Recent Events

• Construction Arbitration: Ideas for Radical Change and Improvement
  30 January 2024
  Global Arbitration Review
  GAR Live: Abu Dhabi 2024
  Abu Dhabi
  Speaker: Tony Dymond
  Speaking Engagements
• Universal Criminal Jurisdiction: A Key Tool in the Fight Against Impunity for Atrocity Crimes in Ukraine and Beyond
  25 October 2023
  The Centre for International Law and Policy in Africa, the International Bar Association and Debevoise & Plimpton
  New York, New York
  Speaker: Lord Goldsmith KC
  Speaking Engagements
• Emerging Dispute Trends: Telecoms, Tech and Pharma
  25 August 2023
  African Arbitration Association
  10th East Africa International Conference
  Zanzibar
  Speaker: Patrick Taylor
  Speaking Engagements
• Recent Trends in Global PE/VC Investing
  1 June 2023
  Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, Nigeria
  Breakfast Forum
  Lagos, Nigeria
  Speaker: Patrick Taylor, Philipp von Holst
  Speaking Engagements
• The Role of Ethics and Competence in Promoting Access to Justice in International Arbitration
  1 June 2023
  ICC International Court of Arbitration
  The 7th ICC Africa Conference on International Arbitration
  Lagos, Nigeria
  Speaker: Patrick Taylor
  Speaking Engagements
• Good Faith and Abuse of Rights in Public International Law
  11 May 2023
  Arbitra/ADGM
  Colloquium on Good Faith and Contract Interpretation in MENA and Beyond
  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  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
• Pre-Arbitration Steps: Challenges and Pitfalls
  14 March 2023
  International Chamber of Commerce
  ICC YAAF Qatar
  Doha, Qatar
  Speaking Engagements
• The Rise in the Use of NEC Forms of Contract in Public Procurement Projects and Implications for the Construction Industry Throughout the World
  8 March 2023
  Inter-Pacific Bar Association
  31st Annual Meeting and Conference of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association - One World: Law & the Environment Beyond Covid
  Dubai
  Speaker: Tony Dymond
  Speaking Engagements
• ESG Arbitration – The Future
  27 February 2023
  Gornitzky
  Tel Aviv Arbitration
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  Speaker: Samantha J. Rowe
  Speaking Engagements
• Addressing Complex Arbitrations
  25 January 2023
  Global Arbitration Review
  GAR Live: Abu Dhabi
  Abu Dhabi
  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
• Arbitrating in the MENA Region: Dos and Don’ts
  14 November 2022
  Dubai Arbitration Week
  Rising Arbitrators Initiative
  Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  Speaking Engagements
• Foreign Investment in North Africa: Political and Legal Trends
  9 November 2022
  Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  Virtual Roundtable
  Webcast
  Speaker: Ina C. Popova, Patrick Taylor, Laith Najjar
  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
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Patrick Taylor
  Speaking Engagements
• The Istanbul Fireside Chat
  23 June 2022
  GAR Events
  GAR Live: Istanbul 2022
  Istanbul, Turkey
  Speaker: Ina C. Popova
  Speaking Engagements
• Optimising Exit Opportunities and Options for VCs and PE Firms
  22 June 2022
  Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  Lagos, Nigeria
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Patrick Taylor
  Speaking Engagements
• Investment Arbitration in the Middle East
  18 May 2022
  Al-Yaqout & Al-Fouzan Legal Group
  Alternative Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Forum
  Kuwait City, Kuwait
  Speaking Engagements
• Walking the Thin Line: Jurisdiction and Admissibility
  17 May 2022
  ICC International Court of Arbitration
  10th ICC MENA Conference
  Dubai
  Speaking Engagements
• 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
  Speaker: Lord Goldsmith KC
  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 Ethical Conundrum in International Arbitration
  25 February 2022
  The Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa
  The Cutting Edge Webinar 1
  Webcast
  Speaker: Patrick Taylor, Conway Blake, Shreya Aren
  Speaking Engagements
• Discussion on Energy and the Middle East
  3 February 2022
  Institute for Energy Law
  IEL International Practice Committee Virtual Book Club
  Webcast
  Speaking Engagements
• Recent Arbitration-Related Developments in the Middle East
  1 February 2022
  American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) / ICC International Court of Arbitration
  Webinar
  Speaking Engagements
• Damages in International Arbitration App Launch for the Middle East and Asia
  17 November 2021
  ICCA-ASIL Task Force on Damages
  ICCA’s 60th Anniversary
  Webcast
  Speaker: Catherine Amirfar, Justin R. Rassi
  Speaking Engagements
