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Confronting Ethical Issuesin International Arbitration
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8:00 REGISTRATION
9:00 WELCOME REMARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prof. David D. Caron, ITA Chair
ACT I — ETHICAL ISSUES IN SELECTING THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL
9:05 INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKSHOP AND ACT IKenneth B. Reisenfeld, Workshop Co-Chair
9:10 ACT I, SCENE 1 — INTERVIEWING PROSPECTIVE ARBITRATORSCounsel for Seller/Claimant and Buyer/Respondent adopt radically different approaches tointerviewing their respective party-appointed arbitrators. What are the ethical constraints on exparte communications during these interviews? To what extent should the Chartered InstituteGuidelines be followed?
Stage Left – Claimant’s Interview:Arbitration Counsel for Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James H. CarterIn-House Counsel for Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alan R. CrainClaimant’s Prospective Arbitrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. Martin Hunter
Stage Right – Respondent’s Interview:Arbitration Counsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eduardo ZuletaIn-House Counsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tomasz J. SikoraRespondent’s Prospective Arbitrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Henri C. Alvarez
9:25 ACT I, SCENE II — ARBITRATOR DISCLOSURES AND CHALLENGESFollowing the arbitrator interviews, the parties assess their strategies for constituting andpotentially challenging members of the panel. They also explore the arbitrators’ and parties’respective duties of due diligence and disclosure as well as the potential applicability of the IBAGuidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration.
Stage Left – Claimant’s Counsel:Arbitration Counsel for Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James H. CarterIn-House Counsel for Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alan R. Crain
Stage Right – Respondent’s Counsel:Arbitration Counsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eduardo ZuletaIn-House Counsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tomasz J. Sikora
9:40 AUDIENCE VOTING: INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIC CHOICES
9:45 PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A: INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES, DUTIES OF DUE DILIGENCE ANDDISCLOSURE AND THE BENEFITS AND PITFALLS TO CHALLENGING ARBITRATORSModerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kenneth B. Reisenfeld
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WHILE YOU’REHERE IN DALLAS… I TA
WORKSHOP20thAnnual
Confronting Ethical Issues inInternational Arbitration
Carla Powers Herron
Luncheon Speaker
Prof. Catherine A. RogersJames E. Castello Kenneth B. Reisenfeld
Workshop Co-Chairs
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10:15 COMMENTARY AND PANEL DISCUSSION: INSIDERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON CHALLENGESBEFORE THE ICC INTERNATIONAL COURT OF ARBITRATIONModerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kenneth B. Reisenfeld
Commentary: How the ICC Resolves Arbitrator Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John BeecheyCommentary: The Role of the ICC Secretariat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Kirby
10:30 MODERATED AUDIENCE Q&A ON ACT I ISSUES
10:40 BREAK
11:00 COMMENTARY: NARROW IS THE GATE AND STRAIT IS THE WAY: SOME RECURRINGPROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRAL ETHICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prof. W. Michael Reisman
ACT II — THE ARBITRATION: ETHICAL ISSUES IN PRESENTING THE CASE
11:20 INTRODUCTION TO ACT IIJames E. Castello, Workshop Co-Chair
11:25 ACT II, SCENE I — INFORMATION GATHERINGBuyer/Respondent’s in-house counsel discusses with her outside lawyers the company’s defenseto the arbitration, including whether to seek information from Seller/Claimant’s former in-houselawyer, who reportedly left on unhappy terms. Respondent’s (European) counsel A and (U.S.)counsel B express different concerns about such an interview, based on the various possibleethical constraints that may apply.
Respondent’s counsel B interviews Claimant’s former in-house lawyer and discusses with him hisethical obligations regarding confidential information and attorney communications with hisformer client.
Stage Left – Discussion of Respondent’s Defense and Ethical Obligations RegardingWitness Interviews
European Counsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caline MouawadU.S. Counsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .José I. AstigarragaIn-House Counsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Toni D. Hennike
Stage Right - Respondent’s U.S. Lawyer Meets with Claimant’s Former In-House CounselU.S. Counsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .José I. AstigarragaFormer In-House Counsel for Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas R. Snider
11:45 PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A: INFORMATION GATHERINGModerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James E. Castello
12:00 ACT II, SCENE II — HEARING ON DOCUMENT DISCLOSURE REQUESTSClaimant and Respondent have each sought disclosure of the other party’s documents,including ones prepared by in-house counsel. The protections afforded such documents differunder the applicable legal regimes of Buyerland and Sellerville. The tribunal hears argument onmotions to order disclosure.
Counsel for Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dominique Brown-BersetCounsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Florian KremslehnerArbitration Chairperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles N. BrowerArbitrator Appointed by Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ahmed Sadek El-KosheriArbitrator Appointed by Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lucy F. Reed
12:15 AUDIENCE VOTING: MOTIONS TO ORDER DISCLOSURE
12:20 PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A: PROTECTING PRIVILEGES AND CONFIDENTIALITYModerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James E. Castello
12:35 HOSTED LUNCHEON
WHOSE ARBITRATION IS IT ANYWAY?A CORPORATE PERSPECTIVE ON THE DUTIES OF COUNSEL AND THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL
CARLA POWERS HERRONGroup Counsel - Litigation
The Shell GroupHouston, Texas USA
The Institute for Transnational Arbitration gratefully acknowledgesExxonMobil CorporationNavigant Consulting, Inc.
for their generous sponsorship support.
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2:15 ACT II, SCENE III — ARBITRATOR DELIBERATION ON MOTIONS FOR DISCLOSURE ANDPOSSIBLE CORRUPTION ISSUESThe arbitrators deliberate on the motions to order disclosure. One arbitrator also queries whatobligation the arbitrators may have to pursue concerns as to possible bribery.
Arbitration Chairperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles N. BrowerArbitrator Appointed by Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ahmed Sadek El-KosheriArbitrator Appointed by Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lucy F. Reed
2:30 AUDIENCE VOTING: MOTIONS FOR DISCLOSURE AND POSSIBLE CORRUPTION ISSUES
2:35 PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A: MOTIONS FOR DISCLOSURE & CORRUPTION ISSUESModerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James E. Castello
ACT III — DECISIONS AND CHALLENGES AFTER THE ARBITRAL PROCEEDINGS
2:50 INTRODUCTION TO ACT IIIProf. Catherine A. Rogers, Workshop Co-Chair
2:55 ACT III, SCENE I — ATTORNEY AND CLIENT STRATEGY SESSIONCounsel for the losing party -- Buyer/Respondent -- strategizes with client about potentialbases for challenging the award, including on grounds of alleged bias and misconduct ofthe arbitrators. Discussion focuses on which jurisdictions the prevailing party might seekenforcement in, and whether to raise a challenge against the chairperson. Meanwhile,Seller/Claimant and its counsel discuss filing an ethics complaint with the DC Bar againstBuyer’s counsel for his alleged misconduct in the arbitration.
Stage Left – Claimant’s Strategy Session:Arbitration Counsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew S. DunneIn-House Counsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tomasz J. Sikora
Stage Right – Respondent’s Strategy Session:Arbitration Counsel for Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Osvaldo Jorge MarzoratiIn-House Counsel for Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Timothy Martin
3:10 AUDIENCE VOTING: STRATEGIES IN RAISING CHALLENGES FOR BIAS OR MISCONDUCT
3:15 PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A: CHALLENGES FOR BIAS OR MISCONDUCTModerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prof. Catherine A. Rogers
3:30 BREAK
3:50 ACT III, SCENE II — DISCIPLINARY HEARINGAttorney is charged before a Hearing Committee of the D.C. Bar Association with professionalmisconduct. Arguments in the hearing focus on what ethical rules apply and the ambiguitiesraised by Rule 8.5.
Bar Association Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert E. LutzCounsel for Attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pieter H. F. BekkerU.S. Counsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .José I. Astigarraga
4:05 AUDIENCE VOTING: HOW SHOULD THE HEARING COMMITTEE RULE?
4:10 PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A: DISCIPLINARY HEARINGSModerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prof. Catherine A. Rogers
4:25 ACT III, SCENE III — HEARING TO ENFORCE/CHALLENGE AWARDIn a U.S. District Court hearing, counsel for Seller/Claimant seeks to enforce the award andcounsel for Respondent raises several grounds for challenging the award, including allegedmisconduct of counsel, alleged illegal influence peddling, and the tribunal’s evidentiary rulings.
