Investor-State Arbitration

Publications

Upcoming Events

  • What is the Most Significant Decision from the First 1000 ICSID Cases?
    26 November 2024
    European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration
    Young EFILA London Event
    London, UK
    Speaker: Mark McCloskey
    Speaking Engagements

Recent Events

  • Investor-State Dispute Settlement in Construction, Infrastructure, Energy and Mining Sectors
    26 September 2024
    King’s College London
    International Construction Arbitration Conference 2024
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Shaping the Future of International Arbitration: Evidence Gathering and Protection of Foreign Investments
    15 September 2024
    International Bar Association
    IBA Arb40 Symposium
    Mexico City, Mexico
    Speaking Engagements
  • Tax Carve-out Regime Under the Energy Charter Treaty
    10 September 2024
    Danon Law
    Tax issues in International Investment Arbitration
    Switzerland
    Speaking Engagements
  • Enforcement Against States and State Entities
    29 August 2024
    Global Arbitration Review
    GAR Live Singapore
    Singapore
    Speaker: Tony Dymond
    Speaking Engagements
  • Cross-border Investments in emerging markets & Investments disputes
    10 June 2024
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Emerging Markets Symposium
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Trends in the Enforcement of ICSID Awards: Is the UK Still a Hospitable Jurisdiction for the Enforcement of Investor-State Awards?
    5 June 2024
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, JSHeld and 3VB
    London International Disputes Week
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Resolving Disputes Involving States and State Entities
    4 June 2024
    London International Disputes Week
    London Disputes Week
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Difficulties of Enforcing BIT Arbitral Awards Against Sovereign States
    19 April 2024
    Stanford International Arbitration Association
    Breaking Through Sovereign Immunity When Enforcing BIT Arbitral Awards
    Stanford, California
    Speaker: Ashika Singh
    Speaking Engagements
  • International Law through the Looking Glass of ISDS
    3-5 April 2024
    American Society of International Law
    118th Annual Meeting
    Washington, DC
    Speaker: Ina C. Popova
    Speaking Engagements
  • Does International Investment Law Promote the Rule of Law? Does the Justice System of Investor-State Dispute Settlement Promote the Rule of Law?
    18 March 2024
    Institute for Transnational Arbitration's Rule of Law Task Force and Sciences Po
    Paris Roundtable on the Rule of Law Update
    Paris, France
    Speaker: Ina C. Popova
    Speaking Engagements
  • ISDS Tech Disputes – An Incoming Wave?
    13 March 2024
    GAR Live with California International Arbitration Week
    GAR Live: Technology Disputes 2024
    San Francisco, California
    Speaking Engagements
  • Protection of Foreign Investments through International Arbitration
    7 March 2024
    ICC Mexico
    Mexico City, Mexico
    Speaking Engagements
  • Chairperson’s Closing Remarks
    7 February 2024
    Thoughtleaders4U
    Sovereign & States Summit
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Exploring International Claims Tribunals
    7 February 2024
    Thoughtleaders4U
    Sovereign & States Summit
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Sovereign State Horizon Scanning for 2024: Anticipating Future Disputes and Geopolitical Issues
    6-7 February 2024
    Thoughtleaders 4 Fire
    Sovereign & States Disputes and Enforcement Summit 2024
    London, UK
    Speaker: Conway Blake
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Inside Track - Views from Within a State
    7 February 2024
    Thoughtleaders4U
    Sovereign & States Summit
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Chairperson’s Closing Remarks
    6 February 2024
    Thoughtleaders4U
    Sovereign & States Summit
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • The ECT Running Out of Energy
    6 February 2024
    Thoughtleaders 4
    Sovereign & States Summit
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Arbitration and ICSID: Perspectives Following Ecuador’s Recent Ratification
    5 December 2023
    Ecuadorian Arbitration Institute
    The Award: Enforcement Under the ICSID Convention
    Webcast
    Speaking Engagements
  • Good Faith in Investment Arbitration: What's Different?
    28 November 2023
    ICC
    43rd ICC Institute of World Business Law Annual Conference
    Paris, France
    Speaking Engagements
  • Manejo Efectivo de Controversias Entre Inversionistas y Estados: Estrategias y Tips Prácticos para Inversionistas Extranjeros en Colombia
    20 November 2023
    FTI Consulting
    Conferencia
    Bogotá, Colombia
    Speaking Engagements
  • What is the Status and Future of the Enforcement of Intra-EU Awards in the UK and the US?
    10 November 2023
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    Young European Federation for Investment Law & Arbitration
    London, UK
    Speaker: Sonja Sreckovic
    Speaking Engagements
  • Times of Political Turmoil: Is Your Investment Protected?
    7 November 2023
    CGS Colombia 2023
    Regulatory & Social Environment
    Medellin, Colombia
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Art of Impactful Opening and Closing Statements
    6 November 2023
    ICC YAAF, IBA, Columbia International Arbitration Association
    New York City, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investor-State Arbitrations in LatAm
    20 October 2023
    Universidad de Los Andes and Local Firms
    Second M&A Congress
    Bogota, Colombia
    Speaking Engagements
  • State Investment Disputes
    18 October 2023
    The Association of International Energy Negotiators and the London Court of International Arbitration
    Energy Dispute Conference
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • State Investment Disputes
    18 October 2023
    The Association of International Energy Negotiators & London Court of International Arbitration
    AIEN/LCIA Energy Disputes Conference
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Future Leaders Symposium
    23 June 2023
    Global Arbitration Review
    GAR Live: Istanbul 2023
    Istanbul, Turkey
    Speaking Engagements
  • Fireside Chat
    22 June 2023
    Global Arbitration Review Events
    GAR Live: Istanbul 2023
    Istanbul, Turkey
    Speaker: Patrick Taylor
    Speaking Engagements
  • Opening remarks
    22 June 2023
    Global Arbitration Review Events
    GAR Live: Istanbul 2023
    Istanbul, Turkey
    Speaking Engagements
  • Commercial Arbitration vs. Investor-State Arbitration: Is Commercial Arbitration a Suitable Option for Investors in LatAm?
