Fall 2016 International Investment Law and Policy Speaker Series
Date: September 12, 2016 – November 7, 2016 12:10-1:00pm
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Case Lounge or Rm 807
Fall 2016
International Investment Law and Policy Speaker Series
Moderated by: Ian Laird (Crowell & Moring LLP), Grant Hanessian (Baker & McKenzie LLP) and Kabir Duggal (Baker & McKenzie LLP)
September 12th
MARIA CHEDID
Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP
“Investor-State Arbitration: An Advocate’s Perspective”
September 26th
FREDDY SOURGENS
Associate Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law
“Supernational Law – How Investment Tribunals Avoid Favoring the Interests of Multinationals Over the Public Policy Concerns of Host States”
View video here.
October 4th
STANIMIR ALEXANDROV
Co-Chair, International Arbitration Practice, Sidley Austin LLP; Professor, GWU Law School
“Consistency of ISDS Jurisprudence”
October 17th
GABRIELLE KAUFMANN-KOHLER
Professor of Law, University of Geneva; Partner, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler
“Accountability of Arbitrators in Investor-State Dispute Settlement”
View video here.
View PPT presentation here.
October 24th
GABRIEL BOTTINI
Adjunct Professor of Public International Law, University of Buenos Aires; Independent Arbitrator
“Admissibility of Investment Claims: Standing and Cause of Action Aspects”
View video here.
October 31st*
ALLAN ROSAS
Judge, European Court of Justice
“The Interaction Between Investment Law and EU Law”
*This talk is also co-sponsored by the European Legal Studies Center and the EU Delegation to the UN, and is part of our week-long event, “EU Judges Visit Columbia Law School.”
View PPT presentation here.
November 7th
MARK WU
Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
“China’s Economic Transformation and its Implications for Ongoing Investment Treaty Negotiations”
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