conference Sydney 2017
8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017
Parkside Ballroom 1, Convention Centre, Level 2
Session information
Hot topics in international arbitration
Monday 9 October (1430 - 1730)
Parkside Ballroom 1, Convention Centre, Level 2
Committee(s)
Arbitration Committee
(Lead)
Description
A discussion on hot topics in international arbitration at the time of the IBA 2017 Annual Conference (eg, the inevitable tension between efficient arbitration and due process/good quality in the arbitral administration of justice, corruption and the defence of illegality, trade sanctions in the enforcement of international contracts, the developing body of emergency arbitrations, information and profiling of arbitrators).
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Kate Brown de Vejar | DLA Piper, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Jason Fry | Clifford Chance LLP, Paris, France |
Speakers
| José María Alonso Puig | |
| Pierre Bienvenu | IMK LLP, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| The Hon The Hon Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah GBS, SC, JP GBS SC JP | Department of Justice, Central, Hong Kong SAR |
| Liz Kyo-Hwa Chung | Microsoft Korea, Seoul, South Korea; Membership Officer, Anti-Corruption Committee |
| Bernard Hanotiau | Hanotiau & van den Berg, Brussels, Belgium |
| Peter Leaver KC | One Essex Court, London, England |
| Professor Julian David Mathew Lew KC | 20 Essex Street, London, England |