The conference on “Arbitration and Mediation in Industrial Property,” during Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) 2025, brought together legal scholars, judges, arbitrators, and mediators to explore how alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) is reshaping the landscape of industrial property. The first panel focused on this transformation, while the second delved into the launch of the Patent Mediation…
Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) featured multiple discussions on the growing importance of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in arbitration proceedings, a much-debated topic. Issues such as the slow uptake in use of AI by legal professionals, the ethical and legal risks involved in the use of AI, and finding a balance between AI use and the necessary…
On Day 3 of the 2025 Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”), Nyenrode University organized a comprehensive conference, hosted by Linklaters Paris, examining the future of investment arbitration in the five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). The event featured a keynote address by Anna Joubin-Bret (UNCITRAL) and welcome remarks from Roland…
On the second day of Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) 2025, a sneak preview of the forthcoming 2025 International Arbitration Survey “The Path Forward: Realities and Opportunities in Arbitration” (“the 2025 Survey”) was presented at an event hosted at White & Case LLP (“W&C”) in Paris. The 2025 Survey is the fourteenth empirical project of Queen…
Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) 2025 featured a discussion on the complexities and possible answers to defending a damages claim when there is a lack or an excess of information on which to base the claim. The event, hosted by Oxera Consulting LLP, brought together the perspectives of professionals from different areas of expertise. Hannah Eckhoff…
As part of the 9th edition of the Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”), the Dutch Arbitration Association (“DAA”) and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR”), co-organised an event entitled “Transatlantic Views on Med-Arb/Arb-Med: Convergence or Chasm?” The panel was moderated by Marcio Vasconcellos (King & Spalding LLP), and composed of Vanessa Alarcon Duvanel (King &…
As part of Paris Arbitration Week 2025, the Arbitration Association of Central and Eastern Europe (“ArbCEE”) hosted a roundtable discussion on “The Annulment of Arbitral Awards in the CEE.” The event was chaired by Rostislav Pekar (Squire Patton Boggs), hosted by Piotr Bytnerowicz (ByArb), and moderated by Veronika Korom (ESSEC Business School; Paragon Advocacy). …
The hosts of this discussion, as part of Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) 2025, were Alexander Leventhal (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP), Flavia Foz Mange (Flavia Mange Disputes), Nhu-Hoang Tran Thang (Astute Dispute Resolution), Marc Krestin (Fieldfisher), Youssef Al Saman (Zulficar & Partners) and Maria Angélica Burgos (Burgos Dispute Resolution). Each of the hosts are…
As part of Day 2 of the 9th edition of Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) 2025, Navacelle hosted its third panel titled “Red Flags in Arbitration: Trends and Tools for Addressing Corruption”, this year partnering with Forensic Risk Alliance (“FRA”). The session gathered a distinguished group of leading legal and compliance experts to delve into the…
During Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) 2025, Diales and CIArb hosted a session titled “Construction Arbitration: Instructing Delay Experts.” The discussion was opened by David Coyne (DIALES) and Jalal (Jil) El Ahdab (Bird & Bird AARPI), who set the scene with reflections on the evolving role of expert evidence in complex construction disputes. The panel featured…
As part of Paris Arbitration Week 2025, ESSEC Business School hosted a roundtable discussion on “The Growing Influence of Criminal Law in International Arbitration.” The event was chaired by Veronika Korom (ESSEC Business School) and moderated by Geneviève Helleringer (ESSEC Business School). The panel brought together an exceptional group of ESSEC alumni active in the…
As part of the 2025 Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”), Latham & Watkins, in collaboration with Columbia Law School, hosted two interactive panels examining key procedural issues in international arbitration from the perspectives of arbitrators, clients, and counsel. The first panel, moderated by Samuel Pape (Latham & Watkins), explored the “whether, why, and how” of facilitating…
(Pictured (L–R): Harriet Foster, Kiran Nasir Gore, Rostislav Kats, Camille Ramos-Klee, Ali Al- Khasawneh) Among the many highlights of PAW 2025 was the session organized by Young ITA (part of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration) and Wolters Kluwer, “DIY: The Essential Toolkit for Arbitration Success.” The interactive program brought together a diverse set of seasoned practitioners…