    7-8 June 2023
    AMCHAM Ecuador, Ecuadorian Arbitration Institute
    XIV International Arbitration Conference
    Quito, Ecuador
    Speaking Engagements
  • 2023 The Year of Near or Full Financial Crisis? An Update of Investment Arbitration In Financial Services: The World of Banking, Prudential Measures, and Sovereign Bonds
    25 May 2023
    World Arbitration Update
    WAU 2023
    Virtual
    Speaking Engagements
  • Ukraine, Russia and Issues of Territory
    17 May 2023
    Global Arbitration Review
    GAR Live: BITs
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Enforcement in Armed Conflicts
    10 May 2023
    ICSID-ADGM Joint Conference
    Investment Protection and Armed Conflict
    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    Speaking Engagements
  • International Investment Law
    3 April 2023
    ILA Paris, Prof. Manjiao Chi (Cliff)
    ILA 150 Anniversary Webinar on International Investment Law
    Paris, France
    Speaking Engagements
  • Where to Draw the Line on Confidentiality? The Role of the Seat in Protecting Privacy in Arbitration
    22 March 2023
    BVI International Arbitration Centre
    BVI Arbitration Week
    Webcast
    Speaker: Conway Blake
    Speaking Engagements
  • Climate Change and International Investment Law & Arbitration Challenges and Uncertainties
    16 March 2023
    European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration
    EFILA Annual Conference
    Madrid, Spain
    Speaking Engagements
  • International Investment Arbitration
    16 March 2023
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados
    Peru
    Speaking Engagements
  • Future of Dispute Settlement: Comparison Between International Trade & Investment Regimes
    2-3 March 2023
    Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association
    9th Harvard International Arbitration Conference International Arbitration: Fostering & Adapting to Change
    Boston, Massachusetts
    Speaking Engagements
  • Corruption Defenses in Investor-State Arbitrations – A Case of Odious Debt?
    22-24 February 2023
    International Bar Association
    7th IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum Biennial Conference
    Singapore
    Speaker: Ina C. Popova
    Speaking Engagements
  • ESG in Investment Arbitration: Status and Trends
    3 February 2023
    Swiss Arbitration Association
    ASA Winter Conference 2023
    Zurich, Switzerland
    Speaking Engagements
  • Tips for Working for a Sovereign
    25 January 2023
    ThoughtLeaders4
    Sovereign & States Disputes and Enforcement
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Illegality Defense in Investment Treaty Arbitration
    23 November 2022
    Al Yaqout & Al Fouzan Legal Group, LexisNexis
    Kuwait Business Law Forum
    Kuwait City, Kuwait
    Speaking Engagements
  • Efficiencies in International Arbitration
    18 November 2022
    Arbitration Ireland
    Dublin International Arbitration Day
    Dublin, Ireland
    Speaking Engagements
  • Vientos de Cambio: Protección a la Inversión Extranjera en Colombia
    10 November 2022
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP co-hosted with Brigard Urrutia
    Vientos de Cambio: Protección a la Inversión Extranjera en Colombia
    Hybrid (in-person & live streaming)
    Speaking Engagements
  • Foreign Investment in North Africa: Political and Legal Trends
    9 November 2022
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Virtual Roundtable
    Webcast
    Speaking Engagements
  • Debate on Dual Nationals as Claimants in Investor-State Arbitration
    30 October 2022
    Miami International Arbitration Society
    First Annual MIAS Latin American Investor-State Arbitration Conference
    Miami, Florida
    Speaker: David W. Rivkin
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Claims and Climate Change Mitigation
    19 October 2022
    ICC YAAF
    12th Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference
    Prague, Czech Republic
    Speaker: Monika Hlavkova
    Speaking Engagements
  • The US BIT Policy in light of NAFTA Cases
    14 October 2022
    Juris Conferences LLC
    16th Annual Investment Treaty Conference
    Washington, DC
    Speaking Engagements
  • Bilateral Investment Treaties, Currency in M&A, and IPOs of African Corporates
    16 September 2022
    International Lawyers for Africa
    ILFA Training
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Identifying the Change – Novel Types of Disputes and Practices Relevant to International Commercial and Investment Arbitration Across the Asia-Pacific Region
    31 August 2022
    Inter-Pacific Bar Association
    IPBA Arbitration Day 2022: International Arbitration in the Endemic Age
    Speaking Engagements
  • Climate Change Disputes before the ICJ and ITLOS: What to Make of Loss and Damage?
    28 June 2022
    Alliance of Small Island States
    Alliance of Small Island States Conference
    Webcast
    Speaker: Conway Blake
    Speaking Engagements
  • After Achmea, Komstroy and PL Holdings: Is the EU Still an Attractive Investment Destination?
