The Institute for Transnational Arbitration
A Division of
The Center for American and International Law
Volume 31
Number 2
Second Quarter 2017
ITA-ASIL CONFERENCE ON
THIRD PARTY FUNDING
INTRODUCING THE NEW YOUNG ITA
Amidst the blooming cherry blossoms in Washington, DC, on April
12, 2017, the ITA and ASIL co-hosted the 14th Annual Conference
on Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration: Legal & Ethical
Considerations. The conference was co-sponsored by ICCA and
incorporated the preliminary draft of the ICCA-Queen Mary Task Force
Report on Third Party Funding, attracting arbitration practitioners,
academics, and third-party funders from around the world for the
half-day of events. The conference explored the various legal and
ethical considerations for practitioners as parties turn to third-party
funding with increasing frequency. The conference was co-chaired
by Professor Stavros L. Brekoulakis (Queen Mary University) and
Ruth Teitelbaum (Tenor Capital Management Company). Raquel
Sloan (White & Case) reports:
We are re-launching our under-40-years-old arbitrators group,
which is now called Young ITA. This new initiative will focus on
expanding the global footprint and profile of the group and on
creating new leadership opportunities for young arbitrators.
Prof. Rusty Park and Prof. Catherine Rogers
What factors should be considered when defining third-party
funding?
Following an introduction from ITA President Abby Cohen Smutny
(White & Case), Professor William (Rusty) Park (R. Gordon Butler
Scholar in International Law, Boston University School of Law)
delivered the keynote address titled “Third Party Funding: Perception
and Reality”. Underscoring the often emotional tone surrounding the
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE…
ITA-ASIL Conference............................................... Pages 1-3
Young ITA membership, which is now free to all interested
practitioners, academics, and students, grants several benefits,
including:
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Free membership in ITA as a Young ITA Member (does
not include membership on the Advisory Board)
Free attendance at Young ITA Talks# programs and the
ITA Forum in Dallas
Young ITA member discounts at the ITA Workshop,
Young ITA Roundtables, and all other ITA programs,
publications and online educational products
Free subscription to the ITA e-newsletter News & Notes
Opportunity to serve in the Young ITA leadership
Opportunity to participate in Young ITA online fora
Recognition as a Young ITA Member in publications
There are also new opportunities for young professionals to join
the ITA Advisory Board. ITA Sustaining Member and Supporting
Member firms may now designate additional individuals under 40
years old to serve on ITA’s Advisory Board without additional cost
and a limited number of additional persons under 40 years old for
$300 each.
More details, including new leadership opportunities, will be
presented during the ITA Annual Meeting and 29th ITA Workshop
in Dallas, June 14-16, 2017.
We are excited about these new opportunities and we hope you
are too. Join us!
We look forward to seeing you in Dallas and at future Young ITA
Talks# events. (Montserrat Manzano, Young ITA Chair, Silvia
Marchili, Young ITA Vice Chair).
Introducing the new Young ITA.................................. Page 1
Young ITA Talks #London..................................... Pages 3-4
Experts in the News.................................................Pages 5-7
ITA-Latin American Arbitration Forum......................Page 7
YOUNG ITA Talks #Miami.......................................... Pages 8
Conferences and Events in 2017............................... Page 9
Scoreboard of Treaty Adherence.................... Pages 10-13
ITA Community...................................................... Pages 14-16
Montserrat
Manzano
Silvia Marchili
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debate on the appropriate role of third-party funding in international
arbitration, Prof. Park suggested that any attempt to define TPF
should consider the four following themes:
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Purpose: what purpose does defining TPF aim to
serve? If guidelines are established, to whom should
they be applicable?
