Date: Venue: 4th Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference 2014 Settlement of Investment Disputes: Practical Steps Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic The Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic cordially invites you to the fourth investment treaty arbitration conference aimed at sharing opinions on, and experience with, Treaty Arbitration between senior officials of governments and top legal practitioners in the field. The event is organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic and hosted by the consulting firm PwC Czech Republic. 30 October 2014 City Green Court Hvězdova1734/2c 140 00 Prague 4 Czech Republic Language: English Fee: Free of charge, by invitation only RSVP: www.pwc.cz/treatyarbitration Contact for your questions: [email protected] The event is organised by the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic. The event is hosted by PwC Czech Republic. About the 3rd Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference in October 2013 The conference was well attended by government representatives from CEE and Western Europe as well as by nearly 100 lawyers specialised in international investment arbitration. “The Third Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference confirmed its unique role as an international forum where state representatives share their knowledge and experience, and benefit from the presence of well-respected and experienced professionals” Marie Talašová, Head of International Arbitration Department, Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic Programme 9:00 am to 9:15 am Marie Talašová (Head of International Arbitration Department, Ministry of Finance, Czech Republic) Introduction The Future of Investment Treaties 9:15 am to 10:45 am • Emerging trends of countries denouncing the ICSID Convention • Links between the existence of BITs and inbound investment flows (including the continued proliferation of South-South treaties) • The viability and potential of a multilateral appellate mechanism • The EU’s approach to investment obligations in a post-Lisbon world 10:45 am to 11:15 am Cofee break Moderator: Jonathan S. Kallmer (Counsel, Crowell & Moring, Panelists: Anna Joubin-Bret (Arbitrator and Mediator, Paris) Nikolaos Korogiannakis (Chairman of the TPC Group Permanent Representation of Greece to the E.U., Brussels) Christoph Schreuer (Arbitrator, Vienna) Paolo Di Rosa (Partner, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C.) Pro-active Management of Disputes: Before the Notice of Arbitration Moderator: 11:15 am to 12:45 pm • Best practice in treaty drafting: the new generation of investment treaties • The nuclear option: termination of BITs and withdrawal from multilateral treaties • Reigning in tribunals: use of interpretations to clarify and confine the interpretation of existing treaties Panelists: 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm Lunch break 1:45 pm to 2:00 pm Keynote speaker – challenges to arbitrators Threshold Steps in the Investment Treaty Arbitral Process 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm • • • • • • Setting up the team Fact development and developing the case strategy Filing in court and/or in arbitration? The request (notice of) arbitration Arbitrator appointments Managing costs Washington, D.C.) Matthew Hodgson (Senior Associate, Allen & Overy, Prague) Miriam Harwood (Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York) Karolína Horáková (Partner, Weil Gotshal, Prague) David A. Pawlak (Counsel, David A. Pawlak LLC, New York) Peter Turner (Partner, Freshfields, Paris) Meg Kinnear (Secretary General of ICSID, Washington, D.C.) Moderator: Stephen Anway (Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, New York) Panelists: Charles Claypoole (Partner, Latham & Watkins, London) Zachary Douglas (Counsel, Matrix Chambers, London) Ali R. Gursel (Partner, Curtis, Istanbul/Ashgabat/New York) Gerold Zeiler (Partner, zeiler.partners Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna) Coffee break Mitigating the Damage: Effective Strategies for Challenging Quantum 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm • • • • 6:30 pm Cocktail party hosted by White & Case Recent trends in quantum decisions by BIT tribunals The importance of causation/external factors in determining compensation To bifurcate or not to bifurcate: the Respondent’s conundrum The role of the quantum expert in presenting a successful defence Moderator: John Willems (Partner, White & Case, Paris) Panelists: Mark Kantor (Arbitrator and Mediator, Washington, D.C.) Craig Miles (Partner, King & Spalding, Houston) Sirshar Qureshi (Partner, PwC, Prague) Rostislav Pekař (Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Prague) www.pwc.cz/treatyarbitration [email protected]