    8 June 2022
    European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration
    7th EFILA Annual Conference
    Amsterdam
    Speaking Engagements
  • Legal Abuse in Investment Arbitration
    2-3 June 2022
    Conferencia Latinoamericana de Arbitraje
    XIII Conferencia Latinoamericana de Arbitraje
    Montevideo, Uruguay
    Speaker: Ina C. Popova
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Treaties & Climate Change
    29 April 2022
    EU Council: Trade Policy Committee
    Paris, France
    Speaking Engagements
  • The New Space Race: Risks and Opportunities
    Thursday 31 March, 17.00 – 18.00 CET, 16.00-17.00 BST, 11.00 – 12.00 EDT
  • Arbitration, Investment and the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in the State of Qatar
    23 March 2022
    Qatar International Center for Conciliation & Arbitration
    4th International Arbitration Conference: Impact of Arbitration on Achieving Satisfactory Environment for Investment
    Doha, Qatar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Notion of Investment: Definition, Legality, and Corruption
    17 March 2022
    Investment Treaty Arbitration in the Middle East
    ICSID-ADGM Joint Conference
    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Future of Investment Law in the EU after Komstroy v. Moldova
    1 December 2021
    Joint ITA and IBA Arbitration Committee
    ITA IBA Conference Programme 3.0
    Webcast
    Speaker: Ina C. Popova
    Speaking Engagements
  • Damages and Compensation Issues in Investment Arbitrations – Part 1: Legal Principles
    25 November 2021
    YMCIA/FTI/DLA
    Investment Treaty Arbitration Series
    Webcast
    Speaker: Shreya Aren
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Treaty Arbitration in the Construction Sector
    19 October 2021
    Debevoise and Japan Institute for Overseas Investment
    Webcast
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Treaty Protections for the Banking Sector
    15 October 2021
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Speaking Engagements
  • Practical Perspectives on Cross-Border Insolvency and Arbitration
    Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 14.00-15.00 CET
  • Developments in International Commercial Litigation and Investment Treaty Arbitration Case Funding
    13 September 2021
    Information Management Network
    IMN Litigation Finance Conference
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investor State Arbitration: Where Is It Headed?
    15 July 2021
    Latin American Arbitration Association
    Webcast
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investor State Arbitration Along the Belt and Road - Towards More Innovation
    16 June 2021
    Inter-Pacific Bar Association
    IPBA Virtual Conference
    Webcast
    Speaker: Tony Dymond
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Treaty Protections for the Banking Sector
    19 May 2021
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    IDRG Series
    Webcast
    Speaking Engagements
  • Approaches to Burden and Standard of Proof in ISDS
    29 April 2021
    BIICL
    ITF Conference on evidence in ISDS
    Webcast
    Speaking Engagements
  • Recent Developments in International Commercial & Investment Arbitration in North America
    27 April 2021
    American University Washington College of Law
    2020-2021 Regional Arbitration Conference Series
    Webcast
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • Financing Development in Emerging Economies
    14 April 2021
    Jamaica International Arbitration Centre
    Webcast
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Choice of Valuation Date in Unlawful Expropriations: The Cleaver Should Fall on the State
    14 April 2021
    FTI Consulting
    Expert Witness Debating Series 2021
    Webcast
    Speaking Engagements
  • Litigating Health and Security Exceptions in Investment Treaties – A Simulation
    24-27 March 2021
    American Society of International Law
    ASIL's 2021 Annual Meeting Committee
    Webcast
    Speaker: Ina C. Popova
    Speaking Engagements
  • Hardship Situations Giving Recent Rise to International Commercial and Investment Arbitrations
    8 March 2021
    International Chamber of Commerce Institute of World Business Law / Queen Mary University of London
    36th Annual Joint Symposium of Arbitrators
    Webcast
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Renewed Role of States in Arbitration Proceedings
    14-15 January 2021
    European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration
    EFILA Annual Conference
    Webcast
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Commercial and Investment Arbitration Perspectives
    10 December 2020
    International Centre for Dispute Resolution
    Arbitrating Emergencies in Banking and Finance Disputes
    Webinar
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Future of Investment Arbitration in Asia
    11 November 2020
    Chartered Institute of Arbitrators East Asia Branch Young Members Group
    CIArb/YMG 2nd Annual Conference
    Webinar
    Speaker: Cameron Sim
    Speaking Engagements
  • Vodafone v. India Investment Treaty Arbitration: Issues and Implications for Foreign Investors & States
    4 November 2020
    Nishith Desai Associates, International Centre For Dispute Resolution & American Arbitration Association
    On-Line Webinar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Enforcement of Investment Treaty Awards
    30 October 2020
    FTI Consulting
    Investment Treaty Arbitration
    Webinar
    Speaking Engagements
  • International Law in Challenging Times
    23 October 2020
    ILA American Branch’s Investment Law Committee
    2020 International Law Weekend
    Webinar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investor-State Arbitration in the Asia Pacific
    29 July 2020
    Debevoise and Corrs
    Webinar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Regional Perspectives of Investor State Claims in light of Covid-19
    17 July 2020
    American Bar Association (ABA)
    ABA ILS Webinar Series: COVID-19: Its impact on International Law and You
    Webinar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Rebooting International Law for the Cyber Age: Avoiding and Responding to Cyberattacks
    Thursday, 9 July 2020, 3:30-4:30 pm CET, 9:30-10:30 am EST
  • Topics in Arbitration
    24 June 2020
    London Court of International Arbitration
    LCIA Biennial Tylney Hall Symposia
    Webinar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Efficiency in Arbitration
    22 June 2020
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Webinar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Human Rights Cases in Natural Resources
    11-14 June 2020
    Center for International Legal Studies
    CILS International Arbitration Symposium
    Salzburg, Austria
    Speaking Engagements
  • Expropriation and Denial of Justice
    1 May 2020
    British Institute of International and Comparative Law
    International Investment Law & Dispute Resolution
    Online course
    Speaking Engagements
  • Latin American Investment in Times of Change -- A Spotlight on Chile and Peru
    5 March 2020
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    New York, New York
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • Representing Private Sector Parties against States and State Entities
    24 February 2020
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    35th Annual SIA-ICC Joint Symposium of Arbitrators
    London, UK
    Speaker: Ina C. Popova
    Speaking Engagements
  • Keynote: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Investment – The Role of Complementary Mechanisms
