21Jun 18

ICC YAF: Globalization and transparency in international arbitration

Mexico City, Mexico, • Spanish

ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF) is organizing a conference on investment arbitration and the importance of confidentiality and transparency on international arbitration.

Description

This ICC YAF Conference will include two sections: first a theoretical part in which topics related to investment protection, as well as the multiplication of investment treaties, and the future of investment arbitration, followed by a second part which will be an Oxford style debate on confidentiality versus transparency in international arbitration.

This event will take place on the occasion of the 2nd ICC Mexican Arbitration Day.

Who should attend?

This conference is aimed at young arbitration practitioners of approximately 40 years or under: counsel, arbitrators, corporate counsel or academics. The ICC YAF Conference is an ideal forum for young practitioners to exchange thoughts on international arbitration and to enrich their network in the region.

Programme

16:30-17:00	Participants registration
17:00-17:10	Welcoming remarks Gabriela Álvarez President of the Committee on Investment Arbitration of ICC Mexico; Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, S.C. (Mexico City)
17:10-18:10	Panel on “The protection of investments: between globalization and protectionism”
18:10-18:20	Q&A Session
18:20-18:45	Coffee Break
18:45-19:45	Oxford style debate: “Confidentiality vs transparency in international arbitration”
19:45-20:00	Conclusions and closing remarks
20:00	Networking cocktail kindly offered by Cuatrecasas

Speakers

Gabriela Álvarez	President of the Committee on Investment Arbitration of ICC Mexico; Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, S.C. (Mexico City)
Roberto Bermejo Q.	Bermejo & Asociados (Guatemala City)
María Angélica Burgos	Zuleta Abogados Asociados (Bogota)
Patricia Ferraz	Deputy Counsel of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (Sao Paulo)
Sofía Gómez Ruano	Ortega & Gómez Ruano, S.C. (Mexico City)
René Irra	ICC YAF Representative for Latin America; Cuatrecasas (Mexico City)
Luis Jardón	Creel, García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez (Mexico City)
Juan Pablo Letelier	Loy Letelier Campora (Santiago de Chile)
María Munevar	Brigard Urrutia (Bogota)
José Pereyó	Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP (Washington D.C.)
Alexandra von Wobeser	Von Wobeser & Sierra, S.C. (Mexico City)

Logistical notes

Venue

Cuatrecasas

Av. Paseo de la Reforma 483, Piso 50, Col. Cuauhtémoc, Del. Cuauhtémoc 06500, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

Registration

For more information, please contact Laura Altamirano (laltamirano@iccmex.org.mx) or María Del Carmen Montoya (mcmontoya@iccmex.org.mx).

For more information, please contact

Katherine Lievano
+507 385 7420
Project Officer