INSTITUTE FOR TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION
Officers and Executive Committee
of the Advisory Board
2016-2017
Abby Cohen Smutny............................................................................................................................ Chair
Prof. Susan Franck....................................................................................... Chair – Academic Council
Joseph E. Neuhaus.................................................................................................. Vice Chair –Finance
José I. Astigarraga....................................................................................................................... Vice Chair
Prof. Charles H. Brower, II..........................Vice Chair and Chair, Strategic Planning Committee
Alan R. Crain.................................................................................................................................. Vice Chair
Dietmar Prager............................................................................................................................. Vice Chair
Eduardo Zuleta............................................................................................................................. Vice Chair
Prof. Jack J. Coe, Jr........................................................................................................ Member at Large
Dominique Brown-Berset............................................................................................. Member at Large
Jennifer M. Smith............................................................................................................ Member at Large
R. Doak Bishop..............................................................................................................................Past Chair
The Hon. Charles N. Brower.....................................................................................................Past Chair
Prof. David D. Caron....................................................................................................................Past Chair
Donald Francis Donovan............................................................................................................Past Chair
Ewell E. Murphy, Jr........................................................................................................................Past Chair
Prof. Lucy F. Reed.........................................................................................................................Past Chair
Jeswald W. Salacuse...................................................................................................................Past Chair
Prof. Chiara Giorgetti..............................................................................Vice Chair, Academic Council
Prof. Jarrod Wong....................................................................................Vice Chair, Academic Council
Wade M. Coriell........................................................................................................Editor, News & Notes
Prof. Roger P. Alford................ General Editor, ITA BoR/ITA Arb. Report/KluwerArbitration.com
Elina Mereminskaya......Co-Managing Editor, ITA BoR/ITA Arb. Report/KluwerArbitration.com
Monique Sasson............Co-Managing Editor, ITA BoR/ITA Arb. Report/KluwerArbitration.com
R. Doak Bishop................................Co-Editor-in-Chief, World Arbitration and Mediation Review
Prof. Andrea K. Bjorklund.............Co-Editor-in-Chief, World Arbitration and Mediation Review
Dietmar W. Prager..........................Co-Editor-in-Chief, World Arbitration and Mediation Review
Rafael T. Boza.....................................Managing Editor, World Arbitration and Mediation Review
Andrés Jana....................................................................................................... Chair, Americas Initiative
Montserrat Manzano........................................................................Chair, Young Arbitrators Initiative
Tomasz J. Sikora........................................................................... Chair, Communications Committee
James L. Loftis.................................................................................Co-Chair, Membership Committee
Allan B. Moore.................................................................................Co-Chair, Membership Committee
Laura M. Robertson........................................................................Co-Chair, Membership Committee
Audley Sheppard................................................................................. Co-Chair, Programs Committee
Laurence Shore.................................................................................... Co-Chair, Programs Committee
Prof. Charles H. Brower, II .......................................................Chair, Strategic Planning Committee
Epaminontas (Nontas) Triantafilou ...................................................... Chair, UNCITRAL Task Force
Caline Mouawad.......................................................................................2017 ITA Workshop Co-Chair
Jeremy K. Sharpe.....................................................................................2017 ITA Workshop Co-Chair
Prof. Jarrod Wong.....................................................................................2017 ITA Workshop Co-Chair
Michael J. Marchand...........................................................................................................CAIL President
David B. Winn.............................................................................................................................ITA Director
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Transparency and legitimacy: at what point should the
existence of a third-party funder be introduced for the
sake of transparency, and could the failure to disclose
the existence of a TPF undermine the legitimacy of
the arbitral process?
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Privilege: how does the introduction of a thirdparty funder impact attorney/client privilege,
and at what point can privilege be waived
when information is shared with a TPF?
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Costs: to what extent should the existence of a TPF be
taken into account when allocating parties’ costs in the
“loser pays” environment of international arbitration?
Should the definition of third party funding be broad or narrow?
In a world in which an increasingly sophisticated market continues
to evolve to provide funding to parties involved in international
arbitration disputes, the exact definition of TPF remains elusive.
The second panel discussion, titled “Defining ‘Third Party Funding,’”
included an introduction to the key findings of the ICCA-Queen Mary
Task Force’s Report on Third Party Funding and commentary from
panelists Ruth Teitelbaum (Tenor Capital Management Company,
L.P.), Erika Levin (The Judge Americas LLC), Steve Jones (Arthur
J. Gallagher), and Professor Victoria Sahani (Washington & Lee
University, School of Law).
