Spring 2014 International Investment Law and Policy Speaker Series

Date: January 30 – April 10, 2014 12:10-1:00pm
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 546

Spring 2014

International Investment Law and Policy Speaker Series

Moderated by: Ian Laird (Crowell & Moring LLP) and Borzu Sabahi (Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP)

January 30^th

 PETER WOLRICH

Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

“Effective Management of Arbitration — Role of In House Counsel”

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February 6^th

 ANNA JOUBIN-BRET

Avocat à la Cour, Cabinet Joubin-Bret (Paris)

“How Can We Reform Investor-State Arbitration?”

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The PowerPoint presentation is available here.

View TDM Special Issue introduction here.

February 20^th

JOHN BEECHEY

Chairman, ICC International Court of Arbitration

“Commercial Arbitral Institutions and Commercial Arbitrators: Do They Have a Role To Play in Investor-State Treaty Development and in Investor-State Arbitrations?”

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February 27^th

STUART NEWBERGER

Senior Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

“Investment Treaty Arbitration — How Claimant Can Get the Respondent Sovereign’s Attention and What to Do When You Get It”

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March 6^th

JONATHAN BONNITCHA

Visiting Fellow in International Investment Law and Policy, Australian National University

“Investment Treaties: An Economic Perspective”

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The PowerPoint presentation is available here.

March 27^th

SERGIO PUIG

Lecturer and Teaching Fellow, International Legal Studies, Stanford Law School

“Social Capital in the Arbitration Market: Network Analysis and International Investment Law”

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The PowerPoint presentation is available here.

April 3^rd

SYLVIE TABET

General Counsel and Director, Trade Law Bureau, Government of Canada

“In Search of Coherent BIT Interpretation: A Greater Role for States?”

April 10^th

ELIŠKA NĚMECKÁ

International Investment Law Department. Ministry of Finance, Czech Republic

 “Czech Experience with Investor-State Arbitration and Its Evolving Investment Treaty Policy”

The PowerPoint presentation is available here.

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