Counsel for Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arif Hyder AliCounsel for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John M. TownsendU.S. District Court Judge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Deborah G. Hankinson
4:40 AUDIENCE VOTING: CHALLENGES TO THE AWARD
4:45 PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A: HEARINGS TO ENFORCE/CHALLENGE AWARDModerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prof. Catherine A. Rogers
5:00 MODERATED AUDIENCE Q&A
5:15 CLOSING REMARKSProf. David D. Caron
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FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES
ARIF HYDER ALI is Co-Chair of the Firm’s International Dispute ResolutionGroup. His international dispute resolution experience and client representationspans continents and cultures, national political establishments and inter-governmental organizations, private companies and state-owned enterprises,sovereign governments and private individuals. Prior to entering privatepractice, Mr. Ali was Senior Counsel at the World Intellectual Property
Organization's (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center, a Section Chief at the UNCompensation Commission, and practiced international arbitration and public internationallaw in Paris, France. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, where heteaches international commercial and investment arbitration, and an Honorary Lecturer at theUniversity of Dundee’s Centre for Energy, Mining and Petroleum Law and Policy. He earned hisB.A., summa cum laude, from Columbia University and his J.D. from the New York UniversitySchool of Law. He is fluent in French, Spanish, Hindi and Urdu, and also speaks Portugueseand Bengali.
HENRI C. ALVAREZ is a partner of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP at itsVancouver office and head of the firm’s International Dispute ResolutionPractice Group. He has broad experience in the fields of internationalcommercial arbitration and dispute resolution as an arbitrator or as counsel ininternational arbitrations throughout the world, including disputes relating tointernational investment, joint venture agreements, technology disputes, long
term commercial agreements and construction and distribution agreements under theauspices of the AAA, ICC, LCIA, and ICSID, amongst others. He has also appeared as counsel inCanadian courts in disputes over challenges to foreign and international arbitral awards andagreements and the enforcement of awards. Mr. Alvarez is active in many professionalorganizations including the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association, ofwhich he is a former Co-Chair. He is also a member of the Court of the London Court ofInternational Arbitration. Mr Alvarez is also active in teaching and training in the area ofinternational commercial arbitration in which he has taught at the Faculty of Law, University ofBritish Columbia, since 1985. He has also served as the Chairman of the North American Branchof The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a frequent author and lecturer on internationalcommercial arbitration and dispute resolution.
JOSÉ I. ASTIGARRAGA is described as “a major figure for Latin Americanlitigation and arbitration [who] represents large U.S., European and SouthAmerican corporations” by Chambers Global Guide to the World’s LeadingBusiness Lawyers, Astigarraga has accumulated broad experience ininternational business disputes in his 30 years of practice. Recently given the“Lawyer of the Americas” award for distinguished contribution to the field of
international law, Astigarraga has handled disputes emanating from most countries in LatinAmerica for Fortune 500 companies, major banks, government-owned companies as well asLatin American enterprises. The U.S. Government appointed him as one of 10 representativesto the first tri-partite committee advising the NAFTA commission on international arbitrationand alternative means of resolving private commercial disputes as well as an expert to theinternational law conference of the Organization of American States. His experience goesbeyond Latin America - he serves as vice president of the 35-member London Court ofInternational Arbitration. Most recently he was recognized as one of the year’s “Most EffectiveLawyers” for leading the team that won an arbitral award of U.S. $52 Million plus attorneys’ feesin a claim over international licensing rights in the Mercosur region that included parallellitigation proceedings in the U.S., Brazilian and Argentine courts. As Vice Chairman of the Boardof the National Law Center for Interamerican Free Trade, he is active in efforts to promotecommercial law reform and modernization in the Americas.
JOHN BEECHEY was elected Chairman of the International Court of Arbitrationat the ICCWorld Council meeting in Stockholm, June 2008. He took up office on1 January 2009. Mr. Beechey has many years of experience as both arbitratorand counsel in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings. He became aPartner with Clifford Chance LLP in 1983, and was responsible for thedevelopment of that firm’s international arbitration practice, giving it the global
spread it now commands. Ahead of his appointment to the Chairmanship of the Court, he hadlongstanding connections with ICC, as a member of ICC UK’s Arbitration Group, a member ofthe ICC Commission on Arbitration and a Council member of the ICC Institute ofWorld BusinessLaw. Mr. Beechey is a British citizen. He graduated in modern languages from the University ofOxford and was subsequently admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England andWales. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. As a highly respectedmember of the international legal community, he has participated in IBA working groups onthe taking of evidence and independence, impartiality and disclosure in internationalcommercial arbitration. Mr. Beechey speaks English, French and German.
DR. PIETER H.F. BEKKER is a Partner and Head of Public International Lawwithin the International Dispute Resolution Group of Crowell & Moring LLP inNew York. He concentrates in public international law advice and internationalarbitration and litigation involving private and sovereign parties. He also sits asan arbitrator. He served as a staff lawyer in the Registry of the International Courtof Justice (ICJ) between 1992 and 1994 and has been involved in some 20 cases
before the ICJ. He chairs the Committee on Intergovernmental Settlement of Disputes of theInternational Law Association’s American Branch and is an elected member of the NominatingCommittee of the American Society of International Law. Dr. Bekker has basic and doctoral lawdegrees in International Law from Leiden University in The Netherlands and a Masters degreefrom Harvard Law School (on a Fulbright grant). The author of three books and over 100 articleson international dispute resolution, Dr. Bekker teaches International Investment Law andArbitration at Columbia Law School as a member of Columbia’s adjunct faculty. He has beenvoted a New York “Super Lawyer” in International and Alternative Dispute Resolutioncontinuously since 2006.
CHARLESN.BROWERhas been a Judgeof the Iran-United States ClaimsTribunal inTheHague since 1983. He has been Acting Legal Adviser of the US Department of State,Deputy Special Counsellor to the President of theUnited States, amember of theUnitedStates Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Public International Law, and is amember (since1991)of theRegisterofExpertsof theUNCompensationCommissionanda member (since 1998) of the Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators of the International
CentreforSettlementof InvestmentDisputes. HeisapastPresidentoftheAmericanSocietyof InternationalLawandChairof theAdvisoryBoardof the Institute forTransnationalArbitration. He isa formerpartnerandSpecial Counsel atWhite & Case LLP in both NewYork City andWashington, DC, where he has handledlitigation in federal and state courts throughout the United States, including jury trials, bench trials andappeals, in awide rangeof civil, administrative, and criminal proceedings,while specializingduring the last25 years in the handling of disputes involving States or State entities before international courts, tribunals,andcommissions. He is alsoamemberof 20EssexStreetChambers in London. In2009 JudgeBrowerhasbeen awarded the American Society of International Law's prestigious Manley O. HudsonMedal for“pre-eminentscholarshipandachievementininternational law. . .withoutregardtonationality,”whichhonorhasbeenbestowedon29persons, including10non-Americancitizens,duringthe53yearssince itwascreated.
DOMINIQUE BROWN-BERSET is a founding partner of Brown&Page, a Vaud-based law firmwith offices in Geneva and Nyon. She practicesmainly in the fieldof international business transactions and international dispute resolution. Sheholds law degrees from Lausanne University Law School (Switzerland) Paris I,Panthéon-Sorbonne (France) and Harvard Law School (U.S.A). She is a formerInternational Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London
1996-2004) and a former Co-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the International BarAssociation (2004-2005). Dominique is a member of the Board of the Association Suisse desJuristes; and of the Editorial Boards of Global Arbitration Review, the Journal of InternationalArbitration and Arbitration. She is also a member of the Management Board and of theSupervisory Council of the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law. She was one of the first threeforeign practitioners to be appointed on the Panels of Arbitrators of The Japan CommercialArbitration Association (JCAA). She has been acting as counsel, co-counsel and arbitrator inover 137 international arbitration cases around the world, including in cases involving Statesand international organizations both at private and governmental levels, and in particular alsoin cases relating, inter alia, to transfer of technology, construction of turnkey factories and ofother major projects, procurement contracts, license agreements, agency, joint venture andshareholders’ agreements, distribution, sale and purchase contracts, telecom, post M&Adisputes and the like. Her industry experience includes intellectual property rights,telecommunications, satellites, aviation, avionics, computers (soft and hardware), glass andpaper production, steel, chemicals and petrochemicals, oil and gas (and other energy sectors),mining, food, catering, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, shipping and shipbuilding, luxurygoods, arts and textiles.
DAVID D. CARON is the C. William Maxiener Distinguished Professor of Law atthe Boalt School of Law of the University of California at Berkeley. Following hisgraduation from the Boalt School of Law at the University of California atBerkeley, he served as legal assistant successively to Judges Richard M. Moskand Charles N. Brower at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague.Professor Caron writes and teaches in the area of international dispute
resolution. From 1996 to 2003, he also served as a member of the Precedent (E2) Panel of theUnited Nations Compensation Commission resolving claims arising out of the Gulf War.Professor Caron currently serves as an arbitrator in several ICSID and NAFTA arbitrations, and isa member of the U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Public International Law. In2006, Oxford University Press published a Commentary on the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rulesauthored by Professor Caron, Judge Matti Pellonpaa of the European Court of Human Rightsand Lee Caplan of the U.S. Department of State. Professor Caron is Chair of the Advisory Boardof the Institute for Transnational Arbitration.