    30 January 2020
    European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration
    5th EFILA Annual Conference
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Emergency and Interim Measures in Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration
    18-22 November 2019
    Young ITA, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, and Debevoise & Plimpton
    Australian Arbitration Week
    Brisbane, Australia
    Speaker: Cameron Sim
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Nuts and Bolts of Multilateral Treaty-Making
    9 November 2019
    American Society of International Law
    ASIL 2019 Research Forum Lunch Plenary
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Reforming Investor-State Dispute Resolution
    15 October 2019
    Commercial Dispute Resolution
    CDR Arbitration Symposium
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Fragmentation of International Law: Resolving the Conflict Between EU Law and International Investment Law
    11 October 2019
    International Law Association
    International Arbitration Workshop
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Using International Arbitration as an Investment Strategy
    9 October 2019
    Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
    EMPEA Africa Council Meeting
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Third-Party Funding/Funders
    26-27 September 2019
    Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chambers of Commerce (SCC)
    Colloquium on Actors in International Investment Law
    Paris, France
    Speaker: Ina C. Popova
    Speaking Engagements
  • An introduction to investment arbitration and Cross-examination in arbitration
    10 September 2019
    ILFA
    ILFA IFSP Training
    Debevoise & Plimpton, London
    Speaking Engagements
  • Developments in International Commercial Litigation and Investment Treaty Arbitration Case Funding
    4 June 2019
    IMN
    The 2nd Annual Financing, Structuring & Investing in Litigation Finance
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Reforming Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Walk the Talk?
    16 May 2019
    Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, The State Hermitage Museum, and the Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum Foundation
    St. Petersburg Legal Forum
    St Petersburg, Russia
    Speaking Engagements
  • Contributory Fault, Responsibility for Continuous and Composite Acts, Cumulative Effect of a Series of Acts
    10 May 2019
    British Institute of International and Comparative Law
    Thirty Second ITF Public Conference: State Responsibility in Investment Law
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Parallel Domestic Proceedings in Investor-State Arbitration
    Tuesday, 2 April 2019
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Debevoise, Paris
    Speaking Engagements
  • Designing the Investor-State Dispute Resolution from Scratch
    27-30 March 2019
    American Society of International Law
    ASIL's 2019 Annual Meeting
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaker: Ina C. Popova
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Specificities of Private-Public Arbitration as Compared to Private-Private Arbitration
    27 March 2019
    ITA Academic Council with the American Society for International Law
    16th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaking Engagements
  • Consistency, Coherence, Predictability and Correctness of Arbitral Decisions by ISDS Tribunals
    13-14 February 2019
    The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
    The 2nd Inter-Sessional Regional Meeting on Investor-State Dispute Statement Reform
    Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Treaties
    23 January 2019
    Moscow Seminar and Alumni Reception
    Investment Treaty Seminar
    Moscow, Russia
    Speaking Engagements
  • Protecting Climate Change Investment
    11 December 2018
    Queen Mary University of London
    QMUL Paris
    Paris, France
    Speaking Engagements
  • Protecting Climate Change Investment
    3 December 2018
    International Chamber of Commerce
    COP 24
    Warsaw, Poland
    Speaking Engagements
  • ICSID-SIA-BIICL Conference on Proposed Revision of the ICSID Rules
    13 November 2018
    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
    ICSID New Rules Seminar
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Future of USD’s in the Context of the Free Trade Agreements Overhaul: Will Investment Arbitration Also Be “Walled Off”
    6-9 November 2018
    American Bar Association
    ABA International Conference
    Mexico City, Mexico
    Speaking Engagements
  • Arbitrating with a Sovereign: Legal and Practical Implications
    5 November 2018
    NYU Law School
    NYU IAA Conference
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Transparency in Investment Arbitration: Latest Developments
    25 October 2018
    Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic
    8th Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference
    Prague, Czech Republic
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investor-State Arbitration: Crisis Confirmed
    23 October 2018
    Columbia Law School
    Columbia Law Investor-State Arbitration: Crisis Confirmed
    New York, new York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Foreign Investors' Responsibilities
    19 October 2018
    International Law Association
    ILA American Branch International Law Weekend
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Is Investment Arbitration Under Fire?
    19 October 2018
    International Law Association
    ILA American Branch International Law Weekend
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Arbitral Awards Annulled on the Grounds of Breach of Due Process
    10 October 2018
    IBA–International Arbitration Committee, Co-presented with Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Subcommittee
    IBA Annual Conference
    Rome, Italy
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Commercial Activity Exception in Domestic Law: A Comparative Approach
    4-5 October 2018
    International Arbitration Institute
    IAI Conference - Enforcing Arbitral Awards Against States
    Paris, France
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • Damage Calculations in International Arbitration
    11 September 2018
    Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Energy Charter Secretariat, ICSID, PCA
    2018 Energy Charter Treaty Conference
    Paris, France
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Changing Face of Investor-State Dispute Settlement
    4 July 2018
    Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
    Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Young Members
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Arbitration on the Move
    28 June 2018
    Jamaica International Arbitration Centre
    Reform of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System
    Kingston, Jamaica
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • Overview of Investor State Arbitration
    4 June 2018
    Columbia Law School/Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
    International Arbitration course
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Third-party Funding in International Commercial and Investment Treaty Arbitration
    30 May 2018
    Information Management Network
    Financing, Structuring and Investing in Litigation Finance
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • The GAR Live Inquisition: Hiring Counsel for Treaty Cases – Are Governments Getting the Process Right?
