German Bar Association and AFSIA Conference: 'Germany as Seat of Arbitration'

10 March 2014

Time: 2:00pm
Venue: Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The Alumni and Friends of the School of International Arbitration at CCLS, with the International Section of the German Bar Association, present 'Germany as Seat of Arbitration'. 

Agenda

• 2:00pm - Germany’s Offer to the World
  • Moderator: Professor Dr Hanns-Christian Salger, SALGER Rechtsanwälte, Frankfurt
  • Speaker: Dr Francesca Mazza, Secretary General, German Institution of Arbitration, Cologne
  • Speaker: Tanja Pfitzner, Pfitzner Legal, Frankfurt
• 2:30pm - Is Germany meeting the Expectations of Foreign Parties?
  • Moderator: Dr Anke Meier, Noerr LLP, Frankfurt
  • Speaker: Amy Cohen Kläsener, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Frankfurt
  • Speaker: Niuscha Bassiri, Hanotiau van den Berg, Brussels
• 3:00pm - A Call for Reforms
  • Moderator: Dr Sabine Konrad, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Frankfurt
  • Speaker: Lord Peter Goldsmith, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, London, UK
  • Speaker: Dr Peter Heckel, Hengeler Mueller, Frankfurt
  • Speaker: Professor Dr Paul Oberhammer, University of Vienna
• 3:45pm - Coffee Break
• 4:15pm - Open Roundtable Discussion on “The Process of International Arbitration: Are Procedural Practices still divergent or are they converging?”
  • Moderator: Stavros Brekoulakis, School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London
  • Topics:
    • Arbitrators selection
    • Organisation of Procedure
    • Document Production
    • Witness Evidence
    • Pleadings and Hearing
    • Allocation of Costs
  • Speakers:
    • James Freeman, Allen & Overy LLP, London
    • Timothy L. Foden, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, London
    • Laura Halonen, Lalive, Geneva
    • Maria Hauser, ICC, Paris
    • Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall, White & Case LLP, Paris
    • Lisa Richman, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington DC
    • Nish Shetty, Clifford Chance LLP, Singapore
    • Elena Sevila, Olleros Abogados, Madrid