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UC College of Law at San Francisco Speaker Series: The Enforcement of Metaverse-related Disputes Resolved in International Arbitration
February 14, 2023 @ 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm
New technology brings opportunities and challenges for the resolution of disputes. The rapid development of
virtual reality technology offers users new immersive experiences, with potential applications beginning with
the billion-member gaming industry but going far beyond it. Also utilising blockchain technologies, such as
cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), these metaverses bring potential new markets, new types
of property and new transactions. There have already been numerous examples of disputes involving digital
assets, which are key building blocks or elements of the metaverse. International arbitration may be a
dispute resolution tool of choice for metaverse-related disputes of the future, among other things due to the
global enforceability of an arbitral award under the New York Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.
This presentation will describe some of the disputes likely to arise between users and platforms, among
metaverse users, and between users and non-users, and highlight some of the challenges and solutions for
enforcing metaverse-related decisions under the New York Convention.
Elizabeth Chan is a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Allen & Overy’s Asia-Pacific Arbitration Group based in Hong
Kong. She has acted as counsel or advisor in international commercial arbitrations/arbitration-related
matters and several investment treaty arbitrations (acting for both investors and States). She has experience
acting in arbitrations under major international arbitral rules, including the HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, ICDR, ICSID and
UNCITRAL Rules, seated in different arbitral seats such as The Hague, Singapore, London, Geneva, Austria,
Hawaii and Washington, DC. Lizzie is ranked as a “Future Leader” in Who’s Who Legal – Arbitration 2022-2023
and in Legal 500’s Private Practice Powerlist – Arbitration (United Kingdom) 2022. She hosted the first-ever
arbitration gathering in the metaverse in January 2022, followed by a conference in the metaverse as part of
Paris Arbitration Week in March 2022, and writes and speaks regularly on the intersection of law and
technology
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