Dispute Resolution in North Africa - The 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration

Location: Tunis (Tunisia)
Date: 05/10/2012
Event Type: Conference
Language: English and French

The Conference which will be held in Tunisia on 5 October 2012 will address current issues in dispute resolution in North Africa. This will be the first opportunity for Tunisian and regional practitioners to acquire a comprehensive overview of the 2012 ICC Rules after almost a year of their entry into force.This Conference is co-organized by the ICC International Court of Arbitration and Brownrudnick, with the participation of The Law Firm Network and Ordre International des Avocats de Tunisie.

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Objective

A series of panel discussions on topics of interest to dispute resolution lawyers in the region. Confirmed speakers include representatives from the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the African Legal Support Facility and prominent regional lawyers.

Morning 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Arrival and Registration

Opening address

Overview of arbitration across the region

National laws & the approach of State Courts to arbitration
Some statistics re: arbitration in North Africa
Current hot topics & likely future developments

The 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration

General Provisions & Arbitral Tribunal
Improving Time & Cost Efficiency
Emergency Arbitrator
Multiparty, multi-contract arbitration and consolidation

Expropriation and other risks to investments

Investment treaty arbitration & BITs
Expropriation in non-investment treaty arbitration
Resource nationalism
Managing risk and avoiding conflict

Mediation and other forms of ADR

Overview of mediation across the region
Why mediation for settling international commercial disputes?
Why mediation under the ICC ADR rules?
Other forms of ADR offered by ICC

Afternoon 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Asset tracing and asset recovery

Finding assets removed by former regime
Strategy and coordination
Accountability and liability at home
Personal liability and enforcement abroad

Looking forward – the future for litigation and arbitration in the region

Contract renegotiation and resource nationalism
Force majeure and labour issues
An invasion of international lawyers?
The increasing impact of anti-bribery and corruption legislation
Arbitration and litigation funding

Mohamed Abdel Raouf, Director, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)
Mohamed Alem, Founder and Managing Partner, Alem & Associates, Beirut
Sadok Belaid, Professor of Law, Former Dean of the Faculty of Law of Tunis
Mohamed Chemloul, Attorney at Law, Algiers, Vice President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration
Andrew Durant, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, London
Lotfi El Ajeri, Attorney at Law, Mediator, El Ajeri Lawyers, Tunis
Salah El Mejri, Attorney at Law, ICC Tunisia
Julien Fouret, Counsel, Castaldi Mourre & Partners, Former Counsel at ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris
Paul Gully-Hart, Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva
Farhat Horchani, Professor of Law, Tunis
Sami Houerbi, Attorney at Law, Tunis; Director, Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
Alya Ladjimi, Deputy Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris
Samira Laouani, Attorney at Law, Tunis
Neil Micklethwaite, Partner, Brown Rudnick, London
Ahmed Ouefelli, Judge, Tunis
Tarik Mossadek, Attorney at Law, Mossadek & Partners, Casablanca
Amir Shaikh, Attorney at the African Legal Support Facility
Michael Sullivan QC, Barrister, One Essex Court, London
Chawki Tabib, Dean of the Tunisian Bar Association
Mercedes Tarrazon, FCIArb, FCIArb Mediation, IAM Distinguished Fellow, Dispute Management SLU, Barcelona
Nicholas Tse, Barrister and Avocat; Partner, Brown Rudnick, London
Adrian Yeandle, Vice-President Legal & C&P, BG, Tunisia
Roland Ziadé, Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Law Firm, Paris/ Abu Dhabi; Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration