WAW 2023, 4th Edition
SAVE THE DATE!
November 27 to December 1, 2023

WAW 2023, 4th Edition
SAVE THE DATE!
November 27 to December 1, 2023

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Foreign Investment Laws – A Renewed Basis for Consent to International Investment Arbitration? A Look at Recent Developments

December 3, 2021 At 9:00 am - 10:30 am EST

This WAW panel will focus on how unilateral acts have emerged as a source of international law. It will also analyze how an investment law may constitute a basis for consent to investor-State arbitration, and how, notwithstanding this possibility, and the practice of non-treaty and non-contract cases. In particular, this panel will discuss: 

  • The most recent developments regarding investment laws as bases for consent to international investment arbitration 
  • How the language of the relevant law may provide for ICSID arbitration? and  
  • Whether and under what conditions a host State may withdraw its consent given through a domestic law to ICSID arbitration

Details

Date:
December 3, 2021
Time:
9:00 am - 10:30 am EST
Website:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtd-CpqTkvGdDOSOC4ah0xVQTjPbNS9PgA

Organizers

Moderator: Lee Caplan – Arent Fox LLP
Speaker: José Antonio Rivas – Xtrategy LLP
Christina Houreas – Foley Hoag
Jeremy Sharpe – Independent Arbitrator
Speaker: Ucheora Onwuamaegby – Arent Fox

Human Rights and Investment Arbitration

December 4th At 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

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States’ Claims and Counterclaims in Investment Arbitration

December 4th At 9:00 am - 10:30 am EST

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Infrastructure Disputes in International Arbitration

December 3th At 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST

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The Rise of Technology in International Arbitration – Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Hearings

December 3th At 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

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Perspectives of Young Arbitration Practitioners

December 3th At 9:00 am - 10:30 am EST

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International Commercial Arbitration from the Client’s Perspective

December 2nd At 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST

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Fossil Fuel, Clean Energy and the Environment in International Arbitration

December 2nd At 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

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EU Investment Arbitration: Current Issues Regarding the Validity and Enforcement of Awards Even Beyond the EU

December 2nd At 9:00 am - 10:30 am EST

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Draft Guidelines on States’ Defenses and Prevention of Investment Arbitration

December 1st At 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST

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Alternative Approaches to Valuing Early Stage Investments in Investor-State Arbitration

December 1st At 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST

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Reform of ISDS – The ICSID Rules Amendments and UNCITRAL Working Group III

December 1st At 9:30 am - 11:00 am EST

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Keynote Speaker: Meg Kinnear, ICSID Secretary-General

December 1st At 9:00 am - 9:30 am EST

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Third-Party Funding: Developments, Pitfalls and Looking to the Future

November 30 At 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST

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COVID-19 and International Arbitration

November 30th At 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

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Women in International Arbitration

November 30th At 9:00 am - 10:30 am EST

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