8th Investment Treaty Forum Public Conference: Remedies in International Investment Law

Friday 11 May 2007 08:45 to 16:00

Location

The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, South Square, Gray's Inn, London WC1R 5ET
 

Participants

Chairs:
  • The Hon Charles Brower, Judge, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and Member, 20 Essex Street Chambers, London
  • Professor Maurice Mendelson QC, Blackstone Chambers, London
  • Dr Federico Ortino, Director of the Investment Treaty Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Christopher Thomas, J C Thomas & Partners, Vancouver

Speakers:

  • Nigel Blackaby, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris
  • Professor John Gotanda, Villanova University School of Law
  • Prof Dr Kaj Hobér, Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå AB, Stockholm
  • Dr Lahra Liberti, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Dr Irmgard Marboe, University of Vienna
  • Simon de Quidt, Deloitte, London
  • Dr Sergey Ripinsky, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Robert Volterra, Latham & Watkins LLP, London
  • Wieger Wielinga, Omni Bridgeway, Amsterdam

Commentators:

  • James Mendenhall, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington DC
  • Simon Nesbitt, Lovells, London
  • Audley Sheppard, Clifford Chance LLP, London
  • Abby Cohen Smutny, White & Case LLP, Washington DC

Topics Include:

  • Remedies in international law
  • Interim measures
  • Compensation in international investment law and arbitration
  • Lucrum cessans v damnum emergens: is it relevant?
  • Assessing damages in commercial arbitration
  • Methods of valuation: which method for which case?
  • Alternatives to compensation: examining the arbitral jurisprudence
  • Enforcement and recovery
  • The relevance of non-investment treaty obligations in assessing compensation

6 CPD Hours may be claimed through attendance at this event by both solicitors and barristers.

Conference Programme:

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This conference is being held under the auspices of the Institute's Investment Treaty Forum

4.5 CPD hours may be claimed by both solicitors and barristers through attendance at this event.

Should you have any queries please contact Dr Federico Ortino.


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