Who should attend

Eminent arbitrators, practising lawyers involved in international commercial arbitration, and lawyers in industry concerned with the arbitral process, on personal invitation only.

Programme - Monday 8 April 2013

09.00 Registration

Co-Chairmen of the Symposium

Julian D.M. Lew, QC, Professor and Head, School of International Arbitration, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London; Barrister, 20 Essex Street, United Kingdom

Speakers

Michael Joachim Bonell, Professor Emeritus, University of Rome I; Consultant, UNIDROIT, Italy

Fabio Bortolotti, Partner, Buffa, Bortolotti & Mathis, Italy; Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law

Nayla Comair-Obeid, Professor of International Arbitration; Founding Partner, Obeid Law Firm, Lebanon; Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law

Filip De Ly, Professor of Law, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law

Domenico Di Pietro, Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Italy; Lecturer, University of Rome, "Roma Tre"

Marcel Fontaine, Professor Emeritus, University of Louvain - Law School, Belgium

Emmanuel Jolivet, General Counsel, Deputy Director for ICC Dispute Resolution Services, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris

Jean E. Kalicki, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP, United States

Laurent Lévy, Partner, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Switzerland; Vice-President, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law

Loukas Mistelis, Professor of Transnational Commercial Law & Arbitration; Director, School of International Arbitration, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom; Associate Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law

Peter J. Rees, QC, Legal Director, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, The Netherlands

Lord Justice Bernard Rix, Court of Appeal, United Kingdom

Eric A. Schwartz, Partner, King & Spalding, France; Vice-President, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Vice-President, ICC Institute of World Business Law

Vera Van Houtte, Lawyer, Belgium; Vice-President, ICC International Court of Arbitration

Emmanuel Vuillard, Consultant, ALSTOM, France; Alternate Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law

Logistical Notes

Registration fee

€ 270* (€ 322,92)

*excl. VAT 19,6%. As of 2011, ICC Services must set its prices to include the VAT pursuant to Article 53 of the European Directive 2006-112CE. Please note that you can request a reimbursement of the VAT through your local tax administration. (If you are not a member of the EU, you must obtain a French tax representative in order to receive the VAT reimbursement.)

How to register

Please return the registration form indicating method of payment to:

Email: events@iccwbo.org

Tel: +33 1 49 53 28 67

Fax: +33 1 49 53 30 30

Post: ICC Services, Training and Conferences, 38, Cours Albert 1er, 75008, Paris, France

Registration will be confirmed upon receipt of the registration form and registration fees.

Travel and accommodation

Participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements and hotel reservations. A list of hotels in Paris, with which ICC has negotiated preferential room rates, will be sent to you upon receipt of the registration form.

We are able to dispatch visa invitation letters to support your visa application only after receipt of your registration form and full payment of your registration fees.

Working language

English

Credits and hours

ICC Training and Conferences is eligible for CLE credit under New York's approved jurisdiction procedures, is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider and is a Solicitors Regulation Authority and General Council of the Bar of England and Wales External CPD Course Provider. French Bars: This seminar has been sent for CNB approval.

Cancellation policy

50% of the registration fee will be refunded if notice of cancellation is received in writing before 8 March 2013.

Cancellations after this date are not refundable. Subject to agreement from ICC Training and Conferences prior to the event, the registration may be transferred to another person from the same company or organization at no extra charge. Updated registration information will be required.

Please note that ICC Services reserves the right to cancel this event or to make minor alterations to the content and timing of the programme or to the identity of the speakers. In the unlikely event of cancellation, delegates will be offered a full refund. ICC Services will not, however, be held responsible for any related expense incurred by the participant.