2024 Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions

23-24 May 2024

Warsaw English

Arbitration Banking & Finance

Day 1 : Start: 09.00 (Warsaw) - End: 19:30 (Warsaw) || Day 2: Start: 09.00 (Warsaw) - End: 12:55 (Warsaw)

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332,10 EUR

YAAF member registration fee

184,50 EUR

Gala Dinner

184,50 EUR

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7th edition of the Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions Conference in Warsaw, Poland.

Join us for the 7th edition of the Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions Conference in Warsaw!
This two-day conference will include panels discussing a wide range of topics in M&A and dispute resolution. Come learn from our expert panellists and register today!

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09:00 - 10:00	Registration & Morning coffee
10:00-10:10	Opening & Welcome Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, Conference Chair; Senior Partner, GESSEL, Warsaw Cezary Wiśniewski, President, IICC Poland; Partner, Linklaters, Warsaw
10:00 - 10:20	ICC Court Welcome Address Alexander G. Fessas, Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Director, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
10:20 - 11:30	Session I: Hot topics in M&A arbitration ▪ Impact of impecunious party on arbitration agreement ▪ Post M&A ESG disputes - sources; is the arbitration a fitting forum? ▪ Interim relief around M&A: emergency arbitrators limiting state courts? ▪ W&I Insurance: procedural challenges in arbitration dealing with:‘insurance towers’ Moderator: Alicja Zielińska-Eisen, ICC YAAF representative for Europe; Of Counsel, Queritius, Warsaw/Berlin Panellists: Christian Borris, Partner, Borris Hennecke Kneisel, Köln Joanna Kisielińska-Garncarek, Partner, GESSEL, Warsaw Joanna Kolber, Partner, Strelia, Brussels
11:30 - 11:50	Howden M&A Case study Edward Copeman, Associate Director, Howden, London Drew Naylor, Associate Director, Howden, London
11:50 - 13:00	Session II: Dialogue between counsel on legal nature of M&A award ▪ Price adjustment made by the tribunal ▪ Is the award declaratory or constitutive and what are its practical effects? ▪ Interests computation Moderator: Mary Mitsi, Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London, London Dialogue: Krzysztof Riedl, Partner, Łaszczuk & Partners, Warsaw Krzysztof Sajchta, Partner, Rymarz Zdort Maruta, Warsaw Comments: Monique Sasson, Partner, DELISASSON, Milan Eduardo Vázquez de Prada, Partner, J. Almoguera Abogados, Madrid
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:20	Dentons M&A Case study Michał Jochemczak, Partner, Dentons, Warsaw
14:20 - 15:00	Keynote speech: The paradigm of arbitration –yesterday, today and tomorrow – Yves Derains inconversation with Beata Gessel Yves Derains, Founding Partner, Derains & Gharavi, Paris Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, Conference Chair; Senior Partner, GESSEL, Warsaw
15:00 - 16:10	Session III: Voice of reason or hired gun? The independence and impartiality of party-appointedexperts in M&A disputes ▪ The difference between party-appointed and tribunal-appointed experts ▪ The role of geography ▪ The role of soft laws ▪ Expectations of the parties and the tribunal Moderator: Mark Kantor, Arbitrator & Mediator, Washington D.C. Panellists: Alexander Demuth, Managing Director, Secretariat, Munich Renato Nazzini, Director of the Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, King's Collage London, London Luminita Popa, Managing Partner, Suciu Popa, Bucharest Folashade Alli SAN, Principal Partner, Folashade Alli and Associates, Lagos
16:10	Treats & Meads
19:30	Gala Dinner

09:00 - 10:00	Morning Coffee
10:00 - 10:05	Opening & Welcome Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, Conference Chair; Senior Partner, GESSEL, Warsaw
10:05- 10:35	Special Guest's address: The Permanent Court of Arbitration: 125 years of Peace through Justice Marcin Czepelak, Secretary General, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague
10:35 - 10:55	Presentation: M&A Arbitration in Wartime underthe SCC Rules Jake Lowther, Associate, SCC Arbitration Institute, Stockholm
10:55 - 11:15	Clifford Chance Case Study
11:15 - 12:45	5 Session: M&A Arbitration in Wartime - Breaking upis never easy ▪ M&A disputes risks when exiting high-risk jurisdictions ▪ Case studies from jurisdictions in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa Moderator: Bartosz Krużewski, Regional Practice Area Leader for CE L&DR, Clifford Chance, Warsaw Panellists: Timur Bondaryev, Founding Partner, Arzinger, Kyiv Steven Finizio, Partner, Wilmer Hale, LondonJoshua Kelly, Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London
12:45-12:55	Closing of the conference Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, Conference Chair; Senior Partner, GESSEL, Warsaw

Timur Bondaryev	Founding Partner, Arzinger, Kyiv
Christian Borris	Partner, Borris Hennecke Kneisel, Köln
Edward Copeman	Associate Director, Howden, London
Marcin Czepelak	Secretary General, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague
Alexander Demuth	Managing Director, Secretariat, Munich
Yves Derains	Founding Partner, Derains & Gharavi, Paris
Alicja Zielińska-Eisen	ICC YAAF representative for Europe; Of Counsel, Queritius, Warsaw/Berlin
Alexander G. Fessas	Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Director, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
Steven Finizio	Partner, Wilmer Hale, London
Joanna Kisielińska-Garncarek	Partner, GESSEL, Warsaw
Michał Jochemczak	Partner, Dentons, Warsaw
Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz	Conference Chair; Senior Partner, GESSEL, Warsaw
Joanna Kolber	Partner, Strelia, Brussels
Bartosz Krużewski	Regional Practice Area Leader for CE L&DR, Clifford Chance, Warsaw
Jake Lowther	Associate, SCC Arbitration Institute, Stockholm
Mary Mitsi	Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London, London
Renato Nazzini	Director of the Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, King's Collage London, London
Drew Naylor	Associate Director, Howden, London
Eduardo Vázquez de Prada	Partner, J. Almoguera Abogados, Madrid
Luminita Popa	Managing Partner, Suciu Popa, Bucharest
Krzysztof Riedl	Partner, Łaszczuk & Partners, Warsaw
Krzysztof Sajchta	Partner, Rymarz Zdort Maruta, Warsaw
Folashade Alli SAN	Principal Partner, Folashade Alli and Associates, Lagos
Monique Sasson	Partner, DELISASSON, Milan
Cezary Wiśniewski	President, IICC Poland; Partner, Linklaters, Warsaw

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Izabela Bukowinska	Assistant / Arbitration Paralegal at GESSEL Attorneys at Law	+48 22 318 69 09	i.bukowinska@gessel.pl