Comprehensive Course on International Arbitration

George A. Bermann,

FCIArb and Patron, CIArb New York Branch; Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law, and the Director of the Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration (CICIA), Columbia University School of Law; Professeur Affilié, Ecole de droit, Sciences Po (Paris).

Ulyana Bardyn,

FCIArb; Independent Arbitrator; Secretary, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, New York Branch; Vice Chair, Energy, Oil, and Gas Alliance of the CPR Institute; Associate, College of Commercial Arbitrators.

Kabir Duggal,

FCIArb, Chartered Arbitrator; Ph.D.; Lecturer, Columbia University School of Law; Managing Editor, American Review of International Arbitration; Senior International Arbitration Advisor, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP.

Lea Haber Kuck,

FCIArb; Independent Arbitrator; Treasurer, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, New York Branch; Former Chair, New York City Bar Association Arbitration Committee; Member, ICCA-New York City Bar-CPR Working Group on Cybersecurity in International Arbitration.

Daniel Schimmel,

FCIArb; Chair, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, New York Branch; Chair, International Commercial Arbitration Practice Group, Foley Hoag.  

Nancy M. Thevenin

FCIArb; Independent Arbitrator; Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School of Law and St. John’s University School of Law; immediate past General Counsel, United States Council for International Business (USCIB/ICC USA); past chair, International Section, New York State Bar Association.

Gretta Walters,

FCIArb; Vice Chair, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, New York Branch; Chair, New York City Bar Arbitration Committee; member, AAA-ICDR Council; Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law; partner, Chaffetz Lindsey.

Oliver J. (Ollie) Armas,

Partner and Global Head of International Arbitration,  Hogan Lovells US LLP. 

Pamela Bookman,

Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law.

Timothy G. Cameron,

Partner, Cravath, Swaine, & Moore, LLP; Court member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); member, Board of the New York International Arbitration Center; and member, Litigation Committee, International Bar Association.

Eugene I. Farber,

FCIArb; Partner, Farber, Pappalardo & Carbonari; Adjunct Professor of Law, Pace Univ. School of Law; Former President, College of Commercial Arbitrators.    

Grant Hanessian,

FCIArb; Independent Arbitrator, Hanessian ADR; Former US Member, ICC Court of Arbitration; Former Chair, USCIB Arbitration Committee; Editor, ICDR Awards and Commentaries; Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham Law School.

Mélida Hodgson,

Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP; Vice Chair, ICC Institute of World Business Law; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.

Louis B. (Benno) Kimmelman,

FCIArb; Independent Arbitrator, Kimmelman Arbitration; Chair, New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC); Professor of Practice, Brooklyn Law School and Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center.

Marek Krasula,

Director, Arbitration and ADR, North America, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, SICANA Inc., New York. 

Yasmine Lahlou,

Partner, Chaffetz Lindsey; member, International Court of Arbitration of the ICC; co-chair, ICC’s Working Group on Expedited Procedure Provisions.

Serena Lee,

President and CEO, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR); former Chair of California Lawyers Association Litigation Section ADR Committee; Member, California Arbitration (CalArb); former Vice President of JAMS; former Vice President of AAA.

Dana MacGrath,

FCIArb; Independent Arbitrator, MacGrath Arbitration; Former President, ArbitralWomen; Former Chair, NY City Bar Arbitration Committee; Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham  Law School.

Luis Martinez,

Vice President, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, New York; Co-Chair, ABA International Law Section International Arbitration Committee.

Richard L. Mattiaccio,

FCIArb, Chartered Arbitrator; Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School  of Law; past Chair, CIArb New York Branch and New York City Bar Association International Commercial Disputes Committee (ICDC); Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA Fellow).

Timothy G. Nelson,

Partner, International Litigation and Arbitration, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates; Fellow, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration; member, American Society of International Law; and member, International Law Association, American Branch

Joseph E. Neuhaus,

FCIArb; Of Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University School of Law.

Kathlee Paisley,

Senior Counsel, JonesPross; former co-chair, in-house counsel forum of the ICC Task Force on ADR and Arbitration; co-chair, ICDR Global Working Group on Arbitration of Technology and Life Sciences Disputes; co-chair, ICCA/IBA Joint Task Force for Data Protection in Arbitration; member, ICCA/ASIL Damages Task Force (quantification); member, ICCA/NYC Bar/CPR working group on Cyber Security in Arbitration.

Natalie L. Reid,

Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York; Board Member, LCIA; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.

Peter Sester,

FCIArb; dual-qualified attorney (Germany and Brazil); Professor at FGV JUSTICE (Rio de Janeiro); head of arbitration practice at Warde Advogados (São Paulo).

Steven Skulnik,

FCIArb; Arbitrator and Mediator; Senior Legal Editor, Practical Law (Thomson Reuters); Former Chair, Arbitration Committee of the New York City Bar Association. 

Robert H. Smit,

Independent Arbitrator; Adjunct Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Co-Editor-in-Chief of the American Review of International Arbitration; former Co-Chair, International Disputes Resolution Practice, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; former U.S. Member, ICC Court of Arbitration. 

Adriana Uson,

Director & Head, Americas, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC); experienced as arbitrator, international arbitration lawyer, and as Counsel, SIAC Secretariat.

Richard F. Ziegler,

FCIArb; Independent Arbitrator; Principal, AcumenADR; Board Member, CPR Dispute Resolution Services; CCA Fellow.

• Introduction, New York Convention, Model Law and Other National Statutes, and UNIDROIT Principles
• Agreement to Arbitrate – Lecture and Simulation
• Emergency Relief, Security for Costs, and Interim Measures
• Striking the Right Balance: Reconciling Quality and Efficiency – Arbitral Institutions and Ad Hoc Arbitration
• The Arbitral Seat
• Separability, Allocation of Competence
• Applicable Law (including Rome Convention)
• Simulation — Potential Topic: TBD
• Illegality, Arbitrability, and Other Factors Relating to the Nature of the Dispute