JAMES H. CARTER is a partner in theNewYork office of Sullivan&Cromwell LLP andco-coordinatorof its international arbitrationpractice, inwhichhe is activeas counseland as an arbitrator. He is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School andattended Cambridge University as a Fulbright Scholar. Mr. Carter is a formerChairmanof theBoardofDirectorsof theAmericanArbitrationAssociationandaPastPresident of the American Society of International Law. He has served as amember
of the LondonCourt of International Arbitration andVice President of itsNorthAmericanCouncil andis amember of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
JAMES E. CASTELLO practices in the international arbitration group at Dewey &LeBoeuf in Paris. As a lawyer for more than 20 years, James has advised andrepresented clients in a wide range of legal disputes, particularly institutionaland ad hoc arbitrations. He is a member of the Court of the London Court ofInternational Arbitration and, for the past seven years, has also served on theUnited States’ delegation to the ArbitrationWorking Group at UNCITRAL. At the
beginning of his legal career, James served as law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. on theU.S. Supreme Court and as legal assistant to Judge Howard Holtzmann on the Iran-U.S. ClaimsTribunal at The Hague; from early 1995 to January 2001, James left private practice to serve insenior legal positions in the U.S. government, including as Deputy Counsel to the President, attheWhite House, and Associate Deputy Attorney General, in the Justice Department.
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ALAN R. CRAIN is S.V.P. & General Counsel of Baker Hughes Inc. (technology &services – USA / operations in 90+ countries). He has been General Counsel oftwo other multinationals and is a member of the Board of Mariner Energy (NYSElisted). He has more than 25 years experience as an arbitrator in a broad rangeof cases involving international commercial matters. He has been appointedchair in over 50 tribunals for the A.A.A., I.C.D.R., NYSE, NASD, I.C.C. and for
arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules. He was an adjunct Professor of International Law at theUniversity of Houston for 10 years, Chairman of the HoustonWorld Affairs Council as well as theHouston Committee on Foreign Relations and served on the Executive Board of thePhiladelphia Committee on Foreign Relations.
MATTHEW S. DUNNE is a senior associate in the International Trade Group atKing & Spalding LLP in Washington, DC. Mr. Dunne specializes in internationaltrade litigation, intellectual property litigation, and international arbitration. Mr.Dunne has particular experience enforcing his clients’ intellectual propertyrights through Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, and defending his clientsagainst claims of patent infringement. Mr. Dunne also protects his clients and
their business interests through international arbitrations under bilateral and multilateralinvestment treaties. In addition, Mr. Dunne advises his clients on compliance with import,export, and investment laws and regulations. Mr. Dunne represents clients in a variety ofindustries, including semiconductors, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, constructionequipment, energy, and telecommunications. Mr. Dunne served as a law clerk to the HonorableEdith Brown Clement of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and as a Fellow with theInstitute for International Economic Law. In addition, Mr. Dunne held internships with theWorld Trade Organization's Appellate Body and the U.S. Trade Representative's Office ofGeneral Counsel in Geneva, Switzerland and Office of Intellectual Property in Washington, D.C.Mr. Dunne is a graduate of Emory University (M.A., B.A. summa cum laude) and GeorgetownUniversity (J.D., M.S.).
DR. AHMED SADEK EL-KOSHERI is Senior Partner of Kosheri, Rashed and RiadLaw Firm Cairo, Egypt; participated in around one hundred arbitration casesover the last four decades, including Aminoil case against Kuwait, SPP MiddleEast/Egypt, Taba case against Israel, the sovereignty over the Islands and thedelimitation of the maritime boundary between Eritrea and Yemen; FormerJudge ad hoc at the ICJ (1992 – 1903); Former Professor of Law and President of
Senghor University at Alexandria (1997 to 2003); Member of the UN "Redesign Panel" for theReform of the internal judicial system (2006); Vice Chairman of the ICC International Court ofArbitration (1998 to present); Member of the International Law Institut (since 1987); Member oftheWorld Bank’s Presidential list of ICSID Arbitrators (since 2002).
DEBORAH G. HANKINSON practices civil appellate law and conductsarbitration and mediation services at Hankinson Levinger LLP in Dallas, Texas.She is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of LegalSpecialization. Ms. Hankinson is a member of the American Law Institute. She isalso a member of the American Arbitration Association’s National Roster ofNeutrals. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction from Purdue
University in 1973 and aMaster of Science degree fromThe University of Texas at Dallas in 1978.She received her Juris Doctor degree cum laude from the Southern Methodist University Schoolof Law in 1983, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Southwestern Law Journal. Shecurrently serves as a member of the Executive Board for the SMU Dedman School of Law.Before earning her law degree, Ms. Hankinson taught special education for seven years in Plano,Texas. She practiced civil trial and appellate law at the Dallas law firm of Thompson & Knight,L.L.P., from 1983-1995. She was then appointed and later elected to the Texas judiciary, servingfirst from 1995-1997 as a Justice on the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas, and from 1997-2002, as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Texas.
TONI D. HENNIKE is Coordinator International Investments & Arbitration forExxonMobil Corporation and is responsible for investor-state arbitrations andmatters related to foreign investment and trade (WTO). Prior to her currentassignment, she held the following positions within ExxonMobil: Assistant ChiefAttorney, Production Company Law Department, responsible for legal mattersrelated to production activities in North & South America; Assistant Chief
Attorney, Exploration & Development Law Department, responsible for legal matters related toexploration and development activities in Mexico, South America, Italy, Russia, and Asia/Pacific;General Counsel of Mobil Exploration & Producing Australia Pty Ltd. (Perth, Australia); GeneralCounsel of Mobil Exploration & Producing US Inc. (MEPUS); and, Counsel for MEPUS beginningin 1992. Ms. Hennike’s experience in the oil and gas industry began in 1981 with AtlanticRichfield Company (ARCO) in Lafayette, Louisiana. In 1987, Ms. Hennike joined the lawdepartment of Hunt Oil Company where she worked until 1992. Ms. Hennike received her JurisDoctorate from The University of Tulsa where she was a member of the Tulsa Law Journal.
CARLA POWERS HERRON - Before joining Shell in 2000, Carla was a trial lawyerfor twenty-two years and an equity partner in Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P. Shespecialized in complex commercial and product liability cases, representingsuch clients as Philip Morris, Inc. (tobacco litigation), Koch Industries (royaltyand shareholder litigation), Bristol-Myers Squibb (pharmaceutical and medicaldevice litigation) and the City of Houston Municipal Employees’Pension System
(securities litigation). In addition tomaintaining a full-time practice, Carla was adjunct professorof law at the University of Houston Law Center for fourteen years, teaching trial advocacy, masstort litigation and pre-trial procedure. She is currently worldwide head of litigation for the ShellGroup, responsible for overseeing the Group’s most significant litigation around the world andmaintaining systems for litigation/dispute resolution identification, logging, reporting andrisk assessment.
J. MARTIN HUNTER was a partner in the firm formerly known as Freshfieldsfor 27 years. He retired from the firm in 1994 and became a barrister at EssexCourt Chambers, where he continues to practise in the field of internationalarbitration. He has served as counsel or arbitrator in cases held under the rulesof most of the world’s principal arbitral institutions and arbitration centres. In1995 he was appointed to the newly-established chair of International
Dispute Resolution at Nottingham Trent University. He is also a visiting professor at King’sCollege London. He is a member of the Council of ICCA, and has participated in the work of anumber of organisations including the AAA, the IBA, the ICC’s Court, the LCIA’s Court andUNCITRAL. He is chairman of the Board of Trustees of the DIAC, and was deputy-chairman ofthe UK Government’s committee on arbitration law reform, which prepared the EnglishArbitration Act 1996. His books include Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration(with Alan Redfern).
JENNIFER KIRBY is a partner in Herbert Smith's international arbitration group,having joined the firm directly from her position as Deputy Secretary General ofthe ICC International Court of Arbitration, where she supervised internationalarbitrations taking place across the globe in a wide variety of sectors, includingconstruction, energy, hotel management, mergers and acquisitions, sales anddistributions contracts and telecommunications. Recognized by Global
Arbitration Review as one of the 45 top arbitration lawyers under the age of 45, Jennifer beganher career in private practice in 1995 in New York, where she represented clients in bothinternational arbitrations and complex commercial litigations. Jennifer studied History atCambridge and Columbia Universities, and obtained her law degree at the University ofVirginia School of Law in 1995. Jennifer is admitted to the NewYork Bar and is fluent in Englishand French.
