Balkan Arbitration Conference 2021
Join us on 5 - 7 July 2021 for the Balkan Arbitration Conference 2021, the arbitration conference for the Balkan region.
Arbitration, as a form of dispute resolution, has a great deal to offer the Balkan region. We hope that the Conference will encourage discussion and debate across the region on this subject, helping experiences to be shared across national boundaries and legal systems. In doing so, we hope to encourage the use of arbitration in the region as a way of resolving disputes.
If you have experience of (or merely an interest in) arbitration, whether as a client, lawyer or other professional, or you want to find out how it could help to resolve disputes more effectively, our programme of world-class speakers and panellists from within and outside the region will be of interest to you.
This year, sadly, the Conference must be online, due to COVID-19. One benefit of that, however, is that we are able to make participation this year free of charge. In future years, we plan to organise the Conference as an in-person event in the region, to which we look forward to welcoming you.
We look forward to seeing you at this year's Conference. Please register, for free, using the links on this page.
The Organizing Committee
Schedule
Welcome Remarks
& Why Arbitration?
James Hayton
Special Counsel
Lipman Karas, London
Planning for International Disputes: Arbitration and Forum Selection Agreements
12pm - 12.45pm
(CEST)
Gary Born
Partner
WilmerHale, London
Damages in International Arbitration - trends in commercial and investor-state arbitration awards
2pm - 2.45pm
(CEST)
Ermelinda Beqiraj
Partner
PwC, London
Panel discussion:
Enforcement of Awards
3pm - 4pm
(CEST)
Moderator:
Paul Key QC
Essex Court Chambers
London
Panellists:
Milica Savić
Partner
Karanovic
Belgrade
David Premelč
Partner
Rojs Pejhan Prelesnik
& Partners, Ljubljana
Tuesday 6 July 2021
10.15am - 11am
(CEST)
Arbitration in Kosovo
Korab Sejdiu
Partner
Sejdiu & Qerkini, Pristina
Keynote Speech
11.15am - 11.45am
(CEST)
President Dr. Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu
President of the Republic of Kosovo
Arbitration in the Time of COVID
2pm - 2.45pm
(CEST)
Audley Sheppard
Partner, Clifford Chance &
Chairman of the LCIA Board
London
Panel discussion:
Energy disputes and trends
in the Balkans
3pm - 4pm
(CEST)
Panel discussion:
Reforming Investor-State
Dispute Settlement
3pm - 4pm
(CEST)
Moderator:
Cherie Blair CBE QC
Partner
Omnia Strategy
London
Panellists:
Stevan Dimitrijević
Partner
Dimitrijević & Partners
Banja Luka
Ema Vidak Gojković
Counsel and Arbitrator
Vidak Arbitration
New York
Can Yeginsu
Barrister & Arbitrator
4 New Square
London
Paschalis Paschalidis
Counsel
Gaillard, Banifatemi,
Shelbaya Disputes
Paris
11.15am - 12pm
(CEST)
Investment Treaty Arbitration:
The Balkan Experience
Klentiana Mahmutaj
Barrister & UN Mandate Holder
18 Red Lion Chambers
London
Monday 5 July 2021
11am - 11.45am
(CEST)
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