VIII Oxford Arbitration Day
22 Nov 2024
Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford), 120 Walton St
22 November 2024
Programme
8:30am - 9:00am – Registration
9:00am - 9:30am – Welcome address: Kristin van Zwieten (Commercial Law Centre – Harris Manchester College – University of Oxford) and Andre Luis Monteiro (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan)
9:30am - 11:00am - Panel 1: Sovereign Immunity and International Arbitration
- Moderator: Pietro Grassi (Signature Litigation)
- Speaker 1: Jingxia Shi (Renmin University)
- Speaker 2: José Ángel Rueda (Cuatrecasas)
- Speaker 3: Mark McNeill (Quinn Emanuel)
- Speaker 4: Philippa Webb (Twenty Essex)
11:00am - 11:30am - Coffee Break
11:30am - 1:00pm – Panel 2: Corruption in International Arbitration
- Moderator: Sofia de Sampaio Jalles (Armesto & Asociados)
- Speaker 1: Jonathan C. Hamilton (Paul Hastings)
- Speaker 2: Kate Davies KC (Skadden)
- Speaker 3: Lyu Qi (BAC/BIAC, Beijing Finlegal Corp)
- Speaker 4: Shaistah Akhtar (Miscon de Reya)
1:00pm - 2:00pm – Lunch
2:00pm - 3:30pm – Panel 3: The Client’s View on Arbitration
- Moderator: Gabriel Seijo (Cescon Barrieu)
- Speaker 1: Alexandre D’Ambrosio (Vale)
- Speaker 2: Jaroslav Kudrna (Czech Republic)
- Speaker 3: Sapan Gupta (Arcelor Mittal)
- Speaker 4: Katharine Young (Shell)
3:30pm - 4:00pm - Coffee Break
4:00pm - 5:30pm - Panel 4: Enforcement of arbitral awards: freezing orders, asset tracing, and challenging jurisdictions
- Moderator: Nora Fredstie (DAC Beachcroft)
- Speaker 1: Grant Noble (Grant Thornton)
- Speaker 2: Lijun Cao (Zhong Lun)
- Speaker 3: Siddharth Dhar KC (Essex Court Chambers)
- Speaker 4: Todd Wetmore (Three Crowns)
5:30pm - 6:15pm – Fireside Chat: A conversation between Alexis Mourre (MCL Arbitration) and Nigel Blackaby KC (Freshfields), moderated by Karina Goldberg (FCDG Advogados)
6:15pm - 6:30pm – Closing Remarks (Ana Dall’Agnol - University of Oxford)
Programme
8:30am - 9:00am – Registration
9:00am - 9:30am – Welcome address: Kristin van Zwieten (Commercial Law Centre – Harris Manchester College – University of Oxford) and Andre Luis Monteiro (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan)
9:30am - 11:00am - Panel 1: Sovereign Immunity and International Arbitration
- Moderator: Pietro Grassi (Signature Litigation)
- Speaker 1: Jingxia Shi (Renmin University)
- Speaker 2: José Ángel Rueda (Cuatrecasas)
- Speaker 3: Mark McNeill (Quinn Emanuel)
- Speaker 4: Philippa Webb (Twenty Essex)
11:00am - 11:30am - Coffee Break
11:30am - 1:00pm – Panel 2: Corruption in International Arbitration
- Moderator: Sofia de Sampaio Jalles (Armesto & Asociados)
- Speaker 1: Jonathan C. Hamilton (Paul Hastings)
- Speaker 2: Kate Davies KC (Skadden)
- Speaker 3: Lyu Qi (BAC/BIAC, Beijing Finlegal Corp)
- Speaker 4: Shaistah Akhtar (Miscon de Reya)
1:00pm - 2:00pm – Lunch
2:00pm - 3:30pm – Panel 3: The Client’s View on Arbitration
- Moderator: Gabriel Seijo (Cescon Barrieu)
- Speaker 1: Alexandre D’Ambrosio (Vale)
- Speaker 2: Jaroslav Kudrna (Czech Republic)
- Speaker 3: Sapan Gupta (Arcelor Mittal)
- Speaker 4: Katharine Young (Shell)
3:30pm - 4:00pm - Coffee Break
4:00pm - 5:30pm - Panel 4: Enforcement of arbitral awards: freezing orders, asset tracing, and challenging jurisdictions
- Moderator: Nora Fredstie (DAC Beachcroft)
- Speaker 1: Grant Noble (Grant Thornton)
- Speaker 2: Lijun Cao (Zhong Lun)
- Speaker 3: Siddharth Dhar KC (Essex Court Chambers)
- Speaker 4: Todd Wetmore (Three Crowns)
5:30pm - 6:15pm – Fireside Chat: A conversation between Alexis Mourre (MCL Arbitration) and Nigel Blackaby KC (Freshfields), moderated by Karina Goldberg (FCDG Advogados)
6:15pm - 6:30pm – Closing Remarks (Ana Dall’Agnol - University of Oxford)
