When parties to cross-border agreements involving intellectual property have a dispute, litigating in court can be a mess: multiple proceedings in different countries, costly and time-wasting fights about jurisdiction and procedure, judges (and juries) who lack relevant experience, delays caused by busy court schedules, further delays for lengthy appeals (sometimes followed by remands and subsequent […]

A conference presented by the IBA Arbitration Committee 24th Annual IBA Arbitration Day, International arbitration in a divided world: a challenge to the system’s legitimacy Session topics: The impact of third party funding on investment arbitration The implications of sanctions for international arbitration Duty of disclosure: self-regulation vs statutory regulation Dealing with corruption in international […]

SVAMC is proud to be a sponsor of the second Boston International Arbitration Day, organized by the Boston International Arbitration Council and hosted by Ropes & Gray. Our panels of in-house counsel arbitrators, policymakers and practitioners will discuss recent developments that are shaping the city of Boston into a new seat of international arbitration and […]

Ireland for Law will be hosting three events in San Francisco & Mountain View taking place between May 31- June 1, 2023. Data Privacy Regulation Through Ireland  Date: May 31, 2023 Start Time: Refreshments served from 18.30 with 19.00 start Venue: Fenwick & West LLP, 801 California St, Mountain View, 94041      e Post Street, […]

Please join us for the 20th Anniversary Conference of the International Commercial Arbitration Law program at Stockholm University on August 31 and September 1, 2023.  The conference will bring together leading arbitration practitioners, academics, and arbitrators from all over the world to examine whether we have truly mastered international arbitration in the last two decades […]

ICCA and the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre are delighted to announce that a joint conference will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre on June 2, 2023. The co-hosted event will bring together members of the international arbitration community in Vancouver, British Columbia, to engage with the theme “Energy Infrastructure Disputes and Arbitration: Today and Tomorrow”. […]

Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center invites you to join us in Austin or by Zoom for a virtual roundtable with current and former company counsel who will provide a peak behind the scenes of the job of in-house counsel and share wisdom on everything from landing an in-house position, to the current era of […]

The Dublin Forum on International Commercial Dispute Resolution is a high-level discussion. When convened in-person, the Forum takes a round table in format with approximately 30 attendees, each specially invited because of their active interest and engagement in international arbitration and mediation. The format and the attendee profiles allow and encourage a high level of […]

On 4 March 2023, after almost 20 years of negotiations, United Nations Member States announced the finalized text of a historic agreement: a legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, known as the […]

Please join SVAMC-YP for an interactive online presentation and discussion based on Elizabeth’s co-authored paper on the enforcement of metaverse-related disputes resolved by blockchain arbitration under the New York Convention. The article won the Taipei Arbitration and Mediation Conference 2022’s call for papers. The webinar will cover the following: Defining the metaverse The use cases for the […]