2011 Program

INAUGURAL LECTURE

Mission et Démission de l’Arbitre international (International arbitrators’ fulfilment of their mandate)
Pierre Lalive
Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Geneva; Partner, Lalive

THE BERTHOLD GOLDMAN LECTURE

Historic arbitration stories: the Lena Goldfields arbitration
V.V. Veeder QC
Barrister, Essex Court Chambers

GENERAL COURSE

The development of investment arbitration
Christoph Schreuer Of Counsel, Wolf & Theiss, Vienna; Former Professor of International Law, University of Vienna

SPECIAL COURSES

  • Gateway issues in international arbitration in the United States
    George A. Bermann
    Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law; Director, European Legal Studies Center
  • State Consent in Investment Arbitration
    Pierre-Marie Dupuy
    Professor of Law, The Graduate Institute, Geneva
  • Provisional measures in international arbitration
    Francois Knoepfler
    Partner, KGG & Associés; Honorary Professor, University of Neuchâtel
  • The new French law on international arbitration
    Pierre Mayer
    Professor of Law, University Panthéon-Sorbonne; Partner, Dechert LLP
  • Insolvency proceedings and international arbitration
    Klaus M. Sachs
    Partner, CMS Hasche Sigle; Lecturer on international arbitration law at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich
  • Evidence and the use of experts in international arbitration
    Michael E. Schneider
    Partner, Lalive; President of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)

WORKSHOPS

  • Workshop 3 ­­– ICSID Arbitration practice
    Eloïse Obadia
    Senior Counsel, ICSID