Conferences

CONFERENCES

Regular Speaker in Conferences and Panels on International Law,  Dispute Resolution, Arbitration  (Non-exhaustive List):

International Law

University Paris II (IHEI, Panthéon-Assas): « The Development of International Law and its Codification by the International Law Commission. A Review of Roberto Ago’s, Richard Baxter’s and Lauterpacht’s Writings »

International Art and Cultural Property Disputes:

• Key Speaker in UNESCO Conferences given worldwide for its Member States, the public and private sectors 
• Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague): « Art and Arbitration »
• International Arbitration Club of New York: « Arbitration of Art and Cultural Property Related  International Disputes: Law and Practice beyond Republic of Austria et al. v. Altmann »
• American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section): « Art Law and Restitution: UNESCO Conventions and International Dispute »
• French Arbitration Committee (CFA, Paris) : « Objets d’art, Cultural Property and International Arbitration »
• German Institution of Arbitration (DIS, Bertlin) « Art and Dispute Resolution »
• Speaker on various topics at the International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Meetings: San Francisco (International Art Transactions), Auckland (ADR and Art Law), etc. 
• « Current legal challenges for Museums », St.Petersburg International Legal Forum
• American Bar Association: « The Risks Related  to Investing Internationally in Art »
• Milan Bar Association: « Art Market and the Law »
• Venise Bar Association: « Art and International Law »

Paris Arbitration Week:

Speaker and Moderator on “Komstroy, PL Holdings, Micula, Energy and Investment Arbitration in the EU and Worldwide”

ICC Arbitration:

• Speaker at ICC PIDA Seminars (ICC Paris)

International Commercial Arbitration:

• American Bar Association: The First Annual International Litigation Skills Conference: “International Hearings in the Age of Remote Practice”
• American Bar Association (ABA) Meeting in London: “Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments and Arbitral Awards Abroad under the 2019 Hague Convention and the 1958 New York Convention » 
• American Bar Association (ABA) International Contracts Committee : « International Commercial Contracts between Conflict of Laws and Uniform Law »
• New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC): « International Anti-suit and Anti-arbitration Injunctions before Arbitral Tribunals and Courts in Comparative Perspective »
• CEA/CIAM/DIS Event (Berlin Dispute Resolution Days): « Intercultural and Legal Aspects in the Selection of Arbitrators in International Practice »  
• Les rencontres de l’arbitrage (Paris, in French): « The Seat in International Arbitrations in Complex Geopolitical Contexts » 
• IPA Conference (in Spanish): « Third Party Funding and Jurisdiction »
• IPA Conference (in Spanish): « The EU Artificial Intelligence Act and Arbitration »
• Speaker at the International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Meetings in Prague (International Commercial Transactions Committee) and Chicago (International Commercial Arbitration Committee)
• International Arbitration Club (London):
• i) « Has the New Brussels I EU Regulation 1215 Imposed Any Change in International Arbitration and Arbitration-related Litigation in the EU ? »
   
• ii) « What Consequences Would “Brexit” Have on International Commercial and Investment Arbitration in the United Kingdom ? »
• International Arbitration Club of New York: « Preliminary Relief and Interim Measures in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration »
• Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and CIArb Hong Kong Branch: « Should the 1958 N.Y. Convention be revised? »
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London): « Conflicts of Interests in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration »
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Brazil Branch) « Back to Basics: Litigation v. Arbitration in Dealing with International Disputes »
• Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators: « Validity and Breach of Arbitration Agreements and Anti-Suit Injunctions in Comparative Perspective »
• American Bar Association, Miami Conference: « Parallel Court and Arbitration Proceedings »
• Fordham University (New York City) International Mediation and Arbitration Conferences: « International Mediation in Italian, French and EU Law »
• New York City Chapter, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: « Non-national Law in International Litigation and Arbitration »
• King’s College London: « Law and Practice of International Contracts, Europe and Emerging Markets »
• Dublin Forums on Arbitration: « Arbitration and Competition Law; Arbitration and IP Law »
• CILS Salzburg: « Dealing with Counterclaims in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration »
• George Washington University (Washington DC) and ICC: « National Courts and International Commercial Arbitration (Rapporteur on French arbitration law) »
• Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo: « Current Issues of International Commercial Arbitration in Comparative Perspective »
• City University of Hong Kong: « Breach of Valid Arbitration Agreements, Court Referral to Arbitration, Res Judicata and Parallel Proceedings in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration »
•  XII Rio de Janeiro International Arbitration Conference: « Soft Law in International Arbitration and the Applicable Law or Rules of Law to the Merits »
• Conference of the UAE Government, Abu Dhabi: « E.U. Arbitration and Mediation Law »
• IPA Conference (in Spanish): « The Reform of Swiss Arbitration Law »

Investment and ICSID Arbitration: 

• IPA Conferences (in Spanish):
• « The distinction between appeal and annulment of awards in comparative arbitration law and in ICSID arbitration » (XII Seminario Internacional de Arbitraje de Inversión IPA)
• « Pacta Sunt Servanda and Revision of Contracts by States »
• European Court of Arbitration, Milan Conference: « Treaty and Contract Claims » 
• King’s College London: « Defining Investment in Investment Arbitration: ICSID, NAFTA, Energy Charter Treaty »
• Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre ADR in Asia Conference: « Hot Topics in Investment Arbitration »
• Suffolk University, Boston : « Review of Investor-State Awards other than by ICSID Annulment »
• American University of Cairo: « ICSID Arbitration (Selected Issues) »
• Düsseldorf International Arbitration School: « E.U. Law, Investment and Arbitration »
• Union of Turkish Bars: « Current topics on the New York and the ICSID Conventions »

Investment Arbitration and EU Law: 

• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London): « Intra EU BITs, Investment Arbitration and EU Law »

• Washington Arbitration Week: « Is the EU a Recalcitrant Entity in Investment Arbitration ? »

Disputes Involving States:

• New York City Bar: « Sovereign Immunity in International and European Law »
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London: « International Mediation, Conciliation, Arbitration involving Governments »

International Construction Disputes:

• King’s College Centre for Construction Law 25th Anniversary Conference: « Sub-contracts in Comparative Construction and Arbitration Law »
• International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Meeting (Dublin, International Construction Projects Committee): « Major infrastructure projects: Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in the EU » (Article published in Clint)

International Sport Arbitration:

• ICC Paris and CIArb (Centennial Conference) : « What is International Sport-related Arbitration (CAS and beyond) »