Addressed to professionals and students alike, this course relies on contributions by experienced counsels and arbitrators and tackles specialised problems arising in the practice of international arbitration. Topics this year include: drafting of arbitration clauses, selection and challenge of arbitrators, conduct of arbitral proceedings, online arbitration, third-party funding, and confidentiality in arbitration proceedings.
Thursday, May 16:
9.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
- Key issues in drafting of arbitration clauses
- Selection of the arbitrators
- Challenge of arbitrators
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
- Introduction to the conduct of arbitration proceedings
- Mock Case Management Conference
Friday, May 17:
9 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
- Online arbitration proceedings
11.45 a.m. – 12.45 p.m.
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
- Third-party funding of arbitration
3.15 p.m. - 5.15 p.m.
- Confidentiality
Prof. Andrea Bonomi, UNIL
Pierre-Yves Gunter, Gunter Arbitration, Geneva
Joachim Knoll/ Matthias Scherer, Lalive, Geneva
Isabelle Fellrath and Alexandra Simonetti, SwissLegal
Stefano Catelani, Calimala Legal
Giacomo Lorenzo, Deminor
Elza Reymond-Eniaeva, Sedlex Avocats