DR. FLORIAN KREMSLEHNER has been a partner at DORDA BRUGGER JORDISsince 1992 and heads the firm's arbitration and litigation department. He is agraduate of the University of Vienna and was admitted to the Austrian Bar in1990. Florian Kremslehner has 20 years of experience in dispute resolution,advising clients in civil and criminal litigations as well as in internationalarbitrations. He also has extensive experience as arbitrator (ICC Rules) and
counsel in institutional and ad-hoc arbitrations (ICC, UNCITRAL, Vienna Rules).Mr. Kremslehner’s present practice as an arbitrator and party counsel covers all areas ofcommercial law, with a focus on construction, telecom and investment disputes. His advocacyskills are complemented by many years of experience in banking and finance transactions.Florian Kremslehner has a reputation for investigating asset recovery and corporateliability cases. He advises a wide range of banking and industry clients, governments andinternational organisations and insurance companies. Florian Kremslehner is recommended fordispute resolution in "The European Legal 500" (2005) and "European Legal Experts" (2005); heis also recommended in "Euromoney's Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in CommercialArbitration" (2004) and "Euromoney's Guide to the World’s Leading Litigation Lawyers" (2005).He is member of the AAA and ICDR roster of arbitrators, LCIA, Austrian Arbitration Association,International Bar Association, Union Internationale d’Avocats, Associazione InternazionaleGiuristi di Lingua Italiana. Florian Kremslehner is fluent in German, English and Italian. Heholds seminars and publishes articles on money-laundering, cash-pooling, and directors’ andofficers’ liability.
ROBERT E. LUTZ is a Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School in LosAngeles, teaches courses on private and public international law subjects, haspublished numerous legal articles and books on a broad range of internationalsubjects (latest: “A Lawyer’s Handbook for Enforcing Foreign Judgments in theU.S. and Abroad”, published by Cambridge University Press), and serves as aconsultant to law firms and organizations. He was the Chair of the ABA Section
of International Law (2001-02), and arbitrates NAFTA disputes, as well as other private andpublic domestic and international arbitrations. He is a member of the U.S. Department ofStates’ Advisory Committee on International Law and the NAFTA Advisory Committee onPrivate Commercial Dispute Resolution. Currently, he is serving his third year as the ABAPresident’s appointed Chair of the ABA Task Force on Legal Services (ITILS), and is a member ofthe India-U.S. Trade Policy Forum’s Working Group on Legal Services. Previously, he was theFounding Chairman of the Board of the Center for International Commercial Arbitration (in LosAngeles) and a BoardMember of Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. Prof. Lutz is a graduate of theUniversity of Southern California (B.A., 1968) and U.C. Berkeley Law School (J.D., 1971).
TIM MARTIN has over 30 years of experience in the international petroleumindustry in senior management positions, including General Counsel, SpecialCounsel, Country General Manager, Finance Director, Commercial Manager andan economist. He has worked in more than 50 countries around the world andhas established & managed international operations, handled the acquisitionand divestment of oil & gas properties, secured project financing and managed
international banking & financial systems. Tim has extensive experience as an arbitrator,mediator, expert and counsel, including the ICC, AAA/ICDR and ICSID. He is a Fellow andChartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and is a member of theInternational Arbitration Institute and the London Court of International Arbitration. He is onthe Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association and on the International Panelof the International Centre of Dispute Resolution. Tim is amember of the ICC Canadian NationalCommittee and is on their Panel of International Commercial Arbitrators. Tim was the Presidentof the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) where he was twice votedMember of the Year and also received its President's Award and Legacy Award for hisoutstanding work for the organization and the energy industry. He is a global faculty memberat CEPMLP at the University of Dundee, Scotland and has acted as an advisor to governmentsand industry organizations on governance and ADR matters.
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OSVALDO JORGE MARZORATIwas born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 7,1941. Admitted to the bar in Argentina in 1964. Legal Education: University ofBuenos Aires (L.L.B., magna cum laude, 1964); Recipient, Fullbright Fellowship,1966; Princeton University and Columbia Law School (Master on ComparativeLaw, cum laude, 1967). Books: “The International Sales Agreement” (FundaciónBolsa de Comercio, 1989, p.p. 60); “Systems of Commercial Distribution” (Astrea,1989; p.p. 580); “International Business Transactions” (Astrea, 1st. ed. 1993; 2nd.
ed. 1997; 3rd. ed. 2003 (2 volumes)); “Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances” (Astrea, 1996, p.p.330); “Franchising” (Astrea, 2001, p.p. 459). Since 2001 his focus has been primarily onarbitration as an arbitrator in international matters, having served as ICC sole arbitrator or as aparty arbitrator in different uncitral cases. He has also served as co arbitrator under specific adhoc o Procedural Codes. He has written various articles on ICSID cases and participated as localcounsel on some of them.
CALINE MOUAWAD is Counsel in the New York office of Salans, where she is amember of the firm's international arbitration practice group. She has beencounsel in numerous international commercial arbitrations and investmenttreaty arbitrations, involving a variety of sectors including oil and gas,telecommunications, and insurance, and has worked under the arbitration rulesof several institutions, including the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, ICAC and AAA, as well as in
ad hoc cases under the UNCITRAL Rules. She is a graduate of Rice University (B.A., 1997) andHarvard Law School (J.D., 2001) and is a dual-qualified lawyer in New York and in Paris.
LUCY F. REED, a partner in the New York office of Freshfields BruckhausDeringer, is co-head of the firm’s global international arbitration group. Sherepresents clients and sits as arbitrator in cases conducted under the ICSID, ICC,AAA and other major institutional and ad hoc rules. She is a Member of theEthiopia-Eritrea Claims Commission, and served as co-director of the ClaimsResolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland. While with the U.S.
Department of State, Lucy served as U.S. Agent to the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal andDeputy Assistant Legal Adviser for International Claims and Investment Disputes. She is the co-author (with Jan Paulsson and Nigel Blackaby) of the Guide to ICSID Arbitration (Kluwer 2004)and The Freshfields Guide to Arbitration andADR (Paulsson, Rawding, Reed and Schwartz, Kluwer1999), and has published her 2001 Hague Academy lectures. Lucy is a Vice-Chair of the ITA,the President of the American Society of International Law and a member of the Council onForeign Relations.
KENNETH B. REISENFELD is a Partner in the Washington, D.C. office of King &Spalding LLP, where he is a member of its International Arbitration andInternational Trade Practice Groups. A 1978 graduate of Harvard Law School,Mr. Reisenfeld has over 30 years’ experience representing U.S. and foreigncorporations and government entities in litigation and arbitration ofinternational commercial, pharmaceutical, technology, investment,
construction, M&A, energy, trade and public international law disputes in U.S. courts andbefore international arbitral tribunals throughout the world. Mr. Reisenfeld is named in“Chambers Global,” “The International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration Lawyers,” andEuromoney’s “Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration.” He is on panelrosters for a number of arbitral institutions and has been appointed by the U.S. TradeRepresentative to serve on Binational Panels under NAFTA. Mr. Reisenfeld is a Past Chairman ofthe American Bar Association’s 20,000 member Section of International Law and a formerChairman of the ABA International Commercial Arbitration Committee. He currently serves onthe Executive Committee of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, the IBA Task Force onCounsel Ethics and represents the ABA on the Council of the International Bar Association. Heis a co-author of the ABA/AAA Code of Ethics for Arbitrators (2004). Prior to joining privatepractice, Mr. Reisenfeld was a judicial law clerk to U.S. District Court Chief Judge Frank J. Battisti,and served in the Attorney General’s Office at the U.S. Department of Justice, where heprovided advice leading to the establishment of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.