Ruth Teitelbaum, Erika S. Levin, Steve Jones and Prof. Victoria Sahani
The panelists – while coming from various backgrounds as arbitration
practitioners, academics, and third-party funders – agreed that what
makes defining TPF such a challenging task is that it depends on
how broadly or narrowly one defines the term.
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Is the broad definition too broad?
TPF broadly
encompasses instances where a non-party to the dispute
enters into an agreement with a party to the arbitration
(including the party’s affiliate or law firm) to provide
material support or financing for the cost of the arbitration
proceedings, either as a donation/grant or in exchange for
remuneration dependent on the outcome of the dispute.
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What forms of third-party funding should be included
in the definition? The panelists identified the following
sources of TPF: insurance companies (including classical
before and after-the-event insurance); law firms (e.g.,
when operating on a contingency-fee basis); financial
institutions such as private equity firms or venture
capital funds; sources of crowd-funding (raising capital
to fund litigation, typically for philanthropic purposes);
patent monetization entities; and recourse financing.
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NEWS & NOTES EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor...............................................................................................................Wade Coriell
King & Spalding LLP, Singapore, Singapore
Associate Editor...........................................................................................Hansel Pham
White & Case LLP, Washington, D.C.
Americas Initiative Liaison............................................................ Elina Mereminskaya
Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana, Santiago, Chile
Young Arbitrators Initiative Liaison............................................................. Tomas Vail
White & Case LLP, London, UK
Correspondence regarding News & Notes should be addressed to Editor Wade
Coriell, King & Spalding LLP, 9 Raffles Place #31-01, Republic Plaza, Singapore,
048619, Singapore; [email protected].
Correspondence regarding ITA should be addressed to ITA Director David Winn
at The Center for American and International Law, 5201 Democracy Drive, Plano,
Texas 75024; [email protected].
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What are the various ethical questions raised by third-party
funding in international arbitration?
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What should states consider in defining their approaches
to regulating TPF? Kim Rooney (Chair of the Hong Kong
Law Reform Commission’s Subcommittee on Third-Party
Funding for Arbitration), concluded with a discussion of
the Commission’s choices in adopting a new “light touch”
regulatory regime, in which the common law doctrines of
maintenance and champerty have been abolished and the
Commission will monitor the conduct of third-party funding
for three years in order to make further recommendations.
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Is ensuring some form of limited disclosure the solution?
Though the panel addressed a wide range of issues, it was
in agreement that – particularly in the investment treaty
context – some form of limited disclosure and regulation
of funding arrangements is necessary to ensure the
interests of all stakeholders.
During the third panel titled “Legal-Ethical Concerns and Regulation
of Third-Party Funding” moderated by Prof. Brekoulakis (Queen
Mary University), the panelists addressed the following questions:
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Is limited disclosure the solution, and if so, how
much disclosure is enough?
The Subcommittee
underlined the importance of limited disclosures
– namely, the existence and identity of funders
– for the proper conduct of proceedings.
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Should policy-makers regulate TPF to ensure its
consistency with investment treaties? Lise Johnson
(Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment),
proposed that policymakers should regulate TPF for its
consistency with the object and purpose of investment
treaties – namely, to advance sustainable development
– explaining that TPF can impact the relationships
between investors and host States by influencing the
incentives of claimants, funders, and governments.
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What impact, if any, do funding arrangements have on the
proceedings TPF? Jeffrey Commission (Vannin Capital)
provided an insider’s perspective on TPF, explaining how
funding arrangements may affect the conduct of arbitrators,
funded parties, and attorneys representing funded parties.
In her closing remarks, Professor Susan D. Franck (American
University, Washington College of Law) noted the inherent challenges
to adopting a transnational, “one size fits all” definition of TPF. While
practitioners and academics alike will surely continue to debate the
many questions raised during the ITA-ASIL Conference, the draft
report of the ICCA-Queen Mary Report on Third Party Funding served
as the catalyst for important discussions on the topic. The Task Force
will be revising the draft report and is expected to post a version for
formal public comment this coming July.
