FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL’S SEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION COMES TO LONDON FOR 2012
Fordham Law School’s Conflict Resolution & ADR Program and the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics will host the Seventh Annual Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation, this year a two day conference, Thursday, April 26 & Friday, April 27, in the Great Hall of King’s College, London. The symposium features leading arbitrators, mediators, practitioners and scholars who will discuss contemporary issues in international arbitration and mediation.
The symposium will be divided into six discussion topics, including: Investor-State Arbitration;
Arbitration of International Financial Disputes; Arbitration of International Construction Disputes; Arbitration in Asia; Mediation; and Rising Stars in International Arbitration. Papers authored by the speakers will be published in Arthur W. Rovine, ed., Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation: The Fordham Papers 2012, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
Arthur W. Rovine, International Arbitrator and Fordham Law School Conference Director will be joined by the following participants: Charles N. Brower, Arbitrator at 20 Essex Street Chambers and Judge, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal; Donald Donovan, Partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Yves Fortier, Independent Arbitrator; Bart Legum, Partner at Salans LLP; Philippe Sands, QC, Professor of Law at University College London; Ruth Wedgwood, Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Christoph Schreuer, Professor at Wolf Theiss; Jarrod Wong, Associate Professor of Law at University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law; Sam Wordsworth, Barrister at Essex Court Chambers & King's College; Jeff Golden, Visiting Professor at London School of Economics; Mark Kantor, Independent Arbitrator; Kenneth Kramer, Arbitrator/Mediator at JAMS; Edna Sussman, Independent Arbitrator and Mediator; Mark Baker, Partner at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP; Benno Kimmelman, Partner at Allen & Overy; Ryan Reetz, Partner at DLA Piper; Barbara Helene Steindl, Partner at bkp – Brauneis Klauser Prändl attorneys-at-law; Lawrence Boo, International Arbitrator at The Arbitration Chambers; Teresa Cheng, Senior Counsel at Hong Kong SAR; Jessica Fei, Partner at Herbert Smith, LLP; Remington Huang, Partner at Baker & McKenzie; Michael Pryles, Arbitrator at 20 Essex Street; Birgit Sambeth Glasner, Partner at Altenburger Ltd legal + tax; Chris Newmark, Partner at Spenser Underhill Newmark LLP; Phillip Howell-Richardson, Commercial Mediator at Independent Mediators; Donna Ross, Partner at The Ross Law Firm; Nancy Thevenin, Special Counsel and Global Coordinator at Baker & McKenzie; Tony Willis, Independent Mediator at Brick Court Chambers; Rocio Digon, Associate at King & Spalding; Jalal El Ahdab, Of Counsel at Orrick; Joachim Knoll, Partner at Brown&Page; Jennifer Kirby, Principal at Kirby; Caline Mouawad, Partner at King & Spalding; Nathalie Meyer-Fabre, Partner at Meyer-Fabre Avocats; Roland Ziade, Counsel at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; James Hosking, Partner at Chaffetz Lindsey; Roberto Aguirre Luzi, Partner at King & Spalding.
Registration is required and CLE credit is available.
Title: Seventh Annual Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation
Dates: April 26-27, 2012.
Location: Great Hall of King's College, London, UK
Conference Director: Arthur W. Rovine, International Arbitrator, Fordham Law School
For Full Schedule: www.law.fordham.edu/arbitration
Contact: Melissa Mandel Kvitko
Telephone: 212.843.8060
Email: mmandel@rubenstein.com