W. MICHAEL REISMAN is Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law atthe Yale Law School where he has been on the Faculty since 1965. He has beena visiting professor in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Berlin, Basel, Paris and Geneva. He is aFellow of the World Academy of Art and Science and a former member of itsExecutive Council, the President of the Arbitration Tribunal of the Bank forInternational Settlements, a member of the Advisory Committee on
International Law of the Department of State, Vice-Chairman of the Policy Sciences Center, Inc.,and a member of the Board of The Foreign Policy Association. He has been elected to theInstitut de Droit International and is Honorary Professor in City University of Hong Kong. He haspublished widely in the area of international law and served as arbitrator and counsel in manyinternational cases. He was also President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rightsof the Organization of American States, Vice-President and Honorary Vice-President of theAmerican Society of International Law and Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal ofInternational Law. His most recent books are Foreign Investment Disputes: Cases, Materials andCommentary (with Bishop and Crawford) (Kluwer Law International, 2005); International Law inContemporary Perspective (with Arsanjani, Wiessner & Westerman) (Foundation Press, 2004);Jurisdiction in International Law (Ashgate, 1999); Law in Brief Encounters (Yale University Press,1999), Chinese Translation, Shenghuozhongde Weiguan Falu [Microscopic Laws in Life](Shangzhou Chubanshe, Taipei, 2001); and The Reasons Requirement in International InvestmentArbitration: Critical Case Studies (with Aguilar Alvarez, eds.) (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008).A Chinese edition of his selected writings, Understanding and Shaping International Law: Essaysof W. Michael Reisman was published by Law Press of China in 2007.
CATHERINE A. ROGERS international arbitration and professional ethicsscholar, was welcome as a professor of law by Penn State Dickinson in July 2008.Professor Rogers holds a joint appointment as a professor of law at UniversitàCommerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy, and is the former Richard C.Cadwallader Professor of Law at the Louisiana State University Law Center.Professor Rogers’ scholarship focuses on the convergence of the public and
private in international dispute resolution, specifically as manifest in the professionalobligations of the various participants in those processes. Her scholarship is due to bepublished by Oxford University Press and Juris Publishing, and has been published by theinternational law journals of Stanford, Michigan, and Berkeley, as well as by several othernational and foreign law reviews. She has been an invited speaker at dozens of national andinternational conferences, symposia, and forums, including two Stanford-Yale Junior Facultyforums. Professor Rogers is an associate reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatementof the Law of International Commercial Arbitration and the recipient of the CPR ProfessionalArticle Award. She is a member of the American Society of International Law Task Force onGlobal Legal Ethics, the Academic Council of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, and theInternational Bar Association Task Force on Attorney Ethics in International Arbitration. Beforeentering academia, Professor Rogers practiced international litigation and arbitration in NewYork, Hong Kong, and San Francisco. At Penn State Dickinson, Professor Rogers teachesInternational Arbitration and Professional Responsibility.
TOM J. SIKORA is Senior Counsel at El Paso Corporation with responsibility forinternational commercial and investment arbitration at El Paso Corporation. Healso directs El Paso’s E-Discovery practice. In addition, he co-heads El Paso’sEnterprise Content Management Project tasked with selecting andimplementing a corporate document management system. Tom currentlyserves as Vice Chair of the Corporate E-Discovery Forum, and is the former
President of the Houston International Arbitration Club. Tom was previously a lawyer withVinson & Elkins LLP in Houston, Texas, specializing in the international arbitration of energyindustry disputes. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1995 where hewas an Articles Review Board editor of the Virginia Law Review. He has a Bachelor of ArtsDegree in History and Literature from Harvard College.
THOMAS R. SNIDER is an attorney in the Washington, DC office of Dewey &LeBoeuf LLP where he practices international arbitration and litigation. For thepast eight years, he has served as counsel to a party before the Eritrea-EthiopiaClaims Commission, a state-to-state tribunal established to adjudicate claimsfor loss, damage, and injury arising from a two-year international armedconflict, and was a resident attorney in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 2002 to
2004. His experience also includes international commercial arbitration, investment disputes,and litigation in U.S. courts involving the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and other matters.In addition, he has written on international anti-corruption law. Mr. Snider is a graduate of theUniversity of Notre Dame and Harvard Law School.
JOHN M. TOWNSEND is a partner in the Washington, DC office of HughesHubbard & Reed LLP and chairs that firm’s Arbitration and ADR Group. Mr.Townsend was appointed by President Bush to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators.He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American ArbitrationAssociation, and served on the committees that revised the AAA/ABA Code ofEthics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes and that drafted the AAA/ICDR
International Arbitration Rules and the AAA’s Supplementary Rules for Class Arbitrations. Mr.Townsend is a Trustee as well as amember of the Arbitration and Competition Law Committeesof the U.S. Council for International Business and chairs the U.S. Council’s European PrivilegeTask Force. He is a member of the Arbitration Committee and the Challenge Review Board ofCPR, of the American Law Institute, and of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He was the2005-2006 Chair of the Mediation Committee of the International Bar Association. Mr.Townsend is a graduate of Yale University (B.A., 1968) and Yale Law School (J.D., 1971).
EDUARDO ZULETA specializes in international dispute resolution througharbitration. Mr. Zuleta has particular experience in matters involving disputesbetween private parties and with State entities and in matters related to M&A,project finance, construction contracts, and distribution agreements. He hasrepresented private and State parties in international arbitration and has actedsole arbitrator and chairman in international arbitration. Mr. Zuleta is professor
in international arbitration and commercial law, a member of LCIA, member of the advisoryboard of ITA and ACI Arb and Secretary of the Arbitration Commitee of IBA. He is the author ofseveral articles on international arbitration.
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El Paso Corp.Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLPFraser Milner Casgrain LLPGardere Wynne Sewell LLPGibbs & Bruns LLPGlast, Phillips & MurrayGomez-Acebo & PomboGómez-Pinzón ZuletaGonzalez De Castilla AbogadosGreenberg Traurig, LLPHanotiau & van den BergHughes Hubbard & ReedIntl Arbitral CentreJAMS, Inc.Jenner & Block LLPKlein & FrancoLenz & StaehelinLevy & Salomao AdvogadosLévy Kaufmann-KohlerLoperena, Lerch & MartinDel CampoMarval O’Farrell & MairalMcDermott, Will & Emery (Houston)McDermott, Will & Emery(New York)Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloyMiranda Correia Amendoeira& AssociadosMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPNavigant Consulting, Inc.O’Melveny & Myers LLPPatterson Belknap Webb & TylerPedro J. Martinez-FragaPerez Bustamante & PoncePython & PeterQuevedo DavisSantamarina Y StetaSchulte Roth & ZabelSessions Lambert Selwyn LLPSheppard, Mullin, Richter& HamptonShipley Snell MontgomerySimmons & SimmonsSimont Braun S.C.R.L.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher& Flom LLP (Washington, DC)Squire Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.Studio Legale BiscontiThelen Reid Brown Raysman& Steiner LLPTozzini Freire AdvogadosWiley Rein LLPWilmer Hale
ASSOCIATEJosé María AbascalLinda A. AheeWilliam A. AlexanderKen V. AlwynJose BanegasBabak BarinStacey L. Barnes
John BeckworthPierre BienvenuMark K. BolingMichael BondMichael BuhlerBrooks R. BurdetteDavid H. BurtDavid N. CalvilloDuncan H. CameronJohn Allen Chalk, Sr.Michael Collins, Q.C.Leonardo CorreaJohn R. CrookTom CunninghamPlatt W. Davis, IIIDavid A. DelmanYves DerainsJean DuplessisBenjamin A. Escobar, Jr.Richard D. FaulknerJohn D. FognaniWilliam A. Gage, Jr.Lauro Gama Jr.Iraj GharibMarc J. GoldsteinIgnacio Gomez-PalacioCelso M. Gonzalez-FallaLuis Enrique GrahamWhit GrayCalvin A. HamiltonStephen E. HandelJohn Hanna, Jr.Paul B. HannonLaura HardinHoward M. HoltzmannMont P. Hoyt, Sr.J. Martin HunterStuart Isaacs, Q.C.Stephen JaguschMark R. JoelsonJohn JudgeMark A. KantorMitchell L. LathropChristopher LauSergio Le PeraBarry LeonJulian D.M. LewDavid M. LindseyDavid T. LopezRobert W. MocklerCharles MolineauxMichael J. MoserAlexis MourrePiotr NowaczykAlberto OrozcoJosé Emilio Nunes PintoDavid W. PlantLisa A. PowellFergal PurcellJames E. RedmondKlaus ReichertJames M. Rhodes
William W. RussellAdesina SalawuJames J. Sentner, Jr.Ben H. Sheppard, Jr.Robert H. SmitAllison J. SnyderHon. Susan S. SoussanThomas SprangeCraig Edward SteinStephen W. SteinJeff SullivanRuth TeitelbaumPatricia D. TiltonOdean L. VolkerChristopher Wing ToStephen ValentineVictoria A. ValentineJeffrey D. VallisMarc VeitGeorg von SegesserRichard E. (Rory) WalckArnoldo WaldJohn Dewey WatsonJames YoungRodrigo ZamoraDiego Zavala
ACADEMIC / GOVERNMENT /NON-PROFITAnne AshbyRonald BettauerAndrea K. BjorklundLorraine M. BrennanEduardo FerreroYun-I KimIlhyung LeeAbul (Munir) ManiruzzamanRobert B. MatthewsVeronica Valentine McNallyLuis Manuel C. Mejan CarrerMargaret L. MosesJohn NiehussJeremy K. SharpeThe University of TexasSchool of LawPerry E. WallaceKathleen F. WarnerDong Zhang
I liked best “..the format—more entertaining
way to learn than via PowerPoint lecture.”