YOUNG ITA #LONDON
Young ITA, in partnership with ArbitralWomen and Vinson & Elkins,
presented Young ITA Talks # London on May 9, 2017 at Vinson &
Elkin’s offices. This was Young ITA’s third program in its quarterly
Young ITA Talks # series, following programs in Miami and
Washington D.C., and its first in collaboration with ArbitralWomen
and Vinson & Elkins. The event opened with introductions from
ArbitralWomen by Louise Woods, (ArbitralWomen Board Member,
V&E London) and a welcome and introduction of ITA YAI by Robert
Landicho (Communications Liaison Young ITA). The first item
for discussion, ‘Due Process in International Arbitration: Use or
Abuse?’ was considered in a debate format, with two
panellist submissions each advocating an alternative
perspective on the issue, followed by questions and
thoughts from the audience. The second item took
the form of a panellist conversation, exploring the
topic of ‘Damages in International Arbitration: Getting
the Most Out of Your Expert’, again, with discussion
from the floor concluding this section. Tomas Vail
Tomas Vail
and Cecily Higham (White & Case, London) report.
Due Process in International Arbitration: Use or Abuse?
The first session was introduced and moderated by Angeline
Welsh of Matrix Chambers. Robert Landicho kicked off the debate
with the contention that counsel have increasingly reached for
frivolous procedural challenges based on due process, in order
to manufacture appeal opportunities, with the net result of: a)
threatening the arbitrator’s ability to manage proceedings (causing
delay and additional costs); and b) undermining the finality of the
award. In combating this behaviour, Landicho emphasised that
arbitrators should be especially careful to distinguish decisions
pertinent to issues of due process from those which are not. He also
noted the important role to be played by national courts in ensuring
that parties do not benefit from the use of such aggressive practices.
Landicho’s concerns converged on the absence of a uniform moral
Angeline Welsh, Robert Landicho and Jonathan Fernandes
practice or code which would disincentivise such challenges. Without
threat of ramifications, this kind of abuse is only set to continue.
Jonathan Fernandes (Three Crowns, London) discounted the
perception of counsel abusively capitalising on due process as
‘paranoia’. He coloured criticisms under this banner as hyperbole,
and as having become fashionable arising from the Queen MaryWhite & Case 2015 International Arbitration Survey. Against this trend,
Fernandes argued that even if a real problem of abuse existed, this
would not justify dislodging the (conventional) primacy that needs to
be afforded to hearing due process questions, over concerns as to
efficiency; hasty arbitrations that skim over due process questions
will undermine the enforceability of awards, which is the central
mission of arbitration. Contrary to Landicho’s suggestion, a uniform
set of rules governing the ethics of practitioners would, rather than
deter, encourage more procedural challenges.
Audience contributions began with a discussion regarding the ability
of the courts to shut down vexatious set aside applications and
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whether courts were sufficiently well-versed in arbitration and the
proper powers of the tribunal. A subsequent point was raised that
the issue may be seat-dependent: in a London-seated arbitration,
for instance, one could rely on the courts to dismiss abusive
challenges swiftly, whereas arbitral seats in other countries often
present more expansive grounds for challenges on enforcement.
The concern in London might be, conversely, that busy arbitrators
may need reminding to stay live to the issue of due process. One
way of dissuading spurious challenges could be to incorporate
cost consequences into the institutional rules. Ultimately, arbitrators
should adopt a both cautious and confident approach.
Damages in International Arbitration: Getting the Most Out of Your
Expert
The second session was chaired by independent arbitrator, Juliet
Blanch, who introduced the topic and the panellists, Clara Segurola
of Nera Economic Consulting and Liz Perks of Haberman Ilet.
