28 November 2019
Photos of the 7th annual GAR Live Paris are now available.
28 November 2019
In a keynote address at GAR Live Paris, Bernard Hanotiau considered the duty of an arbitrator and what delivering justice means in international arbitration.
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Carole Malinvaud is a partner at Gide Paris where she co-heads the international arbitration activity of the firm and chairs the Gide Pro Bono endowment fund. Carole is a member of the Paris and New York Bars and has acted as counsel or arbitrator in over eighty international arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutional, as well as before domestic French courts in relation to international litigation and arbitration.
Specialised in international commercial law, and more particularly in international arbitration, Carole has recently been focusing on arbitrations relating to construction, energy and defence, under the rules of the ICC and ICSID. She also acts as arbitrator in several ICC and ICSID arbitrations.
Linklaters
Roland has acted as counsel in approximately one hundred international arbitration cases (ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICSID, AAA, SCC, OHADA, PCA, and ad hoc) and has represented and advised private companies (from the United States of America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa), states, and international organisations.
Roland has also acted as arbitrator in over 45 international arbitrations (ICC, LCIA, ICSID, UNCITRAL, SCC, Swiss Chambers, DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, AFA, CRCICA). He was a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration for 9 years.
Hanotiau & van den Berg
Bernard Hanotiau is a member of the Brussels and Paris Bars. He is also professor emeritus of international law from the University of Louvain. Since 1978, he has been involved in hundreds of arbitration cases as party-appointed arbitrator, chairman, sole arbitrator, counsel and expert in all parts of the world, according to the rules of most arbitral institutions and the Uncitral Rules.
In March 2011, Mr. Hanotiau received the GAR “Arbitrator of the Year” award. In April 2016, he also received the Who’s Who Legal “Lawyer of the Year” for Arbitration award.
09.00: Welcome coffee and registration
09.30: Chairs’ opening remarks
Carole Malinvaud, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Roland Ziadé, Linklaters
09.40: Keynote address: The arbitrator’s duty to render justice - constraints and prerogatives
Bernard Hanotiau, Hanotiau & van den Berg
10.10: Session one: Corruption, illegality and compliance in arbitration: are we talking about the same animal and where do we stand?
With the latest episode in the Tapie case making news and the Alstom Paris Court of Appeals decision being rendered in recent months, it seems timely to touch base on issues of fraud, white collar crimes and compliance in relation to arbitration.
The panel is expected to discuss, among other topics:
Moderator:
Carole Malinvaud, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Panel:
Mathias Audit, University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne
Julie Bédard, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Philippe Leboulanger, Leboulanger & Associés
Christophe Seraglini, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
11.25: Coffee break
11.55: Session two: Are new rules changing arbitration and is it time to revisit the arbitral proceedings?
With the issuance of the Prague Rules at the end of 2018, and the ICC announcing that as part of a move towards further transparency they may publish awards after two years, international arbitration is being shaken up with rules that are challenging traditional practice. This panel will discuss whether it is time to reconsider the standard features of modern international arbitration in order to fight delays, increasing costs and to better meet users’ expectations.
In particular they are expected to discuss:
Moderator:
Roland Ziadé, Linklaters
Panel:
Karl Hennessee, AirBus
Alexander Fessas, Secretary General, International Court of Arbitration (ICC)
Vladimir Khvalei, Baker McKenzie
Isabelle Michou, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
13.10: Networking lunch
14.10: Session three: Latest trends and developments in emerging markets
The Paris international arbitration community has a long history of involvement in disputes involving emerging markets. Such markets have ever-increasing importance in a world where they are experiencing economic development and growth at rates sometimes well exceeding those of the more mature economies.
This panel will provide a tour d’horizon of trends and developments in several of those emerging markets in which Paris-based arbitration practitioners are most active: Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Moderator:
Yasmin Mohammad, Vannin Capital
Panel:
Ronnie Barnes, Cornerstone Research
Kate Cervantes-Knox, DLA Piper
Jacob Grierson, ASAFO & Co
Dany Khayat, Mayer Brown
15.25: Coffee break
15.55: Session four: The GAR Live Debate
In Oxford Union style, we will hear teams of debaters argue in favour of, or against, the motion. A panel of judges will then voice their opinions on what has been heard, before choosing which side to support and giving reasons for their decisions.
Motion: “Summary determinations should become a standard feature of international arbitration.”
Judges:
Jean-Yves Garaud, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Debaters:
Nadia Darwazeh, Clyde & Co
Matthieu Gregoire, 4 New Square
Wendy Miles, Debevoise Plimpton
Thierry Tomasi, Herbert Smith Freehills
17.10: Chairs’ closing remarks
Carole Malinvaud, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Roland Ziadé, Linklaters
17.20 onwards: All delegates are invited to attend a drinks reception following the close of the conference