    17 May 2018
    Global Arbitration Review
    4th Annual GAR Live BITs
    Washington, DC
    Speaker: Ashika Singh
    Speaking Engagements
  • Relevant Issues in Investor State Arbitration
    3-4 May 2018
    The Center for American and International Law
    1st ITA-ALARB Joint Conference on International Arbitration
    Santiago, Chile
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investor-State Dispute Settlement as A Norm-Generating System
    31 March 2018
    Harvard International Law Journal
    Harvard ILJ 2018 Symposium: Frontiers of International Law
    Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Speaking Engagements
  • Launch of the Climate Obligations for Enterprises
    25 January 2018
    London School of Economics
    London School of Economics Seminar
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Protection and Environmental Law
    19 January 2018
    Cambridge University
    Cambridge University Lecture
    Cambridge, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Legal Challenges
    11 January 2018
    University of Basel Faculty of Law
    Arbitration and Crime – Dealing with Allegations of Economic Crime in Arbitration
    Basel, Switzerland
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Art of Advocacy - The Civil and Common Law Styles
    7 December 2017
    The Chartered Institute of Arbitration
    CIArb International Arbitration Conference
    Paris, France
    Speaking Engagements
  • The New Global Order and Arbitration
    7 December 2017
    The Chartered Institute of Arbitration
    CIArb International Arbitration Conference
    Paris, France
    Speaker: David W. Rivkin
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Dispute Settlement in the Americas – Hot Topics and Recent Developments
    24 October 2017
    American Bar Association
    2017 Fall Meeting of the ABA Section of International Law
    Miami, Flordia
    Speaking Engagements
  • Debate: What Stands under BIT’s Umbrella? On the Proper Interpretation of Umbrella Clauses in Bilateral Investment Treaties
    20 October 2017
    University of Warsaw FDI Moot Court Team
    7th Warsaw Investment Arbitration Debate
    Warsaw, Poland
    Speaking Engagements
  • International Investment Law Training Workshop: “Expropriation”
    8 October 2017
    Mr. Fali S. Nariman
    PCA India Conference, Delhi
    New Delhi, India
    Speaking Engagements
  • Enforcement of Decisions in Inter-State Arbitration: The Last Frontier
    7 October 2017
    Percy Billimoria
    PCA India Conference, Delhi
    New Delhi, India
    Speaking Engagements
  • International Investment Law & the Law of Armed Conflict
    5-6 October 2017
    Athens PIL of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Faculty of Law (Greece); the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS); the Research Centre on Procurement Law and International Investment (CREDIMI) of the University of Burgund
    Colloquium on International Investment Law & the Law of Armed Conflict
    Athens, Greece
    Speaking Engagements
  • Keynote Address
    22 September 2017
    Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum
    Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum
    Minsk, Belarus
    Speaking Engagements
  • Arbitrators: Appointments, Disclosure and Challenges
    16 September 2017
    London Court of International Arbitration
    LCIA European Users’ Council Symposium
    Basingstoke, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Intellectual Property Rights as an Investment Protected by IIAs: Recent Jurisprudence
    9 August 2017
    Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
    Seminar on Investor-State Dispute Settlement
    Seoul, Korea
    Speaking Engagements
  • Arbitration
    20 July 2017
    Arbitration and Drafting Arbitration Agreements
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Speaking Engagements
  • International Boundary Disputes and Energy Related Natural Resources
    15 June 2017
    Global Arbitration Review
    GAR Live Energy Disputes
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • ICC Arbitration & ADR Training Programme
    9 June 2017
    International Court of Arbitration
    ICC Training Program
    Krakow, Poland
    Speaking Engagements
  • Practical Exercises for Post-Award Proceedings
    9 June 2017
    International Chamber of Commerce
    ICC Training Programme
    Krakow, Poland
    Speaking Engagements
  • Oil Concessions and Territorial Definition
    5 June 2017
    Kings College London, Volterra Fietta
    The London International Boundary Conference
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Debate judge: "This House Believes that Investor-State Arbitration will Remain an Essential Component to the Success of Future Investment Treaties"
    23 May 2017
    Global Arbitration Review
    GAR Live BITs
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaker: David W. Rivkin
    Speaking Engagements
  • The GAR Live Debate
    23 May 2017
    Global Arbitration Review
    3rd Annual GAR Live BITs
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaker: Ina C. Popova
    Speaking Engagements
  • BITs in the Background
    26 April 2017
    Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, in cooperation with the International Bar Association
    14th International Mining and Oil & Gas Law, Development, and Investment Special Institute
    Quito, Ecuador
    Speaking Engagements
  • Arbitrating Environmental and Human Rights Disputes Under Investment Treaties
    31 March 2017
    Harvard University
    3rd Annual Harvard International Arbitration Conference
    Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Arbitration
    25 March 2017
    Moot Alumni Association
    The 12th Annual Generations in Arbitration Conference
    Hong Kong
    Speaking Engagements
  • Debate: Increasing Transparency In Commercial & Investment Arbitration -- A Welcome Reform?