—2008 Participant
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ITA ADVISORY BOARD LEADERSHIP
CHAIRProf. David D. CaronUniversity of CaliforniaBoalt School of LawBerkeley, CA
VICE CHAIRJosé María Abascal ZamoraAbascal & AsociadosMexico City, Mexico
VICE CHAIRR. Doak BishopKing & SpaldingHouston, TX
VICE CHAIRPaul D. FriedlandWhite & Case LLPNew York, NY
VICE CHAIRBernard HanotiauHanotiau & Van Den BergBrussels, Belgium
VICE CHAIRJoseph E. NeuhausSullivan & Cromwell LLPNew York, NY
VICE CHAIRLucy F. ReedFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLPNew York, NY
PROGRAMS CO-CHAIRCarole MalinvaudGide Loyrette NouelParis, France
PROGRAMS CO-CHAIRDietmar W. PragerDebevoise & Plimpton LLPNew York, NY
MEMBER AT LARGEMichael C. PrylesClayton UtzMelbourne, Australia
MEMBER AT LARGEAbby Cohen SmutnyWhite & Case LLPWashington, D.C.
MEMBER AT LARGEProf. Peter WinshipSMU Dedman School of LawDallas, TX
PAST CHAIRThe Hon. Charles N. BrowerIran-United States Claims TribunalWhite & CaseWashington, DC
PAST CHAIRDonald Francis DonovanDebevoise & PlimptonNew York, NY
PAST CHAIREwell E. Murphy, Jr.Attorney At LawHouston, TX
PAST CHAIRJeswald W. SalacuseProfessor of LawThe Fletcher School of Law & DiplomacyTufts UniversityMedford, MA
CHAIR EMERITUS,ACADEMIC COUNCILThe Hon. Thomas BuergenthalInternational Court of JusticePeace PalaceThe Hague, The Netherlands
CHAIR, ACADEMIC COUNCILProf. Charles H. Brower, IICroft Associate Professorof International Law
University of Mississippi School of LawUniversity, MS
VICE CHAIR, ACADEMIC COUNCILAndrea K. BjorklundUC Davis School of LawDavis, CA
VICE CHAIR, ACADEMIC COUNCILChristopher GibsonSuffolk University School of LawMalibu, CA
EDITOR, NEWS & NOTESStephen WallaceVice President & General CounselWestlake Chemical CorporationHouston, TX
GENERAL EDITOR,KLUWERARBITRATION.COMProf. Roger P. AlfordPepperdine University School of LawMalibu, CA
CHAIR, AMERICAS INITIATIVEJonathan C. HamiltonWhite & Case LLPWashington, DC
CHAIR, YOUNG ARBITRATORSINITIATIVEAnibal SabaterFulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.Houston, TX
2009 ITA WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRJames E. CastelloDewey & LeBoeuf LLPParis, France
2009 ITA WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRKenneth B. ReisenfeldKing & Spalding LLPWashington, DC
2009 ITA WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRProf. Catherine A. RogersUniversità Commerciale Luigi Bocconi,Italy & Pennsylvania State University,University Park, PA
ITA DIRECTORDavid B. Winnand Vice PresidentCenter for American & International LawPlano, TX
EX OFFICIOMike MarchandPresidentCenter for American & International LawPlano, TX
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ITA ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
José María AbascalDr. Manuel A. AbdalaOlufunke AdekoyaFernando AguilarLinda A. AheeDr. Max H. AlbersKenneth E. AldousJay AlexanderWilliam A. AlexanderProf. Roger P. AlfordArif AliHenri AlvarezKen V. AlwynCatherine M. AmirfarOliver J. ArmasAnne AshbyJose I. AstigarragaJohn B. AttanasioLuis Alberto Aziz ChecaC. Mark BakerWilliam H. BakerCasey BallardJose BanegasBabak BarinStacey L. BarnesCharles A. BeachJohn B. BeckworthJohn BeecheyMartin D. BeirneDr. Pieter H.F. BekkerRonald J. BettauerPierre BienvenuJohn BigwoodDr. Giuseppe BiscontiR. Doak BishopAndrea K. BjorklundKarl-Heinz BockstiegelMark K. BolingMichael J. BondJohn P. BowmanLorraine BrennanProf. Charles H. Brower, IIThe Hon. Charles N. BrowerThe Hon. ThomasBuergenthalDr. Michael BuhlerBrooks R. BurdetteHenry G. BurnettMichael BurnettDavid H. BurtMark A. CalhounDavid N. CalvilloDuncan H. CameronDavid D. CaronDerrick B. CarsonJames H. CarterGreg J. CasasPatricia CaseyJames E. CastelloJohn Allen Chalk, Sr.Richard ChernickWilliam CoatsProf. Jack J. Coe, Jr.
Lynn R. ColemanMichael Collins, Q.C.Tom E. CookLeonardo CorreaBernardo M. CremadesJohn R. CrookTom CunninghamPlatt W. Davis, IIIRobert A. de ByEmilio Gonzalez De CastillaAlexandre de GramontAgostinho P. De MirandaFernando Del Castillo ElorzaDavid A. DelmanYves DerainsAngela Di FrancoDonald DonovanJason E. DoughtyPhilip DunhamJean DuplessisJeffrey ElkinsonAlejandro A. EscobarItziar EsparzaMichael EspositoWayne I. FaganRichard D. FaulknerEduardo FerreroKenneth FleurietJohn D. FognaniLaurie E. FosterDana H. FreyerPaul D. FriedlandMark W. FriedmanPatrick GaasWilliam A. Gage, Jr.Lauro Gama, Jr.John L. GardinerBarry H. GarfinkelIraj GharibJudith GillTeresa GiovanniniFederico GodoyMichael S. GoldbergMarc J. GoldsteinIgnacio Gomez-PalacioJorge A. GonzalezCelso M. Gonzalez-FallaLuis Enrique GrahamMark E. GranthamRichard J. GravingWhit GrayAnthony M. Guerino, IIPierre-Yves GunterHugh E. HackneyDavid R. HaighCalvin A. HamiltonJonathan C. HamiltonStephen E. HandelJohn Hanna, Jr.Paul B. HannonBernard HanotiauJohn L. HardimanLaura Hardin
Leah D. HarhayDavid E. Harrell, Jr.Grant J. HarveyRichard HillHoward M. HoltzmannDavid HowellMont P. Hoyt, Sr.David HuebnerJ. Martin HunterStuart Isaacs, Q.C.Michael E. JaffeStephen JaguschCharles A. JamesMark R. JoelsonO. Thomas Johnson, Jr.Robert W. JordanJohn JudgeBrent C. KaczmarekJohn M. KadelburgerJean E. KalickiMark A. KantorEd G. KehoeThomas S. KilbaneYun-I KimD. Brian KingMichael KitzenGuillermo KleinWilliam H. Knull, IIICarolyn B. LammKim J. LandsmanMitchell L. LathropChristopher LauSergio Le PeraIlhyung LeeMike P. Lennon, Jr.Barry LeonRichard C. LevinDr. Laurent LevyDr. Julian D.M. Lew, Q.C.Steven Y.H. LimPatrik LindforsDavid M. LindseyCarlos LoperenaDavid T. LopezEdward J. LynchAbul (Munir) ManiruzzamanFernando Mantilla-SerranoMike MarchandPedro J. Martinez-FragaRobert B. MatthewsDr. Anton G. MaurerJames D. McCarthyVeronica Valentine McNallyMark S. McNeillLuis Manuel C. MejanCarrerAndrea J. MenakerDr. Werner MelisCarl MicarelliCraig S. MilesRobert W. MocklerCharles MolineauxSimon Morgan
The Hon. Joseph W. MorrisMichael J. MoserMargaret L. MosesAlexis MourreEdward J. MurphyEwell E. Murphy, Jr.Mark NadeauGiovanni Ettore NanniJoseph E. NeuhausJohn NiehussMichael D. NolanPiotr NowaczykJosé Emilio Nunes PintoXavier NyssenRobert C. O'BrienKevin M. O'GormanLuis M. O'NaghtenLucia OjedaMichael K. OldhamAlberto OrozcoChris OsbornePaolo Michele PatocchiJose M. Perez ArtetaLeonel Perez Nieto CastroTrevor E. PhillipsJohn V.H. PiercePhilippe PinsolleDavid W. PlantDavid PluchinskyElaine PolemenakosMichael PolkinghorneFernando PomboLisa A. PowellMichael T. PowellDietmar W. PragerAndrew P. PriceJennifer PriceFergal PurcellPengiran A. PutehHugo QuevedoNigel K. RawdingJames E. RedmondLucy F. ReedKlaus ReichertKenneth B. ReisenfeldJames M. RhodesMark R. RobeckJose RosellEdward B. RoweWilliam W. RussellAníbal SabaterJay G. SaferJeswald W. SalacuseClaudia T. SalomonAnk SantensJeffrey W. SarlesPaul C. SaundersLawrence S. SchanerSteven SchneebaumMichael E. Schneider, Esq.James J. Sentner, Jr.Fernando Eduardo SerecJeremy K. Sharpe
Ben H. Sheppard, Jr.Peter J.W. SherwinGeorge T. ShipleyTomasz J. SikoraEduardo Silva RomeroEduardo SiqueirosJosé Luis SiqueirosWilliam K. Slate, IIRobert H. SmitJennifer SmithReginald R. SmithSteven L. SmithAbby Cohen SmutnyAllison J. SynderThe Hon. Susan S. SoussanPablo T. SpillerThomas SprangeCraig Edward SteinStephen W. SteinMargrete StevensJeff SullivanHarry W. Sullivan, Jr.Jonathan SutcliffeMichael E. SwartzChristopher K. TahbazGordon TarnowskyRuth TeitelbaumMichael ThompsonPatricia D. TiltonChristopher Wing ToTimothy J. TylerStephen ValentineVictoria A. ValentineJeffrey D. VallisMarc VeitAna VermalCharles VerrillJose Luis VittorGeorge VlavianosOdean L. VolkerDr. Georg von SegesserRichard E. (Rory) WalckArnoldo WaldPerry E. WallaceStephen WallaceKathleen F. WarnerJohn D. WatsonRobert A. WeinerWilliam G. WhitehillAnne Marie WhitesellWayne R. WilsonDavid B. WinnPeter WinshipJames L. YoungRodrigo ZamoraDiego ZavalaDong ZhangEduardo Zuleta
