ICC Institute of World Business Law Training on Assessment of Damages of Arbitrators

24 Sep 2025

Buenos Aires Spanish
Start: 08.30 (GMT-3) End: 17.00 (GMT-3)

On the occasion of the ICC Argentine Arbitration Day 2025, the ICC Institute of World Business Law together with ICC Dispute Resolution Services and ICC Argentina are co-organising a training on Assessment of Damages of Arbitrators for dispute resolution practitioners in Argentina and abroad.

Day 1

08.30-09.00

Registration and welcome coffee

09:00-09:10

Welcoming address, introduction and presentation of the ICC Institute of World Business Law

09:10-10:10

The Tribunal’s discretion to award damages versus the Tribunal’s duty to issue a reasoned decision

  • The extent of financial reasoning required in the award
  • The right of the Tribunal to reject both experts’ financial models without nominating an independent expert

10:10-10:40

Q&A

10:40-10:55

Coffee break

10:55-11:40

Financial approaches to assessing damages

  • The uncertainty of the DCF method
  • Other tools outside the DCF/FMV dichotomy
  • The need for a more exact science

11:40-12:45

Case scenarios and Q&A

12:45-13:45

Lunch

13:45-14:15

Damnum emergens, lucrum cessans, and moral damages – how to calculate without double-counting

  • In a case of unestablished business, where costs of the contract and loss of profit are sought
  • In a case of conflicting business plan and real purchase offers
  • How to calculate moral damages

14:15-15:10

Case scenarios and Q&A

15:10-15:25

Coffee break

15:25-15:55

Award of interest: considerations for awarding compound post-award interest on costs, material and moral damages

15:55-16:50

Case scenarios and Q&A

16:50-17:00

Concluding remarks

Claudia Benavides-Galvis

Founding Partner, Benavides Mejía Dispute Resolution; Court Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Bogota

Roberto J. Aguirre Luzi

Partner, King & Spalding, Houston

Cristian Conejero Roos

Managing Partner, Cuatrecasas, Santiago de Chile

Eduardo Damião Gonçalves 

Partner, Mattos Filho, São Paulo

Debora Visconte

Partner, Visconte Advogados; Court Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration  São Paulo

Sebastian Zuccon

Executive Vice President, Compass Lexecon, Buenos Aires

Venue:

Cámara Argentina de Comercio y Servicios, Av. Leandro N. Alem 36, 1003, Buenos Aires

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Working language:

Spanish


Event registration fees

ICC Argentine Arbitration Day 2025

1 June until 31 July

After 1 August

Students & Young Professionals (-35 years)

USD 90

USD 100

ICC Members

USD 160

USD 180

Non-ICC Members/General

USD 190

USD 210

 

 

 

Training “Assessment of Damages of Arbitrators” by ICC Institute of World Business Law

1 June until 31 July

After 1 August

ICC Members, Students, Young Professionals (-35 years)

USD 110

USD 130

Non-ICC Members/General

USD 140

USD 160

 

 

 

ICC Argentine Arbitration Day 2025 + Training by ICC Institute of World Business Law

1 June until 31 July

After 1 August

Students & Young Professionals (-35 years)

USD 180

USD 210

ICC Members

USD 250

USD 280

Non-ICC Members/General

USD 310

USD 350

ICC DRS Latam: Iccdrs-latam@iccwbo.org

Organisers

Institutional Partner