2nd ICC Mexican Arbitration Day - Efficiency challenges for arbitration: Tools to reduce time and costs

04 Jul 2024

Mexico City Spanish
Start: 08:00 (Mexico City time zone) - End: 20:00 (Mexico City time zone)

Join us on July 4th for this important one-day conference. This event seeks to promote arbitration and ADR both in the region, debate opportunities and challenges of arbitration and ultimately, provide updated information and best market practices.

The ICC Mexican Arbitration Day is an event organized by the ICC International Court of Arbitration and ICC Mexico and aims to discuss current topics related to alternative dispute resolution with a Latin American perspective.

(Mexico City Time Zone)

08:00 - 08:30

Registration

08:30 - 09:00

Welcome remarks

  • Claus von Wobeser. President, ICC México, Mexico City
  • Carlos Loperena Ruiz. President of the Commission on Arbitation and ADR, ICC México, Mexico City
  • Patricia Ferraz. Director, Arbitration and ADR, Latin America, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, Sao Paulo

09:00 - 10:30

Panel I: Reduction Time and Costs in Arbitration

Speakers:

  • Melanie Riofrio Piche, Partner MRP International Dispute Resolution, Madrid
  • Gabriela Álvarez Avila, Partner DLA Piper, International Court of Arbitration, Mexico City
  • Julio Cesar H. Rivera, Partner Marval O’Farell Mairal, Buenos Aires
  • Amanda Jiménez Pintón, Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration

Moderated by:

Omar Guerrero Rodriguez, Partner Hogan Lovells, Mexico City

10:30 - 11:00

Networking break

11:00 - 12:30

Panel II: Preliminary Determinations

Speakers:

  • Cecilia Azar Mansur, Partner, Galicia Abogados, Mexico City
  • Christian Albanesi, Partner, Linklaters, Washington
  • Fernando Mantilla Serrano, Partner Latham & Waltkins, Paris
  • Montserrat Manzano, Partner Von Wobeser, Naucalpan de Juárez

        Moderated by:

        Mariela Huerta, Counsel Jones Day, Mexico City

        12:30 - 14:00

        Panel III: The Judicial perspective on Arbitration

        Speakers:

        • Adriana Padilla Rivas, Partner, Ritch Mueller, Mexico City
        • Edgardo Muñoz López, Vice-President, ICC Arbitration Committee Jalisco and Professor of Panamerican University, Mexico City
        • Valeria Galindez, Partner, Galindez Arb, Sao Paulo
        • Maria Claudia Procopiak, Partner, Procopiak Arbitration, London

              Moderated by:

              Eduardo Zuleta, Partner, Independent Arbitrator at Arbitration Chambers, Bogota

              14:00 - 15:30

              Networking lunch

              15:30 - 17:00

              Panel IV: Judicial Perspective on Arbitration 

              Speakers:

              • Margarita Ríos Farjat, Minister of Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Mexico City
              • José Ramón Cossío Díaz, Retired Minister of Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and President of Mediation Committee of ICC Mexico, Mexico City
              • Gabriela Cortés Araujo, Fourteenth Collegiate Court in Civil Matters of the First Circuit of Mexico City, Federal Judiciary Council, Mexico City
              • David García Sarubbi, Twenty-second Collegiate Court in Administrative Matters of the First Circuit of the City of Mexico, Mexico City

              Moderated by:

              Francisco González de Cossío, Partner González de Cossio Abogados, Mexico City

              17:00 - 18:30

              Panel V: Digital tools for better control of processes: Celerity and efficiency 

              Speakers:

              • José Manuel Albaladejo Cañedo-Argüelles, Managing Director-Head of Construction & Infrastructure Kroll, Madrid
              • Erick Clavel, Partner Clavel Abogados, Mexico City
              • Sofia Gómez Ruano, Partner Creel, Garcia-Cuéllar, Aiza Y Enriquez Abogados, Mexico City
              • Sofía Klot, Partner, Klot Arbitration, Montevideo

              Moderated by:

              Rebeca Mosquera, Senior Associate Reed Smith, New York

              18:30 – 18:45

              Closing remarks

              18:45 – 20:15

              Cocktail


              Christian Albanesi

              Partner Linklaters, Washington

              Gabriela Cortés Araujo

              Fourteenth Collegiate Court in Civil Matters of the First Circuit of Mexico City, Federal Judiciary Council, Mexico City

              José Manuel Albaladejo Cañedo-Argüelles

              Managing Director-Head of Construction & Infrastructure Kroll, Madrid

              Gabriela Álvarez Avila

              Partner DLA Piper, International Court of Arbitration, Mexico City

              Erick Clavel

              Partner Clavel Abogados, Mexico City

              Francisco González de Cossío

              Partner González de Cossio Abogados, Mexico City

              José Ramón Cossío Díaz

              Retired Minister of Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and President of Mediation Committee of ICC Mexico, Mexico City

              Margarida Ríos Farjat

              Minister of Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Mexico City

              Patricia Ferraz

              Director, Arbitration and ADR, Latin America, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, Sao Paulo

              Valeria Galindez

              Partner Galindez Arb, Sao Paulo

              Mariela Huerta

              Counsel Jones Day, Mexico City

              Sofía Klot

              Partner, Klot Arbitration, Montevideo

              Edgardo Muñoz López

              Vice President of the Jalisco Arbitration Committee, Mexico City

              Montserrat Manzano

              Partner Von Wobeser, Naucalpan de Juárez

              Cecilia Azar Mansur

              Partner, Galicia Abogados, Mexico City

              Rebeca Mosquera

              Senior Associate Reed Smith, New York

              Mélanie Ríofrio Piché

              Partner MRP International Dispute Resolution, Madrid

              Amanda Jiménez Pintón

              Counsel ICC International Court of Arbitration

              María Claudia Procopiak

              Partner, Procopiak Arbitration, London

              Adriana Padilla Rivas

              Partner, Ritch Mueller, Mexico City

              Julio Cesar H. Rivera

              Partner Marval O’Farell Mairal, Buenos Aires

              Omar Guerrero Rodriguez

              Partner Hogan Lovells, Mexico City

              Sofia Gómez Ruano

              Partner Creel, Garcia-Cuéllar, Aiza Y Enriquez Abogados, Mexico City

              Carlos Loperena Ruiz

              President of the Commission on Arbitation and ADR, ICC México, Mexico City

              David García Sarubbi

              Twenty-second Collegiate Court in Administrative Matters of the First Circuit of the City of Mexico, Mexico City

              Fernando Mantilla Serrano

              Partner Latham & Waltkins, Paris

              Claus von Wobeser

              President, ICC México, Mexico City

              Eduardo Zuleta

              Independent Arbitrator at Arbitration Chambers, Bogota

              Venue

              Hotel Four Seasons México

              Av. P.º de la Reforma 500, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600 Mexico City, Mexico

              Registration information Registration will open shortly. For more information contact laltamirano@iccmex.org.mx
              Working language Spanish

              For further information, please contact:

              Laura Altamirano

              ICC Mexico

              laltamirano@iccmex.org.mx

              Abigail Blanco

              ICC Mexico

              ablanco@iccmex.org.mx

              ICC DRS Latam

              Iccdrs-latam@iccwbo.org

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