• The Latest on Mauritius and Other Regulatory Conditions Affecting Fundraising: Mauritius Update and Path Forward & Fund Domicile Alternative and EU Regulatory Considerations
  12 October 2021
  Global Private Capital Association
  GPCA Africa Council Meeting
  Webcast
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Sustaining the Value of International Arbitration Through the Tool of Ethics: A Word from the Stakeholders
  4 June 2021
  International Chamber of Commerce: Nigeria
  Arbitration in Africa: Expanding the Scope Conference
  Webcast
  Speaker: Patrick Taylor
  Speaking Engagements
• Private Equity and Healthcare in Africa
  21 April 2021
  African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  AVCA 2021 Annual Conference
  Webcast
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Preliminary Considerations and Transaction Structuring
  26 February 2021
  Nigeria Bar Association: Section on Business Law
  M&A Masterclass Series
  Webcast
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• CAMA 2020 and the Private Equity Industry
  17 September 2020
  Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Nigeria and ǼLEX
  Webinar
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Hot Topics in Chapter 15
  4 May 2020
  INSOL International
  Tel Aviv One Day Seminar
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  Speaker: M. Natasha Labovitz
  Speaking Engagements
• Uniting Against the Impacts of COVID-19: Legal Considerations
  15 April 2020
  African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  Uniting Against the Impacts of COVID-19 Webinar Series
  Webinar
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Using Dispute Resolution Strategies to Protect and Enhance Investment Value in Nigeria
  5 December 2019
  AELEX
  AELEX & Debevoise Joint Seminar
  Lagos, Nigeria
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Patrick Taylor, Conway Blake
  Speaking Engagements
• Political Dynamics in Play in the Country and the Humanitarian Situation on the Ground
  10 October 2019
  Council on Foreign Relations
  Council on Foreign Relations: An Inside Look at Yemen
  New York, New York
  Speaker: Catherine Amirfar
  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
• New Horizons for Data Protection and Cybersecurity in Africa: The Role of Lawyers in Developing and Implementing New Legislative Frameworks
  26 September 2019
  International Bar Association
  International Bar Association Annual Conference 2019
  Seoul, Korea
  Speaker: Luke Dembosky
  Speaking Engagements
• Financial Sanctions and Counter-Terrorism
  28 August 2019
  International Dispute Resolution Institute & Arbitration & ADR In Africa
  Criminal Justice and ADR
  London, UK
  Speaker: Tom Cornell
  Speaking Engagements
• Reparation and Victims
  28 August 2019
  International Dispute Resolution Institute & Arbitration & ADR In Africa
  Criminal Justice and ADR
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• A Good Company Always Attracts a Buyer: Examining Pathways to Liquidity via Trade Sales, Secondaries and IPOs
  3 April 2019
  African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  16th Annual AVCA Conference
  Nairobi, Kenya
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Keynote Address
  25 February 2019
  Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution
  Tel Aviv Arbitration Day
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  Speaker: Lord Goldsmith KC
  Speaking Engagements
• Arbitral Institutions and the New York Convention
  29-30 November 2018
  Casablanca Finance City Authority and the Casablanca International Mediation & Arbitration Centre
  Casablanca Arbitration Days 2018
  Casablanca, Morocco
  Speaker: Ina C. Popova
  Speaking Engagements
• The New Arbitration Landscape in the UAE – Harmony or Challenges and Confusion
  11-15 November 2018
  The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  Dubai Arbitration Week
  Dubai, UAE
  Speaker: Tony Dymond
  Speaking Engagements
• US and EU Sanctions on Russia and Iran: Recent Developments and Expectations for the Future
  13 November 2018
  Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, Cyprus Chapter
  ACAMS Seminar - Tackling International Sanctions: An Expert View
  Nicosia, Cyprus
  Speaker: Alan Kartashkin, Carl Micarelli
  Speaking Engagements
• PE Funds 101
  20 September 2018
  International Lawyers for Africa
  ILFA 2018 – Advanced Training
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey Kittredge, Matthew Dickman
  Speaking Engagements
• Structuring PE Deals in Africa
  20 September 2018
  International Lawyers for Africa
  ILFA 2018 – Advanced Training
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Sub-Saharan Africa - Looking at the Positive Side: Can We See Results on Diversification to Counter-balance the Upheavals of the Oil Crisis?