Juliet Blanch, Liz Perks and Clara Segurola
Segurola presented first, opening with the proposition: “lawyers are
from Venus and experts are from Mars”; i.e. that lawyers need to
understand their differences from, in order to get the most out of,
their experts. Segurola’s presentation gave practical advice as to how
lawyers can work most successfully with an expert at given phases
of an arbitration. In terms of when an expert should be engaged, for
Segurola, expert involvement as early as possible would aid the
framing of arguments as well as identify strengths and weaknesses
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in a particular case. When preparing submissions, lawyers should
ensure they understand even the most technical expert points – if
they are unable to understand fully, it is less likely that the Tribunal
will do so. Segurola also emphasised the need to keep the expert
focussed on the key points of the case, rather than allowing them to
drift into territory outside the scope of their expertise. Further, lawyers
should ask experts to review their memorials to ensure they have
interpreted the expert opinion correctly. At the hearing stage, lawyers
should take advantage of the experience of their own expert to help
anticipate the opposing expert’s likely answers on cross-examination.
Liz Perks highlighted the need to avoid a ‘two- ships-passing- in-thenight’ situation, where expert reports offer no reference point for
comparison or agreement. Such circumstances expose the parties to
uncertainty as a tribunal may either appoint its own expert or, even,
embark on its own determination on the relevant matter, instead of
siding with either expert. Drawing on her own experience, Perks
stressed the need for an expert to address every aspect of their
opposite number’s report, so as to minimise the risk of a tribunal
having to defer to uncontested evidence (say, on quantum) if it finds
in favour of the other side’s substantive arguments. Perks noted the
merits of joint statements and, in particular, called upon lawyers to
encourage their experts to agree on a model, if possible, setting out
different outcomes. This would secure a greater degree of certainty
as to the possible range of values a tribunal might come down on in
rendering its award. Segurola agreed, citing her own experience of
adopting this approach.
Discussion opened up to the floor once again. The question was
raised as to how often disagreement between experts arises out
of genuine professional difference rather than by virtue of the mere
fact of their instruction by one particular party. Panellists agreed
that this would depend on the country – ‘party-advocates’ are more
commonplace in some jurisdictions than others. Blanch observed
that, from a tribunal’s perspective, an expert who is unwilling to budge
tends to be less credible. Recalling the topic of the first session, the
discussion concluded by considering aspects of due process in the
expert context, such as the appropriate level of influence lawyers
should have in shaping expert reports and whether a tribunal could
make an order as to non-disclosure of communications between
parties and experts.
TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION EXPERTS…
IN THE NEWS
Sustaining Member Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer US LLP has added Brian King (New York)
as a representative to the Advisory Board.
Arbitral Institutions Member Arbitration Centre
of the American Chamber of Commerce of Brazil
(AmCham Brasil) has added Carolina Da Rocha
Morandi (São Paulo) as a representative to the
Advisory Board.
Brian King
Nicole Duarte
Carolina Da Rocha
Morandi
Joshua Norris
Gary Russo
Krystal Scott
New Supporting Member Jones Walker LLP has added Nicole
Duarte (Houston), Joshua Norris (Houston), Gary Russo (Lafayette),
Krystal Scott (Houston) as representatives to the Advisory Board.
New Supporting Member The Claro Group, LLC has
added Meredith Alfred (Houston) and Karl Killian
(Houston) as representatives to the Advisory Board.
Karl Killian
Supporting Member Mayer Brown LLP has added
Soledad G. O’Donnell (Houston) as a representative
to the Advisory Board.
Soledad G.
O’Donnell
Supporting Member Covington
& Burling LLP has added Mary T.
Hernandez (Washington, DC) as a representative to
the Advisory Board.
Mary T. Hernandez
Dr. Crina Baltag
ITAFOR Contributor Dr. Crina
Baltag is set to join the University
of Bedfordshire as a Senior Lecturer in Dispute
Resolution in June 2017. She also recently served
as editor for the book “ICSID Convention After
50 Years: Unsettled Issues,” published by Wolters
Kluwer.
ITA Advisory Board Member Philip L. Bruner, Director
of JAMS Global Engineering and Construction
Group and a construction arbitrator and mediator
for JAMS and JAMS International, spoke in April
on dispute resolution issues to the Annual Meeting
of Britain’s Society of Construction Arbitrators in
Alnwick, England. In May, he will present three days Philip L. Bruner
of lectures on international construction arbitration
to the University of Stuttgart’s Master’s Program on
International Construction Practice and Law in Stuttgart, Germany.
