2024 Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions

23-24 May 2024

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

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!

Day 1
Day 2

(Warsaw Time Zone)

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

Venue

CROWNE PLAZA WARSAW – THE HUB
Rondo Daszyńskiego 2
02-843 Warsaw Poland

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Izabela Bukowinska

Assistant / Arbitration Paralegal at GESSEL Attorneys at Law

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