    18 March 2017
    University of Cambridge
    4th Annual Cambridge Arbitration Day
    Cambridge, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Institutional Arbitration
    1-5 March 2017
    D.S. National Law University, India
    Arbitration Study Tour, London
    London, UK
    Speaker: Aimee-Jane Lee
    Speaking Engagements
  • Time and Costs in International Arbitration - “Whose Responsibility”
    1-5 March 2017
    Narmdeshwar Singh DS National Law University India
    Star Speaker: Centre for Advanced Research in Dispute Settlement (CARDS) – Arbitration Study Tour London
    London, UK
    Speaker: Patrick Taylor
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Disputes
    1 February 2017
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Seminar
    Tokyo, Japan
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Disputes
    31 January 2017
    Nishimura & Asahi and Debevoise & Plimpton
    Joint Seminar
    Tokyo, Japan
    Speaking Engagements
  • Key Developments in Arbitration
    26 January 2017
    New York State Bar Association
    2017 DRS Annual Meeting
    New York, New York
    Speaker: Jyotin Hamid
    Speaking Engagements
  • How the Relationship and Bidding Dynamics Between Public Bodies and Private Contractors give Rise to Disputes
    9 December 2016
    AAA/ICC/ICSID
    33rd AAA/ICC/ICSID Joint Colloquium on International Arbitration
    Paris, France
    Speaking Engagements
  • Keynote Address
    2 December 2016
    Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
    CIArb’s Dispute Appointment Service Convention 2016
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Panel: Innovations in International Trade and Investment Agreements
    29 October 2016
    American Branch of the International Law Association & the International Law Students Association
    International Law Weekend 2016
    New York, New York
    Speaker: Ina C. Popova
    Speaking Engagements
  • State's Right to Regulate under International Investment Law
    21 October 2016
    Radwan-Röhrenschef Sp. k.
    Warsaw Investment Arbitration Day
    Warsaw, Poland
    Speaker: Patrick Taylor
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Ballad of East and West: Will Local Approaches to Litigation Affect TPP Investment Cases?
    21 October 2016
    ABA Section of International Law, International Litigation Committee
    ABA Section of International Law Fall Conference
    Tokyo, Japan
    Speaking Engagements
  • Parallel Proceedings in Construction Claims: Overlap between Commercial and Investment Arbitration
    22 September 2016
    International Bar Association
    2016 IBA Annual Conference
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaker: Tony Dymond
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Role of Good Faith in MENA Region Arbitration
    20 September 2016
    Civil Law Focus Group
    Arab Arbitration Forum; Civil Law Focus Group (CFL) Session
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaking Engagements
  • Are Arbitrators Under Attack?
    19 September 2016
    International Bar Association
    International Bar Association Conference
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Arbitration
    12 September 2016
    Hanoi Law University
    Seminar on International Arbitration
    Hanoi, Vietnam
    Speaking Engagements
  • Appellate and Standing Bodies
    8 September 2016
    Centre for Commercial Law Studies
    Inaugural SIA/QMUL and ICSID Joint Arbitration Symposium: “Current Trends in Investor-State Arbitration: Annulment and Appeals, Challenge to Arbitrators and Transparency”
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investor-State Arbitration
    5 September 2016
    Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
    CIArb Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration
    Oxford, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Complications of Pluralism - the Role of Public Law Notions of Proportionality in Investment Arbitration and in Contemporary Treaty Practice
    30 June 2016
    British Institute of International and Comparative Law
    Dialogues between International and Public Law
    London, UK
    Speaker: Aimee-Jane Lee
    Speaking Engagements
  • Emergency Measures as a Response to New Forms of Government Interference - Interim Measures as a Strategy for Dealing with Interference Relating to Corruption Allegations and Threats to Break Contracts
    14 June 2016
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Energy & Natural Resources Roundtable – The New Frontier of Risk
    Debevoise & Plimpton, London
    Speaking Engagements
  • Emergency Measures as a Response to New Forms of Government Interference - Interim Measures in Taxation-Related Disputes with States
    14 June 2016
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Energy & Natural Resources Roundtable – The New Frontier of Risk
    Debevoise & Plimpton, London
    Speaker: Patrick Taylor
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Protection in Europe – Brexit and its Implications for the Protection of Investments in Europe for UK Plc
    14 June 2016
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Energy & Natural Resources Roundtable – The New Frontier of Risk
    Debevoise & Plimpton, London
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Protection in Europe – Quo Vadis TTIP?
    14 June 2016
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Energy & Natural Resources Roundtable – The New Frontier of Risk
    Debevoise & Plimpton, London
    Speaking Engagements
  • Dealing with Evidence in International Arbitration: the Application of the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration
    3 June 2016
    International Bar Association Asia Pacific Arbitration Group
    APAG Training Day - Best Practices in International Arbitration
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Speaking Engagements
  • Panel Forging the Path in Asia: Unveiling the New SIAC Rules on Investment Arbitration
    27 May 2016
    Singapore International Arbitration Centre
    SIAC Congress 2016
    Singapore
    Speaking Engagements
  • Companies’ and In-House Counsel’s Perspectives on the Future of Arbitration – How Should it Be
    26 May 2016
    The Finland Arbitration Institute
    Helsinki International Arbitration Day
    Helsinki, Finland
    Speaking Engagements
  • Will Russia Become A More Comfortable Jurisdiction for Arbitration?
    20 May 2016
    SPBILF Ltd.
