Luxembourg Arbitration Day 2021: 30 june 2021

Date & Time: 30 June 2021, 10:00-18:00

Venue: Chambre de Commerce, 7 r. Alcide de Gasperi, L-1615 Luxembourg- Kirchberg

Luxembourg Arbitration Association (LAA) is pleased to present the second edition of Luxembourg Arbitration Day (Hybrid Event) for Luxembourg and international lawyers, up and coming practitioners, academics, and in-house counsel who are willing to further enrich their arbitration related knowledge and skills.

PROGRAMME

10:00 : Registration with light refreshments

PART I : TRAINING

10:15 – 10:30 : Welcome address: André Prüm, President of LAA / Estelle Brisson, Promotion & Communication of LAA
10 :30 – 12 :00 : Cross-examination training (Part 1)
Topics include:

  • Guidelines, tactics, advice on the fundamentals of cross-examination
  • Differences between the cross-examination of fact witnesses and
    expert witnesses
  • Handling witness statements
    Instructors:
    • Hilary Heilbron QC, Brick Court Chambers, London
    • Klaus Reichert SC, Brick Court Chambers, London

12 :00 – 13 :00 Lunch

13 :00 – 14 :30 : Cross-examination training (Part 2)

14:30 – 14:45 : Refreshment Break

PART II : CONFERENCE

14 :45 -15 :00 : Opening remarks

  • Luc Frieden, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg
  • Sam Tanson, Luxembourg Minister for Justice

15 :00-16 :15 : Session I : Investment protection in times of climate change: the future of the Energy Charter Treaty
Topics include:

  • Climate change and the ECT’s modernization agenda
  • Investment protection against the States’ right to regulate the energy
    sector
  • Investor-State dispute settlement: a challenge to the EU constitutional
    framework?

Panelists :

  • Jonas Hallberg, Legal Advisor at the National Board of Trade, Sweden
  • Patricia Nacimiento, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills, Frankfurt
  • Eleftheria Neframi, Professor at the University of Luxembourg
  • Ilija Mitrev Penushliski, Counsel, Three Crowns, Paris

Moderators :

  • Paschalis Paschalidis, Counsel, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya
  • Disputes, Paris
  • André Prüm, Professor at the University of Luxembourg

16:15 – 16:45 : Refreshment Break

16:45 – 18:00 : Session II : Arbitration and Sovereign States
Topics include:

  • Sovereign States’ right to regulate: recent arbitration cases
  • Enforcement against Sovereign States and setting aside proceedings
    involving Sovereign States: latest developments
  • Can ADR be an efficient means to solve disputes with Sovereign
    States?

Panelists:

  • Lorraine de Germiny, Partner, Lalive, London
  • Joe Tirado, Partner, Garrigues, London
  • Mirjam van de Hel-Koedoot, Partner, Nautadutilh, Amsterdam

Moderators:

  • Antoine Laniez, Partner, Nautadutilh, Luxembourg
  • Sven Lange, Counsel, Busse Disputes, Frankfurt

18:00 : Cocktail

Registration link: http://bit.ly/RegisterLAD2021


Click here for Programme LAD2021


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