Mr. Bruner is co-author with Patrick J. O’Connor, Jr. of the twelve
volume American treatise, Bruner & O’Connor on Construction
Law (2002, updated annually).
Young ITA Member Herman Duarte was recently
ranked by Chambers and Partners, Global Guide
2017, as a foreign expert in Costa Rica with a focus
on Complex Litigation and Arbitration practice.
He was also selected by the Alumni of the ICAL
Program of Stockholm University to receive the
Herman Duarte “Outstanding Alumni” recognition in 2017, the first
and only Latin American awarded. The private
initiative “El Pais Que Viene” selected Duarte as
one of the 60 most influential Salvadorans in the world under 35
years old.
Advisory Board Member Wayne I. Fagan served as
moderator of a panel of General Counsel from the
energy sector at the 29th Annual International Law
Institute held in Houston in February 2017.
Paulo Flores
Michelle Meriam
David E. Sharp
Philip R. Weems
Wayne I. Fagan
New Associate Members are Paulo Flores (Peckar & Abramson,
P.C., Dallas), Paul J. McMahon, Esq. (Paul Joseph McMahon, P.A.,
Miami), Michelle Meriam (Ware, Jackson, Lee, O’Neill, Smith &
Barrow, LLP, Houston), David E. Sharp (Law Offices of David
E. Sharp P.L.L.C., Houston), and Philip R. Weems (International
Energy Arbitrator, Katy).
New Academic/Government/Nonprofit Member is
Shola Oshodi-John (Nigerian Institute of Chartered
Arbitrators, Lagos).
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Shola Oshodi-John
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Advisory Board Member Mary T. Hernandez
published the article “Windstream v. Canada: How
Regulatory Winds of Change Affected a Clean
Energy Project” alongside Miguel Lopez Forastier
in Covington & Burling LLP’s Inside Energy &
Environment.
Mary T. Hernandez
Advisory Board Member and
ITAFOR Moderator Clifford Hendel
was named as one of five practicing lawyers to the
Executive Council of the European Advisory Board
of The International Institute for Conflict Prevention
and Resolution (CPR). He also recently published
a chapter entitled “The Energy Charter Treaty and Clifford Hendel
the Spanish Renewable Energy Awards” in the 2016
Investment Treaty Arbitration Review and an article
entitled “Jurisdiction of the CAS” in a special issue ABA Section
of International Law publication titled “CAS and Lex Sportive.” In
addition, he was re-appointed as Moderator of ITAFOR.
Young ITA Member Markian Malskyy, a partner
at the Ukrainian law firm Arzinger, was recently
empaneled with the International Commercial
Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry as a recommended
Arbitrator and was more recently empaneled
with Chisinau International Court of Commercial
Markian Malskyy Arbitration.
Jeswald W.
Salacuse
ITA Academic Council Member Victoria Shannon
Sahani has joined Arizona State University’s
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in Phoenix,
Arizona as a tenured Associate Professor of Law.
She will be teaching international arbitration,
alternative dispute resolution, civil procedure, and
Victoris Shannon professional responsibility.
Sahani
ITA Advisory Board Member David E. Sharp, a
Fellow in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and
a member of the London Court of International
Arbitration, has announced his intention to shift
his practice towards serving as an arbitrator. He
is a Fellow in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators,
a member of the London Court of International
Arbitration. Young ITA Member Alexander Marcopoulos was
promoted to ‘Counsel’ at Shearman & Sterling
LLP, effective January 1, 2017.
Yaroslav Petrov
Alexanader
ITA’s Reporter for Ukraine
Yaroslav Petrov was included Marcopoulosav
in the list of recognized experts
in Arbitration in Ukraine by Who’s Who Legal
2016 and included in the list of Arbitrators of the
Lithuanian Arbitration Court.
Advisory Board Member and ITA’s Reporter for
Ireland Klaus Reichert SC of Brick Court Chambers
has been elected as the first non-American,
based in Europe, to the Fellowship of the College
of Commercial Arbitrators. Established in the
U.S. in 2001, the College promotes excellence in
the field of international commercial arbitration. Klaus Reichert SC
Election to Fellowship is by invitation only and
the members of the College comprise the leading commercial
arbitrators in the U.S.