    St. Petersburg International Legal Forum
    St. Petersburg, Russia
    Speaking Engagements
  • The GAR Live Debate
    18 May 2016
    Global Arbitration Review
    6th Annual GAR Live London
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Recent Developments in the Determination of Damages in International Investment Arbitration
    12 May 2016
    Juris Conferences
    Tenth Annual Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference
    Washington, DC
    Speaking Engagements
  • International Arbitration and its Conformity with the Rule of Law
    10 May 2016
    International Council for Commercial Arbitration
    ICCA 2016 Congress Mauritius (International Arbitration and the Rule of Law: Contribution and Conformity)
    Mauritius
    Speaking Engagements
  • Settlement Opportunities In Arbitration
    6 May 2016
    CPR: International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
    CPR Brazil Business Mediation Congress
    Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
    Speaking Engagements
  • Behind the Scenes at the ICC Court: Demystifying the Decisions, Procedures and Practices
    May 3 2016
    ICC International Court of Arbitration
    ICC West Coast Conference on International Arbitration
    San Francisco, California
    Speaking Engagements
  • Conflict of Interest in Arbitration
    26 April 2016
    McNair Chambers
    International Disputes Seminar
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Financial Aspects in Investment Arbitration
    22-23 April 2016
    Bucerius Law Journal
    Bucerius Law Journal Conference on Investment Law & Arbitration
    Hamburg, Germany
    Speaking Engagements
  • W(h)ither ICSID jurisdiction
    18 April 2016
    Quadrant Chambers
    Quadrant Chambers Seminar
    London, UK
    Speaker: Aimee-Jane Lee
    Speaking Engagements
  • Year in Review
    18 April 2016
    Global Arbitration Review
    2nd Annual Global Arbitration Review Live Bilateral Investment Treaty Conference
    Washington D.C.
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • Reviewing, Analyzing and Using the Deposition Transcript
    13 April 2016
    Practising Law Institute
    Fundamentals of Taking and Defending Depositions 2016
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Effective Presentation of Evidence – Including Witness Statements and Cross Examination
    21 March 2016
    Juris Conferences LLC
    Juris Conferences’ Twelfth Annual Leading Arbitrators’ Symposium
    Vienna, Austria
    Speaking Engagements
  • What are the Challenges and Particularities of Arbitrations Involving States and State-Owned Entities?
    17 March 2016
    Global Arbitration Review
    4th Annual GAR Live Brazil
    São Paulo, Brazil
    Speaking Engagements
  • Witness Statements: Are In-Person Examinations Necessary?
    26 February 2016
    International Court of Arbitration of the ICC & the Chair for Private Law, International Corporate & Financial Markets Law, EU Business Law at University of Mannheim
    Effective Fact Finding vs. Information Overload: Too Much Paper in Arbitration?
    Mannheim, Germany
    Speaking Engagements
  • Establishing Your Authority over the Parties and the Framework for the Arbitration
    22 February 2016
    The ICC Institute of World Business Law
    ICC Institute Masterclass for Arbitrators
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Rising Global Debate Regarding Ethics in International Arbitration
    17 February 2016
    The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR)
    CPR’s 2016 Annual Meeting
    New Orleans, Louisiana
    Speaking Engagements
  • Arbitration in Africa: Recent and Future Developments
    4 February 2016
    Debevoise & Plimpton, International Council for Commercial Arbitration, New York International Arbitration Center
    Arbitration in Africa: Recent and Future Developments
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Commercial arbitration involving states: public interests and private justice?
    22 January 2016
    ASA
    ASA Annual Conference 2016
    Zurich 22
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Debate: This House Sees No Legitimacy Deficit in Arbitrations Involving States
    22 January 2016
    Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage
    ASA Annual Conference 2016
    Zurich, Switzerland
    Speaking Engagements
  • Emergency Arbitrators in Energy Disputes
    15 January 2016
    The Institute for Transnational Arbitration, the Institute for Energy Law, and the ICC International Court of Arbitration
    ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration
    Houston, Texas
    Speaking Engagements
  • Keynote Address
    12 December 2015
    Casablanca Arbitration Days
    Making International Arbitration Work for Africa
    Casablanca, Morocco
    Speaker: David W. Rivkin
    Speaking Engagements
  • Opportunities and Challenges Presented by Australia’s New Free Trade Agreements’
    24 November 2015
    The Law Council of Australia & Business Law Section
    3rd International Arbitration Conference
    Sydney, Australia
    Speaking Engagements
  • The GAR Live Debate: “This House Believes Aggressive Enforcement of Investment Arbitration Awards Will Decrease Support for That Type of Arbitration”
    20 November 2015
    Global Arbitration Review
    3rd Annual GAR Live Paris
    Paris, France
    Speaking Engagements
  • Transparency in International Arbitration - the future
    4 November 2015
    Fordham Law School
    10th Annual Fordham Law School Conference on International Arbitration
    New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Recent Development of Arbitration Practice: Ethics & Corruption in International Arbitration
    3 November 2015
    UNCITRAL, Ministry of Justice, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, International Court of Arbitration
    4th Asia Pacific ADR Conference
    Seoul, Korea
    Speaking Engagements
  • Enforcement of Awards – Have Contracting States Been True to the Letter and Spirit of Article V?
