39th ICC Institute Annual Conference: Explaining why you lost

17 Dec 2019

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This annual conference of the ICC Institute of World Business Law will gather international business practitioners, legal experts and academics to deliberate on the topic of Explaining why you lost: Reasoning in Arbitration. This conference will offer not only a line-up of top-class speakers, topical discussions and relevant news, but also an excellent opportunity to network.

The Institute will also publish Explaining why you lost: Reasoning in Arbitration (Dossier XVIII of the Institute series). Prepared by some of the key speakers, each participant will receive a free copy as part of their conference materials.

Who should attend?

Practising lawyers, corporate counsel, arbitrators, mediators, business professionals and academics from around the world.

Tuesday 17 December

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08.30 - 09.00	Welcome coffee
09.00 - 09.30	Opening session Welcome address Yves Derains, Founding Partner, Derains & Gharavi, France; Chairman, ICC Institute of World Business Law Introduction of the conference Antonio Crivellaro, Founder of Arbitration Practice and Emeritus Partner, BonelliErede Law Firm, Italy; Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law Keynote Speech: Charles Jarrosson, Professor of Law, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), France
09.30 - 10.20	Civil vs. Common law - Does it matter? Are differences in the substance of reasoning influenced by the legal system? Should reasoning in awards be different if governed by the law of one system or the other? Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Founding Partner and Head of International Arbitration, Zulficar & Partners; Chair of Private International Law, Cairo University, Egypt; Vice-President, ICC International Court of Arbitration S.I. Strong, Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law, University of Missouri, United States of America Carita Wallgren-Lindholm, Arbitrator, Finland; Chair, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR; Council Member, ICC Institute of World of Business Law
10.20 - 10.50	Q&A
10.50 - 11.20	Coffee break
11.20 - 12.10	Institutional Perspective The only actors in the arbitration regime entitled to require a minimum level of reasoning are the institutions. What do the guardians think? Anja Ipp, Legal Counsel, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Sweden Alexis Mourre, President, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris Maxi Scherer, Special Counsel, WilmerHale, United Kingdom
12.10 - 12.40	Q&A
12.40 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 14.10	Introduction of the afternoon sessions Mélida Hodgson, Partner, Jenner & Block, New York, United States; Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law
14.10 - 15.00	Is Investor-State special? Divergent reasoning between tribunals examining similar facts and/or treaty obligations in reaching determinations in investment awards is one reason for the legitimacy crisis in arbitration. This panel examines reasoning in investment arbitration awards. Gabriel Bottini, Partner, Uría Menéndez, Spain Carolyn Lamm, Partner, White & Case LLP, United States of America Luca Radicati di Brozolo, Founding Partner, Arblit, Italy
15.00 - 15.30	Q&A
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee break
16.00 - 17.00	What do users want or need? Ultimately, it's the users of the systems the need to understand the reasoning of awards - what explanations do they want? Giuditta Cordero Moss, Professor, Department of Private Law, University of Oslo, Norway Teresa Giovannini, Founding Partner, Lalive, Switzerland; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law Pierrick Le Goff, Partner, De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, France
17.00 - 17.30	Q&A
17.30 - 18.00	What does the future hold for reasoning? A report on current efforts to reach consensus on satisfactory reasoning. Georgios Petrochilos, Partner, Three Crowns LLP, France
18.00	Cocktail and Ceremony for the 2019 ICC Institute Prize

Co-chairs
Mélida Hodgson	Partner, Jenner & Block LLP, United States of America; Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law
Antonio Crivellaro	Founder of Arbitration Practice and Emeritus Partner, BonelliErede Law Firm, Italy;Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law
Speakers
Mohamed Abdel Wahab	Founding Partner and Head of International Arbitration, Zulficar & Partners, Egypt; Chair of Private International Law, Cairo University; Vice-President, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Gabriel Bottini	Partner, Uría Menéndez, Spain
Giuditta Cordero Moss	Professor, Department of Private Law, University of Oslo, Norway
Yves Derains	Founding Partner, Derains & Gharavi, France; Chairman, ICC Institute of World Business Law
Teresa Guivannini	Founding Partner, Lalive, Switzerland; Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law
Anja Ipp	Legal Counsel, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Sweden
Charles Jarrosson	Professor of law, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)
Carolyn Lamm	Partner, White & Case LLP, Washington DC, United States of America
Pierrick Le Goff	Partner, De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, France
Georgios Petrochilos	Partner, Three Crowns LLP, France
Luca Radicati di Brozolo	Founding Partner, Arblit, Italy
Maxi Scherer	Special Counsel, WilmerHale, United Kingdom
S.I. Strong	Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law, University of Missouri, United States of America
Carita Wallgren-Lindholm	Arbitrator, Finland; Chair, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR; Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law

Dates and venue	Date: 17 December 2019 Venue: Les Salons de l’Hôtel des Arts et Métiers 9bis Avenue d’Iéna 75016 Paris
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Venue: Le Salon de l’Hôtel des Arts et Métiers, 9bis Avenue d’Iéna, 75016, Paris

Time: 18h

The ICC Institute of World Business Law is celebrating its 40^th anniversary in 2019. To mark this milestone, we will host a cocktail reception in Paris on 17 December 2019.

Join us you for this very special occasion to celebrate ICC Institute of World Business Law’s 40 years of advancing business law and practices!

The cocktail reception will take place after the Annual Conference of the ICC Institute and the 7^th ICC Institute Prize ceremony. Please note that this cocktail is reserved for participants of the Conference only.

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