ICC YAF Conference in Curitiba, Brazil - 28 Feb 2013

The seminar will be an ideal forum for young practitioners to exchange thoughts on international arbitration, and to enrich their network in the region.

13:45 to 14:15
Registration

14:15 to 14:30
Opening Remarks

14:30 to 15:45
First Roundtable: Evidence and the Parties
- Written statements and the limitation of witness testimony.
- Different types of expertise: Is there an ideal one?
- Domestic courts and evidence in international arbitration.
- Evidence subject to confidentiality: What to do as claimant or defendant?

15:45 to 16:10
Coffee Break

16:10 to 17:25
Second Roundtable: Evidence and the Arbitrators
- Risk analyses in cases involving insurance and potentially speculative scenarios.
- Attorneys hearsay of transaction.
- Leading questions or open questions: Which one is more effective?
- The sky is the limit? Article 22 of Brazil’s Arbitration Law.
- The facts or the law: Which one weighs more in the scales of arbitral justice?

17:25 to 18:00
Closing Remarks

Miguel de Almada
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva, Lisboa

Fernando Breda Pessoa
Universidade Positivo, Curitiba

Marcelo Roberto Ferro
Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Advogados (Rio de Janeiro)

Carlos Eduardo Hapner
Hapner Kroetz Advogados, Curitiba

Matthieu de Boisséson
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Paris

Alfredo de Jesús O.
Transnational Arbitration, Litigation & Business Law, Paris

Sofia Martins
Uría Menéndez, Lisboa

Gustavo Scheffer da Silveira
International Chamber of Commerce (Paris)

Ana Carolina Weber
Carvalhosa & Eizirik, Rio de Janeiro

Date:

Venue:

University of Positivo
Rua Prof. Pedro Viriato Parigot de Souza, 5300
Curitiba, Brazil

For more information and to register:

Please contact:

Octavio Fragata Martins de Barros
ofm@bmalaw.com.br