Columbia International Arbitration Association (CIAA)

Caroline Richard from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer kicks off the Diversity panel!

The Asia panel is on its way!

Our CAD Chair Ana Martinez Valls gives the opening remarks for CAD and International Women's Day!

HIGHLIGHT
CAD Panel 4: "What Does Diversity Bring to Arbitration?"

MODERATOR
Caroline Richard (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington D.C.)

With introduction by Mirèze Philippe (ICC Court of Arbitration, Paris)

SPEAKERS
Alex Spiro (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, New York)
Dana MacGrath (Bentham IMF, Arbitral Women, New York)
Emily Slater (Burford Capital, The Equity Project, New York)
Erin Thomas (Covington and Burling, LLP, New York)
Julissa Reynoso (Winston & Strawn, New York)

HIGHLIGHT
CAD Panel 3B: "Interactive Relations Between Court Systems and Arbitration in Asia"

MODERATOR
Frances E. Bivens (Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York)

SPEAKERS
Alison Chang (CIArb (YMG), Taiwan Chapter; King and Wood Mallesons, Beijing)
Fiona P**n (Debevoise & Plimpton, New York)
Joongi Kim (Yonsei Law School, Seoul; Georgetown Law, Washington, D.C.)
Joshua Karton (Queen’s University Faculty of Law, Kingston)
Yoshimi Ohara (ICC Court of Arbitration; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo)

HIGHLIGHT
CAD Panel 1: "The EU and ISDS: A Work in Progress"

MODERATOR
George Bermann (Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law at Columbia Law School)

SPEAKERS
Aikaterini Florou (EU Commission)
Garth Schofield (Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague)
Grant Hanessian (Baker McKenzie LLP, New York)
John Beechey (Beechey Arbitration, Hong Kong)
Michael Reisman (Yale Law School)
Shane Spelliscy (Trade Law Bureau, Government of Canada; UNCITRAL Working Group III)

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CAD Highlight of the day: KEYNOTE SPEAKER Gaëtan Verhoosel. Gaëtan is a founding partner of Three Crowns and has served as advocate or arbitrator in a large number of both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. He is the Co-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee and teaches at King’s College School of Law.

Prior to entering private practice, Gaëtan served as a legal advisor at the World Trade Organization, where he advised dispute settlement panels adjudicating disputes between sovereigns across a range of industry sectors.

Gaëtan has been ranked as a leading international arbitration practitioner in all major publications, including Chambers (UK, Global, Europe, and Latin America), PLC Which Lawyer (England), Legal 500 (UK), Legal 500 (Latin America), Who’s Who Legal, and the Arbitration Power List.

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19CU1: Columbia Arbitration Day 2019 Columbia Arbitration Day (CAD), the Columbia International Arbitration Association's (CIAA) largest annual event, is one of the premier international arbitration and CLE-accredited conferences in the country, bringing together scholars, practitioners, and students from all over the world for an annu...

We are excited to announce that our keynote speaker is Gaëtan Verhoosel, a partner and co-founder of Three Crowns! Please check out our website for a comprehensive list of our other confirmed speakers! https://arbitration-day.law.columbia.edu/