  20 June 2018
  Iberian Lawyer
  2018 Agenda Africa Breakfast Forum
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Private Equity Exits
  12 June 2018
  Private Equity Africa
  PEA LP-GP Investor Summit
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• U.S. Sanctions Against Russia and Iran: Latest Developments
  31 May 2018
  Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  Debevoise Seminar
  Debevoise & Plimpton, Moscow
  Speaker: Alan Kartashkin, Satish M. Kini, Carl Micarelli
  Speaking Engagements
• Core Transaction Agreements – Shareholder Agreements
  25 April 2018
  African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  AVCA Legal Agreements Training
  Marrakech, Morocco
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Management and Governance
  15 November 2017
  Strathmore University
  Negotiating Impact Investments
  Nairobi, Kenya
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Philipp von Holst
  Speaking Engagements
• Capital Structures
  14 November 2017
  Strathmore University
  Negotiating Impact Investments
  Nairobi, Kenya
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Philipp von Holst
  Speaking Engagements
• Term Sheet Negotiations
  14 November 2017
  Strathmore University
  Negotiating Impact Investments
  Nairobi, Kenya
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, Philipp von Holst
  Speaking Engagements
• The UN Dynamic and Political Constraints
  17 July 2017
  British Institute for International and Comparative Law and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  International Criminal Justice Achievements and Challenges in Syria and Beyond
  London, UK
  Speaker: Catherine Amirfar
  Speaking Engagements
• Arbitration and the Rebuilding of Infrastructure in African Conflict Areas
  16 May 2017
  International Chamber of Commerce
  ICC Africa Regional Arbitration Conference
  Lagos, Nigeria
  Speaker: Samantha J. Rowe
  Speaking Engagements
• International Arbitration and Its Conformity with the Rule of Law
  10 May 2017
  International Council for Commercial Arbitration
  Conference Plenary Session
  Pailles, Mauritius
  Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
  Speaking Engagements
• A Finger on the Pulse – Investments in Healthcare
  5 April 2017
  African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  AVCA Conference
  Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Best Practices on Corporate Governance: The Legal Perspective
  30 March 2017
  BNY Mellon
  2017 DRIC EEMEA Conference (Depositary Receipt Issuers’ Conference, Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa)
  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  Speaking Engagements
• Doing Business in Iran -- Sanctions, Politics, Risks and a Road Forward
  2 February 2017
  Debevoise & Plimpton
  Debevoise & Plimpton, Paris
  Speaker: Pierre Clermontel, Satish M. Kini, Antoine F. Kirry, Carl Micarelli, Konstantin Bureiko
  Speaking Engagements
• Doing Business in Iran -- Sanctions, Politics, Risks and a Road Forward
  31 January 2017
  Debevoise & Plimpton
  Debevoise & Plimpton, London
  Speaker: Satish M. Kini, Carl Micarelli, Konstantin Bureiko
  Speaking Engagements
• The IBA Judicial Integrity Initiative
  21 December 2016
  International Bar Association
  Signing of IBA Judicial Anticorruption Compact
  Accra, Ghana
  Speaker: David W. Rivkin
  Speaking Engagements
• Address
  14 December 2016
  Israel Bar
  Israel Bar Grand Ceremony
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  Speaker: David W. Rivkin
  Speaking Engagements
• Implementation Debate: What Stage of the Investment Lifecycle has the Most Opportunity for Creating Sustainable Value?
