International Arbitration 2009

Overview

Why You Should Attend

If your company or client has a dispute arising out of a contract with a foreign party, international arbitration represents the best method for resolving that dispute in a neutral forum and enforcing any subsequent award. However, the resolution of international business disputes through arbitration raises a host of unique issues. This program will address these critical issues and give you the information you need to successfully navigate the international arbitration process. Join our exceptional faculty of experienced practitioners for instruction on the most current and important topics in this fast-growing field. If you handle any aspects of international arbitration or mediation for your clients or company, you will not want to miss this conference.

What You Will Learn

• Where and when to select arbitration
• Insights on the international arbitrator's point of view
• Recent developments in international dispute resolution, including class arbitration and the enforcement of arbitral rewards
• How to successfully handle an interview, preliminary conference, and hearing with an international arbitrator

New this year:

• International arbitration involving the pharmaceutical industry
• Specialized regional focus on arbitration in India
• Investment treaty arbitration

Who Should Attend
This program is designed for private practitioners, in-house counsel, and other professionals who are involved in the arbitration of international disputes.

Special Features

Live Webcast - Simultaneous live webcast of the New York session is available for individual viewing. Webcast participants will receive streaming audio and/or video of the program, view and print the Course Handbook, and have the ability to submit questions electronically.

For more information click on the Live Webcast link in the Related Items box.

Special Bonus to all Registrants

All attendees will receive a complimentary copy of PLI's comprehensive Course Handbook. This softcover, bound volume was written to augment the program and to stand alone as a permanent reference. PLI's Course Handbooks represent the definitive thinking of the nation's finest legal minds, and are often the standard reference in the field.

Please Note: Webcast attendees will receive a downloadable version of the Handbook one business day prior to the program.

PLI Group Discounts

Groups of 4-14 from the same organization, all registering at the same time, for a PLI program scheduled for presentation at the same site, are entitled to receive a group discount.  For further discount information, please contact membership@pli.edu or call (800) 260-4PLI.

PLI Can Arrange Group Viewing to Your Firm

Contact the Groupcasts Department via email at groupcasts@pli.edu for more details.

Cancellations

All cancellations received 3 business days prior to the program will be refunded 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted time period, payment is due in full. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time.

Cancellations

All cancellations received 3 business days prior to the program will be refunded 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted time period, payment is due in full. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time.

Schedule

Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

9:00  International Arbitration: Is It The Best Option?

• Contrasted to litigation
• Contrasted to mediation
• Hague Choice of Courts Convention

John Fellas, Lorraine M. Brennan, Luis Miguel Diaz, M. Christie Helmer

10:00  Break

10:15  Choosing the Place of Arbitration:  Geneva, London, New York, Paris, Zurich & Mock Session:  Section 1782 and International Arbitration

• Choosing the Place of Arbitration:  Geneva, London, New York, Paris, Zurich
  - The importance of the place of arbitration
  - Considerations in selecting venue
  - Differences in the arbitration laws of major fora
• Mock Session:  Section 1782 and International Arbitration
  - Taking evidence located in the U.S. for use in an international arbitration
  - 28 USC § 1782
  - From NBC to Intel to Roz Trading

Henry G. Burnett, James H. Carter, Pierre-Yves Gunter, Simon R. Morgan, Carmen Nuñez-Lagos, Hon. Jed S. Rakoff, Daniel Schimmel, Peter J.W. Sherwin, Hon. Sarah S. Vance

12:15  Lunch

Keynote Address: Adrian W. Winstanley

Afternoon Session: 1:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

1:15  Investment Treaty Arbitration

• Distinguished from commercial arbitration
• Establishing a claim
• Standards of protection

Professor Loukas Mistelis, Laurence Shore, Todd Grierson Weiler

2:15  Industry Focus: The Pharmaceutical Industry

• Modes of dispute resolution
• Types of dispute special considerations

John Fellas, Jon C. Filderman, Elpidio (PD) Villarreal, Daniel H. Weiner

3:15  Break

3:30  Country Focus: India

• Doing business in India
• Attitude of the courts
• Enforcement of awards in India

Vidya Rajarao, Pallavi Shroff, Joseph Tirado

4:30  The International Arbitrator's Point of View

• Interviews
• Preliminary conference
• Organizing the hearings
• Advocacy
• Deliberations and the award

Alain Frécon, Teresa Giovannini, Professor William W. Park, Professor Patricia Shaughnessy, Robert B. von Mehren

5:30 p.m. Conclusion

Cocktail Reception

Faculty

Chairperson(s)

John Fellas, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Speaker(s)

Lorraine M. Brennan, Senior Vice President of Programs & International, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution
Henry G. "Harry" Burnett, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
James H. Carter, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Luis Miguel Diaz, President, Centro Interdisciplinario para el Manejo de Conflictos, Asociación Civil (CIMC)
Jon C. Filderman, Merck & Co Inc
Alain Frecon, Frecon & Associates LLC
Teresa Giovannini, Lalive
Todd Grierson Weiler, Sole Practitioner; Editor, NAFTAClaims.com
Pierre-Yves Gunter, Python & Peter
M. Christie Helmer, Miller Nash LLP
Loukas Mistelis, Director, School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London
Simon R. Morgan, Simmons & Simmons
Carmen Nunez-Lagos, Bredin Prat
William W. Park, Boston University School of Law
Vidya Rajarao, CFE, CA, Executive Director\Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd
Hon. Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Daniel Schimmel, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Patricia Shaughnessy, University of Stockholm School of Law
Peter J. W. Sherwin, Proskauer Rose LLP
Laurence Shore, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Pallavi Shroff, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A.Shroff & Co.
Joseph M. Tirado, Norton Rose LLP
Hon. Sarah S. Vance, United States District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Elpidio (PD) Villarreal, Senior Vice President, GlaxoSmithKline
Robert B. von Mehren, Retired partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Daniel H. Weiner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Adrian W. Winstanley, Director General, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

Program Attorney(s)

Laurie Gilbertson, Practising Law Institute

CLE Credit

Travel Information

New York City Seminar Location

PLI New York Center, 810 Seventh Avenue at 53rd Street (21st floor), New York, New York 10019. Message Center, program days only: (212) 824-5733.

New York City Hotel Accommodations

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