22nd Annual IBA Arbitration Day
14 Mar - 15 Mar 2019
Session information
Committee(s)
Arbitration Committee
(Lead)
Description
• May arbitrators ignore the governing law of a contract in favour of mandatory rules or lois de police? • What is the impact of a criminal or regulatory investigation on an arbitration proceeding? • What should arbitrators do in the face of allegations that the contract sought to be enforced is illegal and therefore null and void? • What standard of proof should arbitrators apply to allegations of corruption? • Are sham arbitrations a myth?
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Pierre Bienvenu | IMK LLP, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Member, Arbitration Committee Advisory Board |
Speakers
| Professor George Bermann | Columbia Law School, New York, New York, USA |
| Carole Malinvaud | Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I., Paris, France |
| Caline Mouawad | Chaffetz Lindsey, New York, New York, USA |
| Constantine Partasides KC | Three Crowns LLP, London, England |