    21 October 2015
    Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and UNCITRAL
    The New York Convention: Back for the Future
    New York, New York
    Speaker: Ina C. Popova
    Speaking Engagements
  • Mediation Past, Present and Future in the Oil & Gas Sector
    7 October 2015
    International Bar Association
    IBA Annual Conference
    Vienna, Austria
    Speaker: Patrick Taylor
    Speaking Engagements
  • Towards More Effective Fact-finding in Arbitration and Litigation
    7 October 2015
    International Bar Association
    IBA Annual Conference
    Vienna, Austria
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Arbitration
    5 October 2015
    International Bar Association
    IBA Annual Conference
    Vienna, Austria
    Speaking Engagements
  • Country Risk Premiums
    2 October 2015
    Juris Conferences LLC
    Fourth Annual Damages in International Arbitration
    Grand Hotel Wien, Vienna, Austria
    Speaking Engagements
  • Damages - Why Do Arbitrators Always get it Wrong?
    24 September 2015
    Global Arbitration Review
    4th Annual GAR Live New York
    New York, NY
    Speaking Engagements
  • The New London Principles
    23 September 2015
    Australian Disputes Centre
    The Development and Adoption of an 'Australian Commercial Law'
    Sydney, Australia
    Speaking Engagements
  • Transparency: Incumbent on Institutions as Well?
    21 September 2015
    ICC International Court of Arbitration / International Centre for ADR
    Tenth Annual ICC New York Conference
    New York, NY
    Speaking Engagements
  • International Arbitration in and for the Caribbean
    11 September 2015
    Debevoise Events
  • Role of the State in Protecting the System of Arbitration
    3 July 2015
    Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
    CIArb London Centenary Conference
    Guildhall, London
    Speaker: David W. Rivkin
    Speaking Engagements
  • Strategic Objectives Behind Preliminary Measures in Arbitral Proceedings
    24 June 2015
    International Chamber of Commerce
    ICC UK Arbitration Seminar: Emergency and Preliminary Measures
    London
    Speaking Engagements
  • Is International Arbitration Really Open to New Faces?
    17 June 2015
    The Institute for Transnational Arbitration
    The 27th Annual ITA Workshop: Subconscious Influences in International Arbitration
    Westin Galleria, Dallas, Texas
    Speaking Engagements
  • Where in The World is Your Evidence? The Challenges of Gathering Electronic Information Worldwide for Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations
    12 June 2015
    American Bar Association
    ABA Magna Carta Program
    Grosvenor House, London
    Speaking Engagements
  • Arbitration 2015: The best of times or the worst of times? A debate
    4 June 2015
    International Bar Association
    5th IBA-IEL-SEERIL International Oil & Gas Law Conference
    Waldorf Hotel, London, England
    Speaking Engagements
  • Why Arbitrate?
    21 May 2015
    Oyster Global Marketing
    Breaking New Ground - BVI and International Arbitration
    British Virgin Islands
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • A Brave New World - Can the new Arbitration Centre knock New York, London and Paris off their Perch?
    20 May 2015
    Oyster Global Marketing
    Breaking New Ground - BVI and International Arbitration
    British Virgin Islands
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Public Debate Over the Future of Investor State Dispute Settlement
    15 May 2015
    New York International Arbitration Club
    Monthly Lunch Meeting
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Carnival & Conflicts! An Introduction to Dispute Resolution in Latin America
    14 May 2015
    HKIAC
    Carnival & Conflicts! An Introduction to Dispute Resolution in Latin America
    Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Central, Hong Kong
    Speaking Engagements
  • An Alleged Democracy Deficit: What is the Future for Investment Treaty Arbitration
    30 April 2015
    ABA
    American Bar Association Spring Meeting
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • Fair and Equitable Treatment - What is its role, how has the standard evolved and has it gone too far? And where next?
    27 April 2015
    Global Arbitration Review
    GAR Live BITs
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaking Engagements
  • Opening remarks
    27 April 2015
    Global Arbitration Review
    GAR Live BITs

    Washington, D.C.
    Speaking Engagements
  • Session four: Accommodating human rights and environmental obligations
    27 April 2015
    Global Arbitration Review
    GAR Live BITs
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaking Engagements
  • Current Issues in Valuation & Quantum in Investor-State Arbitration "Determining the Appropriate Approach to Quantum - Market Approach"
    22 April 2015
    BIICL
    BIICL - Investment Treaty Forum Special Conference
    Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London
    Speaker: Aimee-Jane Lee
    Speaking Engagements
  • How to conduct a powerful cross-examination, prepare a succinct witness statement and effectively structure the discovery stage
    22 April 2015
    New York University School of Law
    Conference on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Treaty Arbitration
    20 March 2015
    IBA
    4th Asia Pacific Regional Forum Conference: Borderless Asia
    Singapore
    Speaker: David W. Rivkin
    Speaking Engagements
  • Mass Claims and Multiparty Claims in Treaty Arbitration
    16 March 2015
    Columbia Law School
    The King's-Columbia Praelium 2015
    Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, Strand, King's College London
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Scope and Effect of Umbrella Clauses in Investment Treaties
    6 March 2015
    Columbia International Arbitration Association

    Columbia Arbitration Day 2015


    New York

    Speaking Engagements
  • The Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration
    5 March 2015
    NYIAC/NYCLA/C
    NYIAC/NYCLA/Columbia International Arbitration Association and International Arbitration Association

    New York

    Speaking Engagements
  • The Role of Domestic Property Rights in Investment Treaty Arbitration - A Misleading Rubric?
    25-26 February 2015
    Juris Conferences LLC
    Ninth Annual Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference
    Washington Plaza Hotel, Washington, D. C.
    Speaking Engagements
  • "Procedural Efficiencies in International Arbitration"
    25 February 2015
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Debevoise Events