WAMR Associate Managing Editor Charles (Chip) B.
Rosenberg was named a “Rising Star – Alternative
Dispute Resolution” by DC Super Lawyers.
Charles B.
Rosenberg
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Tufts University has named Jeswald W. Salacuse,
former Chair of the ITA Advisory Board and
Advisory Board Member at Large, a “Distinguished
Professor,” one of only ten in the university. He has
also been elected President of its all-university
Faculty Senate. In July, Palgrave Macmillan will
publish Salacuse’s new book “Real Leaders
Negotiate! -- Gaining, Using, and Keeping the
Power to Lead Through Negotiation.”
Ewelina Wetrys
David E. Sharp
ITA’s Reporter for Poland Ewelina Wetrys, Associate
in the Warsaw office of K&L Gates, has recently
published the article “Applying the Concept of Rei
Iudicatea to Domestic Arbitration Awards under
Polish Law” (Arbitration Bulletin Young Arbitration,
2016 No. 24). She continues to represent corporate
clients in international and domestic oil & gas,
energy and construction disputes in arbitration and
state courts.
Stephan Wilske, ITA’s Reporter for Turkey, coauthored the following articles: “Arbitrator (Issue)
Challenge: What’s the Real Issue?” in: Andreas
Kulick (ed.) Reassertion of Control over the
Investment Treaty Regime (Cambridge 2017);
“The Effect of BREXIT on London as a Hub for
International Disputes – From a Non-Local’s
Perspective”, Corporate Disputes Magazine Stephan Wilske
Jan-Mar 2017. In addition, he delivered a speech
(together with Lars Markert) on “BREXIT, Trump and Other Political
Earthquakes – Any Effects on Asian Business and Business
Dispute Resolution?“ on the occasion of the 21st SIDRC Lecture
Series on February 22, 2017 at the Center in Seoul. This lecture
was nominated for “Best Speech or Lecture by Global Arbitration
Review 2017.” He was also a speaker at the International
Conference on International Arbitration on the occasion of the
25th Anniversary of the International Commercial Arbitration
Court (ICAC) at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(UCCI) where he delivered a speech on “An Arbitral Tribunal’s
Rights and Duties to Fight Guerrilla Tactics in Order to Preserve
the Integrity of Arbitral Proceedings” in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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ITA’s Reporter for Egypt Dr. Karim A. Youssef
was ranked in Who’s Who Legal – Arbitration,
Egypt 2017, and he was ranked Band 1 in the
Chambers Global Guide 2017, Egypt – Arbitration.
Dr. Youssef was appointed to the ICCA-ASIL Task
Force on Damages. In addition, his article titled
“The Impact of the Arab Spring on International
Dr. Karim Youssef Commercial and Treaty Arbitration in Egypt and
the MENA Region” was published in Arbitration:
The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute
Management (83.1), which was published in honor of Ibrahim
Shihata.
Advisory Board Member Rodrigo Zamora E.,
formerly of Bufete Zamora Pierce, has moved
to Galicia Abogados in Mexico City to open its
commercial litigation and arbitration practice.
Rodrigo Zamora E.
ITA-LATIN AMERICAN ARBITRATION FORUM 2017 ANNOUNCEMENTS
ITAFOR is a primarily Spanish-Portuguese language listserv designed
to facilitate information sharing and discussion on arbitration and
ADR topics pertinent to Latin America. Over 500 leading arbitration
practitioners subscribe to ITAFOR. Subscriptions are free and open
to all who wish to know or discuss the current developments, evolving
issues, and key practitioners in this growing field of Latin American
practice. ITAFOR subscribers are welcome to send messages in
English as well.
Since its creation in 2014, ITAFOR has provided a useful virtual
space for Latin American practitioners to receive updates on local
developments, discuss global arbitration-related news, and establish
new professional relationships. In 2017, the growing maturity of the
Latin American arbitration community and the additional inputs from
new Moderators, Contributors, and Council members are expected
to strengthen the exchange on ITAFOR.