  25 October 2016
  FT Live/Emerging Market Private Equity Association
  Sustainable Investing in Emerging Markets 2016, co-hosted by EMPEA and FT Live
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Equity Investments Core Documentation
  24 October 2016
  African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  AVCA Legal Agreements in Private Equity Training Programme
  London, UK
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• EU: Solvency II and Implications for Private Investment Funds
  17 October 2016
  Bowman Gilfillan
  SAM Roundtables
  Johannesburg, South Africa
  Speaker: Sally Gibson, James C. Scoville
  Speaking Engagements
• Voices of the Next Generation: Bringing Change to the Middle East
  23 September 2016
  International Bar Association
  IBA Conference 2016
  Washington, D.C.
  Speaker: David W. Rivkin
  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.
  Speaker: Lord Goldsmith KC
  Speaking Engagements
• Infrastructure-Private Sector Investment in the African Power Sector
  29 June – 1 July 2016
  International Bar Association
  2nd Annual Investing in Africa Conference
  London, UK
  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
  Speaker: Lord Goldsmith KC
  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
  
  Speaker: Donald Francis Donovan, Ina C. Popova
  Speaking Engagements
• The Perception of Justice and its Distribution from the Anglo-American Perspective
  16 December 2015
  Institut d’Etudes sur le Droit et la Justice dans les Sociétés Arabes (Institute for the Study of Law and Justice in Arab Societies)
  Delivering Justice in Arab Societies
  Paris, France
  Speaker: Frederick T. Davis
  Speaking Engagements
• Keynote Address
  12 December 2015
  Casablanca Arbitration Days
  Making International Arbitration Work for Africa
  Casablanca, Morocco
  Speaker: David W. Rivkin
  Speaking Engagements
• African Insurance M&A: Global Insurers’ Next Frontier
  19 November 2015
  Debevoise & Plimpton
  African Insurance M&A Roundtable Discussion
  Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, New York
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, David Grosgold, Andrew M. Levine
  Speaking Engagements
• African Insurance M&A: Global Insurers’ Next Frontier
  17 November 2015
  Debevoise & Plimpton
  African Insurance M&A Roundtable Discussion
  Debevoise & Plimpton, London, United Kingdom
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess, David Grosgold
  Speaking Engagements
• Private Equity in Africa
  9 November 2015
  Columbia Business School
  Columbia Business School Lectures
  New York, New York
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Key Financing Options for Borrowers in Frontier and Emerging Markets and the Latest Market Trends
  23 September 2015
  Debevoise & Plimpton and OMNI Law Firm
  Accessing the International Financial Markets: Key Issues and Trends
  Baku, Azerbaijan
  Speaking Engagements
• Infrastructure - Private sector investment in the Africa power sector (Moderator)
  25 June 2015
  International Bar Association North American Regional Forum
  Investing in Africa: Opportunities for Businesses and the Lawyers Who Counsel Them
  New York, NY
  Speaking Engagements
• In Defence of Democracy & Human Rights Situation in Iran with Special Focus on the Residents of Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty
  13 June 2015
  National Council of Resistance of Iran
  National Council of Resistance of Iran Annual Conference
  Paris, France
  Speaker: Lord Goldsmith KC
  Speaking Engagements
• Leveraging Institutional Capital to Power Africa
  9-10 June 2015
  Africa Institutional Funds & Managers Series
  2nd Africa Alternative Investment Intensive
  Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY
  Speaking Engagements
• Welcome Address
  9 June 2015
  Africa Institutional Funds & Managers Series
  2nd Africa Alternative Investment Intensive
  Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY
  Speaker: John M. Vasily
  Speaking Engagements
• Welcome Address: Maintaining limits on government power in modern states
  16 May 2015
  Bowman Gilfillan and Hogan Lovells
  Celebrating Magna Carta and the Rule of Law
  The University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
  Speaker: David W. Rivkin
  Speaking Engagements
• Equity Investments: Core Documentation
  30 April 2015
  AVCA
  AVCA Legal Agreements Training
  London
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements
• Legal Issues and Documentation in FMPE
  6 March 2015
  Stanford Business School
  Frontier Markets Private Equity
  
  Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
  
  Speaker: Geoffrey P. Burgess
  Speaking Engagements