Cocktail Reception hosted by McDermott Will & Emery

Date: Thursday, 9 March 2017
Time: 7:30pm CET
Venue:
McDermott Will & Emery
Feldbergstr. 35
60323 Frankfurt a. Main

Roundtable Seminar – The Age of Insecurity – International Law in Times of Change and Transparency at Work

Date: Friday, 10 March 2017
Time: 10:30am – 1:30pm CET
Venue:
Frankfurt International Arbitration Center
Industrie und Handelskammer/Frankfurt (Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
Börsenplatz 4
60313 Frankfurt

Topics:

Investment Protection as Stability Factor / Protecting Investment Protection / Transparency, Information and Disinformation / UNCITRAL Transparency Rules – Status of Implementation / Practical Experience – How does it affect the arbitration? / The Way Forward – Best practices in the making?

Speakers Include:

• Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, former judge at the International Court of Justice and former Prime Minister of Jordan
• Professor Stanimir Alexandrov, Sidley Austin LLP, former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria
• Judge Christopher Greenwood, CMG QC, International Court of Justice
• Roland Koch, Attorney-at-law, former Prime Minister of Hesse
• Dr. Sabine Konrad, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP
• Judith Knieper, UNCITRAL
• Dr. Charles Poncet, Attorney-at-law