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ITA BOARD OF REPORTERS
GENERAL EDITORProf. Roger AlfordPepperdine University School of LawMalibu, CA
ASSOCIATE EDITORSeem MalehInstitute for Transnational ArbitrationPlano, TX
ASSOCIATE EDITORDeen KaplanHogan & HartsonWashington, DC
SPONSOR REPRESENTATIVES
KLUWER LAW INTERNATIONALVincent Verschoor, PublisherWolters Kluwer Law & BusinessAlphen Aan Den Rijn, The Netherlands
INSTITUTE FOR TRANSNATIONALARBITRATIONDavid B. Winn, DirectorVice PresidentCenter for American & International LawPlano, TX
COUNTRY REPORTERS
ARGENTINAFederico GodoyBeretta GodoyBuenos Aires, Argentina
AUSTRALIADaniel MeltzSelborne ChambersSydney, Australia
AUSTRIADr. Guenther J. HorvathFreshfields Bruckhaus DeringerVienna, Austria
BELGIUMBernard HanotiauHanotiau & van den BergBrussels, Belgium
BRAZILDr. Jõao Bosco LeeCastro, Valença, Lee & Araújo, Sociedadede AdvogadosCuritiba, Brazil
CANADAHenri AlvarezFasken Martineau DuMoulinVancouver, Canada
CHILECristian Conejero-RoosCuatrecasas AbogadosParis, France
CHINASally A. HarpoleSally Harpole & Co.Hong Kong, Hong Kong
COLOMBIAEduardo ZuletaGómez-Pinzón ZuletaBogota, Colombia
COSTA RICAPedro OllerOller AbogadosSan Jose, Costa Rica
DENMARKJesper LundgrenRonne & LundgrenCopenhangen, Denmark
ECUADORHernán Pérez LooseCoronel & Pérez AbogadosGuayaquil, Ecuador
EGYPTDr. Karim YoussefThe National Law Commission (NLC)of EgyptGiza, Egypt
EL SALVADORZygmunt BrettArias & MuñozSan Salvador, El Salvador
ENGLANDNicholas FletcherClifford Chance LLPLondon, United Kingdom
FINLANDJan Waselius & Tanja MeinanderWaselius & WistHelsinki, Finland
FRANCEYves Derains & Bertrand DerainsDerains & AssocièsParis, France
GERMANYDr. Richard H. KreindlerShearman & Sterling LLPFrankfurt, Germany
GREECEDr. Georgios PetrochilosFreshfields Bruckhaus DeringerLondon, United Kingdom
Ioannis VassardanisAlexander Vassardanis & PartnersAthens, Greece
GUATEMALAAlvaro Rodrigo Castellanos HowellRodriguez, Archila, Castellanos, Solares& AguilarGuatemala, Guatemala
HONG KONGMichael J. MoserO’Melveny & MyersHong Kong, Hong Kong
INDIAAman AhluwaliaIndependent PractitionerNew Delhi, India
IRELANDKlaus ReichertBarrister-at-Law & Chartered ArbitratorLaw Library/Brick Court ChambersDublin, Ireland
ISRAELRoy S. SchondorfDebevoise & Plimpton LLPNew York, NY
ITALYStefano Azzali & Benedetta CoppoChamber of Arbitration of MilanMilan, Italy
JAPANShuji YanaseNagashima, Ohno & TsunematsuTokyo, Japan
JORDANOmar M.H. AljazyAljazy & Co.Amman, Jordan
LEBANONJalal El AhdabOrrick Rambaud MartelParis, France
MEXICOJosé María Abascal ZamoraMexico City National Chamber of ComerseMexico City, Mexico
Cecilia Flores RuedaSantamarina Y StetaMexico City, Mexico
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ITA BOARD OF REPORTERS
THE NETHERLANDSJacomijn J. van Haersolte-van HofHaersolteHofDen Haag, The Netherlands
NEW ZEALANDCampbell WalkerGilbert WalkerAuckland, New Zealand
PAKISTANAmjed Kamal ButtButt & Wanchoo, AdvocatesProfiles, Legal & Management ConsultantsIslamabad, Pakistan
PARAGUAYDiego ZavalaMersan, AbogadosAsunción, Paraguay
PERUFernando Cantuarias SalaverryUniversidad Peruana de CienciasAplicadas UPCLima, Peru
PORTUGALJosé Miguel JúdiceA.M. Pereira, Saragga Leal, OliveiraMertins, Júdice e Associados (PLMJ)Lisboa, Portugal
RUSSIANatalia BelomestnovaDechert Law FirmParis, France
SCOTLANDDavid ScottMcGrigorsEdinburgh, United Kingdom
SINGAPOREMichael HwangMichael Hwang S.C.Singapore, Republic of Singapore
SOUTH ARFICALise BosmanUniversity of CapetownWilfred & JulesKramer Law SchoolRondebosch, South Africa
SPAINFernando Mantilla-SerranoShearman & Sterling LLPParis, France
SWEDENJohn M. KadelburgerAndersson Gustafsson Advokatbyrå KBStockholm, Sweden
SWITZERLANDDr. Georg von SegesserSchellenberg & WittmerZurich, Switzerland
SYRIAAbdulhay SayedSayed & SayedDamascus, Syria
TURKEYStephan WilskeGleiss LutzStuttgart, Germany
Dr. Ismail G. EsinEsin/lsmenIstanbul, Turkey
UKRAINEYaroslav PetrovCMS Cameron McKenna LLCKyiv, Ukraine
UNITED STATESCatherine M. Amirfor &Donald Francis Donovan &Christopher K. TahbazDebevoise & Plimpton LLPNew York, NY
VENEZUELAAlfredo E. De Jesus O.Hinestrosa, De Jesús, de Jesús &Sánchez AbogadosCaracas, Venezuela
INSTITUTIONAL REPORTERS
ICSIDDietmar W. PragerDebevoise & Plimpton LLPNew York, NY
International Court of JusticeDr. Pieter BekkerMcDermott, Will & EmeryNew York, NY
NAFTAProf. Charles H. Brower, IICroft Associate Professor ofInternational LawUniversity of Mississippi School of LawUniversity, MS
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“Real world case studies”
—2008 Participant
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ITA ACADEMIC COUNCIL
CHAIRCharles H. Brower, IICroft Institute of International StudiesUniversity of Mississippi School of LawUniversity, Mississippi
VICE CHAIRAndrea K. BjorklundUC Davis School of LawDavis, California
VICE CHAIRChristopher GibsonSuffolk University Law SchoolBoston, Massachusetts
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRJack J. Coe, Jr.Pepperdine University School of LawMalibu, California
CHAIR EMERITUSThe Hon. Thomas BuergenthalInternational Court of JusticeThe Hague, The Netherlands
CHAIR EMERITUSDavid D. CaronUniversity of California at BerkeleyBoalt Hall School of LawBerkeley, California
Roger P. AlfordPepperdine University School of LawMalibu, California
David J. BedermanEmory University School of LawAtlanta, Georgia
Klaus Peter BergerUniversity of CologneCologne, Germany
George BermannColumbia University School of LawNew York, New York
Tai-Heng ChengNew York Law SchoolNew York, New York
William DodgeUC Hastings College of LawSan Francisco, California
Christopher R. DrahozalUniversity of Kansas School of LawLawrence, Kansas
Susan FranckWashington and Lee UniversitySchool of LawLexington, Virginia
David A. GantzThe University of ArizonaRogers College of LawTucson, Arizona
John Y. GotandaVillanova University School of LawVillanova, Pennsylvania
Andrew T. GuzmanUniversity of California at BerkeleyBoalt Hall School of LawBerkeley, California
J. Martin HunterEssex Court ChambersLondon, United Kingdom
Abba KoloThe University of DundeeDundee, United Kingdom
Stefan KröllRechtsanwaltCologne, Germany
Loukas MistelisUniversity of LondonLondon, United Kingdom
Margaret MosesLoyola University ChicagoSchool of LawChicago, Illinois
Andrew NewcombeUniversity of Victoria Law SchoolVictoria, British Columbia, Canada
William W. (Rusty) ParkBoston University School of LawBoston, Massachusetts
Michael C. PrylesClayton UtzMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alan Scott RauThe University of Texas School of LawAustin, Texas
Catherine A. RogersDickinson School of LawPennsylvania State University,University Park, Pennsylvania andUniversità Commerciale Luigi Bocconi,Milan, Italy
Peter “Bo” RutledgeUniversity of Georgia School of LawAthens, Georgia
David L. SandborgThe University of Hong KongHong Kong, China
Ben H. Sheppard, Jr.University of Houston Law CenterHouston, Texas
Guido TawilM. & M. Bomchil Advogados andUniversity of Buenos AiresBuenos Aires, Argentina
