Where Public Meets Private: International Law and The Dynamic Interpretation of Treaties in the Context of the Draft UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency

by |February 5th, 2013
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Date: February 5, 2013 6:30pm – 08:30pm
Location: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, 601 Lexington Avenue (between 53rd and 54th Street), New York, NY

The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) and the Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration (CICIA) co-sponsored a workshop, hosted by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, “Where Public Meets Private: International Law and The Dynamic Interpretation of Treaties in the Context of the Draft UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency.” The event was designed to coincide with the UNCITRAL Working Group II session in New York.

Guest speakers included:

Renaud Sorieul
Director, International Trade Law Division, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs and Secretary of UNCITRAL

Yas Banifatemi
Partner, Shearman & Sterling, LLP

James Castello
Partner, King & Spalding

Howard Mann
Senior International Law Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Salim Moollan
Barrister, Essex Court Chambers

and

Michael Schneider
Partner, LALIVE Attorneys at Law


The discussion was moderated by:

George Bermann
Columbia Law School

and

Anthea Roberts
London School of Economics