WAU’s panel on Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards and Collection of Damages will provide an insight on judicial practice in enforcement proceedings and how domestic courts understand and apply the provisions of international instruments on validity, recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral ...

WAU’s panel on Arbitration in the Caribbean on Renewable Energy and Climate Change will discuss the increase in investments and related disputes in renewable in the Caribbean Community and whether ...

Our panel on North America will discuss the foreseeable short-term use of the remnants of the NAFTA investor-State arbitration system and the prospects of future claims under USMCA between U.S. ...

12:00pm – 1:30pm Western European Time (WET). WAU’s panel on the Middle East North Africa region will discuss the rise of disputes related to complex construction mega projects in the region, the growth of international arbitration as reflected by ...

3:00pm – 4:30pm Western European Time (WET). WAU’s panel on African States and its influence on the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System will discuss the efficacy of various attempts to achieve reform of ISDS across the ...

6:00pm – 7:30pm Western European Time (WET). Our panel on Investment Arbitration and Mining, Challenges and Opportunities Ahead will discuss the dramatic increase in investment treaty arbitration arising out of mining ...

7:00pm – 8:30pm China Standard Time (CST) of Wednesday, October 13th. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched in 2013, is China’s central foreign policy with an emphasis on economic ...

12:00pm – 1:30pm Central European Time (CET). WAU’s panel on the Tension between International Investment Law and European law will discuss the concerns that have been raised in relation to the legitimacy ...

3:00pm – 4:30pm Central European Time (CET). Our panel on Crisis at the WTO and Whether the Dispute Settlement Mechanism May be Saved will discuss the proposed Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA), whether that instrument may help preserving the ...

6:00pm – 7:30pm Central European Time (CET). Our panel on Assessing Damages in Non-Expropriatory Breaches will discuss whether methods and principles generally applied to measure compensation for expropriations may or ...

With a limited number of exceptions, investment treaties do not contain obligations for investors. Achieving a balanced international investment order, however, may require more than the obligations of host States to respect international ...

WAU’s panel on Dual Nationality, and Dominant and Effective Nationality in Investment Arbitration will discuss if dual nationals who hold both the nationality of a State party to the applicable investment treaty, and ...

WAU’s panel on Arbitration Boutiques and Solo Practitioners will have a practical discussion on how solo practitioners and arbitration boutiques launched their practices, their level of consolidation in the legal ...