Leon TrakmanUniversity of New South WalesSydney, Australia
Albert Jan van den BergHanotiau & van den BergBrussels, Belgium
Hans van HoutteKatholieke Universiteit LeuvenLeuven, Belgium
Perry E. WallaceAmerican UniversityWashington College of LawWashington, DC
Peter WinshipSMU Dedman School of LawDallas, Texas
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INSTITUTE FOR TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATIONOF THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
The Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) provides advanced, continuingeducation for lawyers, judges and other professionals concerned with transnationalarbitration of commercial and investment disputes. Through its programs, scholarlypublications andmembership activities, ITA has become an important global forum oncontemporary issues in the field of transnational arbitration. The Institute’s record ofeducational achievements has been aided by the support of many of the world’sleading companies, lawyers and arbitration professionals. Membership in the Institutefor Transnational Arbitration is available to corporations, law firms, professional andeducational organizations, government agencies and individuals.
MISSIONFounded in 1986 as a division of The Center for American and International Law, theInstitute was created to promote global adherence to the world's principal arbitrationtreaties and to educate business executives, government officials and lawyers aboutarbitration as a means of resolving transnational business disputes.
WHY BECOME A MEMBER?Membership dues are more than compensated both financially and professionallyby the benefits of membership. Depending on the level of membership, ITA membersmay designate multiple representatives on the Institute’s Advisory Board, eachof whom is invited to attend, without charge, the annual ITA Workshop, the annualITA Advisory Board Dinner Meeting later that evening and the ITA Forum (thefollowing morning) - an informal, invitation-only roundtable discussion on currentissues in the field.
Advisory BoardMembers also receive a substantial discount off the price of all other ITAprograms and all ITA educational DVD products, and a free subscription to ITA’squarterly newsletter, News and Notes, and a free subscription to ITA’s law journal,WorldArbitration and Mediation Review. Your membership and participation support theactivities of one of the world’s leading forums on international arbitration today.
THE ADVISORY BOARDThe work of the Institute is done primarily through its Advisory Board. The ITA AdvisoryBoard meets for business and social activities each June in connection with the annualITAWorkshop.
PROGRAMS AND PUBLICATIONSThe primary public program of the Institute is its annual one-day ITA Workshop,presented each year in June in Dallas, which customarily combines mock scenes withexpert commentaries performed and presented by leading arbitrators and arbitrationpractitioners from around the world to illuminate procedures and issues commonlyencountered in international commercial arbitration. Other annual programs includethe ITA Americas Workshop and Americas Roundtable, held at different venues inLatin America and the ITA-ASIL Spring Conference, held in Washington, D.C. For acomplete calendar of ITA programs in 2009, please visit our website atwww.cailaw.org/ita. The Institute for Transnational Arbitration is also proud to publishitsWorld Arbitration andMediation Review and acclaimed Scoreboard of Adherenceto Transnational Arbitration Treaties, a comprehensive, regularly-updated report onthe status of every country’s adherence to the primary international arbitration treaties.The Scoreboard is published in ITA’s quarterly journal/newsletter, News and Notes. AllITA members also receive a free subscription to ITA’s newest publication is WorldArbitration andMediation Review, a law journal edited by ITA’s Board of Editors. ITA’seducational videos and DVDs are produced through its Academic Council to aidprofessors, students and practitioners of international arbitration. Since 2002, ITA hasco-sponsored KluwerArbitration.com, the most comprehensive, up-to-date portal forinternational arbitration resources on the Internet, in which current developmentsaround the world are reported monthly by ITA’s Board of Reporters and published infive issues per year.
Please join us. For more information, visit ITA online at www.cailaw.org/ita.
INSTITUTE FOR TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION2009 Annual Membership Dues and Benefits
SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP – $5,000(available to corporations, firms, andother organizations)• Six representatives on the Institute Advisory Board, each of whom is entitled to all of
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A Meeting for Young International Arbitrators
DALLASROUNDTA B L E
4thAnnual
June 17, 20095:00-8:45 p.m.
Westin Galleria Hotel - Dallas, Texas
Presented byThe Institute for Transnational Arbitration
ICC Young Arbitrators ForumICDR Young & International
LCIA Young International Arbitration Group
The Institute for Transnational Arbitration gratefully acknowledges
Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerProskauer Rose LLP
Walder Wyss & Partners
for their generous sponsorship support.
4:30 REGISTRATION
5:00 WELCOMEAníbal Sabater, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., HoustonChair, ITA Young Arbitrators’ Initiative
Victoria Shannon, Deputy Director, Arbitration and ADR, North America,ICC International Court of ArbitrationRepresentative, ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
James H. Boykin, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, Washington, D.C.Executive Board Member, ICDR Young & International
Rachael D. Kent, WilmerHale, Washington, D.C.LCIA YIAG Regional Representative, USA
5:15 PANEL: ARBITRATOR DISCLOSURES AND CHALLENGESModerator Rachael D. Kent, WilmerHale, Washington, D.C.Panelists Nigel Blackaby, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris
James H. Carter, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New YorkPeter J.W. Sherwin, Proskauer Rose, New York
6:10 BREAK
6:25 PANEL: ARBITRATION RULES AND GUIDELINES ON THE MOVE: CHANGES INTHE IBA RULES, UNCITRAL RULES, ICSID RULES AND THE RECENTLYISSUED ICDR GUIDELINESModerator James H. Boykin, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, Washington, D.C.Panelists Ank A. Santens, White & Case LLP, New York
Eugene J. Silva, II, Counsel, Exxon Mobil Corporation, HoustonMarc D. Veit, Walder Wyss & Partners, Zurich
7:15 - 8:45 ROUNDTABLE RECEPTION FOR FACULTY AND REGISTRANTS
Registration is free and includes themeetingmaterials and the reception. Formoreinformation or to register, visitwww.cailaw.org/ita.
MCLE CREDIT: This program has been approved by the State Bar of Texas for 1.75,including 0 hours of ethics. Course ID Number: 901180349. Sign-in sheets and/orcertificates of attendancewill be available for ALL states.
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CANCELLATION POLICY:Tuitionless a $50 cancellation fee will berefunded upon receipt of writtencancellation received by June 5, 2009.Email [email protected]. After thesedates, no refunds, but substitution ofattendees for this programwill bepermitted. Registrants not entitledto a refundwill receive thecoursematerials.
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