Arbitration Ireland has been established by the Irish Arbitration community, for the purpose of promoting arbitration as a method of dispute resolution at home and abroad and promoting Ireland as a venue for international arbitration.
The conference will cover three sessions on the following:
Why choose arbitration for international commercial disputes? Current developments in international arbitration.
The choice of seat: why Ireland is a good venue for international arbitration.
Arbitrating under the Irish Arbitration Act 2010 – Practical aspects.
Speakers at the event include: Donald Francis Donovan (Debevoise & Plimpton), Pierre-Yves Tschanz (Tavernier Tschanz), and Lucy Reed (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer).
The event will cover and include discussion of some of the most pressing issues in current international dispute resolution, notably:
Are viable arbitration and mediation regimes a critical component of a modern justice system?
How do states, investors and NGOs bring about a change in the culture of justice?
What are keys to investor confidence in a state's dispute resolution regime?
What are the lessons learned from recent justice-building initiatives?
Who will pay for the rule of law?
The speakers include: William K Slate II (President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association), Patricia O'Brien (Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel), Jean-Claude Najar (Senior Counsel Europe, GE) and Lada Busevac (Senior Operations Office, Investment Climate Department, World Bank Group).
The conference will cover the following key topics:
International best practice: What can arbitral seats learn from one another?
Evolving practice under the New York Convention.
Investment arbitration: Fit for the purpose?
The speakers include: Mark Levy (Allen & Overy), Andrew Lotbinière McDougall (Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP), Klaus Reichert (Brick Court Chambers) and Laurence Burger (Winston Strawn LLP).