The Anglo-French Approaches to Arbitration Conference on 17 October 2024 at King’s College London
This post has been written by Reef Alfahad, a PhD candidate at King’s College London.
On 17 October 2024, a conference on ‘The Anglo-French Approaches to Arbitration’ will take place at King’s College London, UK. This conference will discuss how the French and English approaches differ when dealing with corruption in arbitration and anti-suit injunctions, particularly in light of the recent UK Supreme Court decision in UniCredit v RusChemAlliance (reported on the EAPIL blog here).
The event will bring together renowned experts in international arbitration and international commercial litigation.
Welcome remarks: Manuel Penades, King’s College London.
The first panel will address corruption in arbitration and review by national courts. The speakers will be: Jason Fry KC, Global Head of International Arbitration, Clifford Chance; Jan Kleinheisterkamp, Arbitrator, JK ADR, and Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science; Karolina Latasz, Senior Associate, Squire Patton Boggs, The Chair will be Reef Alfahad, PhD Candidate, King’s College London, organiser of the event.
The second panel will be dedicated to anti-suit injunctions concerning foreign-seated arbitrations. The panellists will be: the leading counsels for both parties in UniCredit v RusChemAlliance, Alexander Gunning KC and Jonathan Harris KC; Raphaël Kaminsky, French law expert and Partner, Teynier Pic; Maxi Scherer, Queen Mary School of Law and Arbitrator, ArbBoutique. The panel will be chaired by Marie Berard, Head of UK Arbitration, Clifford Chance (London).
The conference will be held in English. The program is available here.
Those wishing to attend are required to register here.
The flyer for the event can be found here.