This year, the original moderators, active since 2014 (Fernando
Cantuarias, Law School of Universidad Del Pacífico, Lima, Perú,
Francisco González de Cossío, González de Cossío Abogados, S.C.,
Mexico, D.F., Mexico, Clifford J. Hendel, Araoz & Rueda Abogados,
Madrid, Spain and Elsa Ortega, Ortega & Gómez Ruano, S.C., Mexico,
D.F., Mexico), were joined by Elina Mereminskaya, Wagemann
& Asociados, Santiago, Chile, and Giovanni Ettore Nanni, Nanni
Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil.
University of Chile. Elina worked at the Secretariat of the Arbitration
and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CAM
Santiago) and at the Chilean law firm Bofill Mir & Alvarez Jana.
Since 2012, Elina has worked as one of the Managing Editors of
the ITA Reports for KluwerArbitration.com. She has recently joined
Wagemann y Asociados – Lawyers and Engineers, a Chilean
boutique firm specialized in Construction Law. She is a member of
the arbitration roster forthe CAM Santiago and forthe Arbitration
Center of the Lima Chamber of Commerce.
Giovanni Ettore Nanni graduated from the Law School
of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica of São Paulo
(PUC-SP). He holds LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the
same University, where he now teaches as Professor
of Civil Law. From 2002 until 2016, he was partner
at the law firm TozziniFreire in São Paulo, before
setting up his own firm Nanni Advogados. Giovanni
Giovanni Ettore
has over two decades of experience in complex
Nanni
national and international disputes in various topics
and industries. He acts as lawyer, expert and arbitrator in complex
disputes, and is part of the arbitrator rosters for the main Brazilian
arbitral institutions. Giovanni is also editor-in-chief of the Revista de
Arbitragem e Mediação, published by Editora Revista dos Tribunais
(Thomson Reuters) and Vice-President of the Brazilian Arbitration
Committee CBAr.
Elina Mereminskaya studied law in her country of
origin, Russia. She later received LL.M. and Ph.D.
degrees from the Georg-August University of
Göttingen, Germany. Since 2003, she has taught
conflict of laws and international arbitration at the
Elina
Mereminskaya
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YOUNG ITA TALKS #MIAMI - CONQUERING NEW GROUNDS:
THE FINANCE AND BANKING INDUSTRY
Montserrat Manzano, Young ITA Chair, Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C.,
Mexico City, reports:
that arise. The panellists M. Cristina Cárdenas (Astigarraga Davis),
Sergio Alvarez-Mena (Jones Day, Vice-Chair of Florida International
Bankers Association) and Leyla Tavarez (Wells Fargo) each shared
their perspectives on industry perceptions of the national court
system vs. arbitration and the advantages that arbitration presents
for the industry.
On 24 February 2017, Young ITA presented the second in its new
programs series – Young ITA Talks #Miami – in the White & Case
offices located in Miami´s Southeast Financial Center.
Advice and practical insights
As Young ITA Chair, I welcomed participants, thanked our sponsors
White & Case LLP (W&C), Miami International Arbitration Society
(MIAS), and Future of Arbitration Miami (FAM), and took the
opportunity to thank Samanta Fernandez Micone (W&C) for working
jointly with Young ITA in the organization of this event. The topic
raised considerable interest and the event met its aim to provide
young arbitration stakeholders with a legal and market-oriented
perspective on the challenges posed by the development of
arbitration in the finance and banking industry, focusing in particular
on the role of the region.
Raoul Cantero (W&C, former Florida Supreme Court Justice),
Manuel A. Gomez (Associate Dean of International and Graduate
Studies, Florida International University College of Law, Miami),
and Juan Pablo Moyano Garcia (ICDR International Case Director)
enriched the discussion by offering the perspective of different
arbitration players. The speakers shared their insights on what
arbitration stakeholders may do to “conquer” the finance/banking
industry and develop a successful arbitration practice in the region.
The first item for discussion, ‘Finance and banking industry as
“untapped” territory for arbitration, was moderated by Lauran San
Roman Guijarro (W&C). The second item took the form of a panellist
conversation, exploring the topic of ‘Advice and practical insights’,
moderated by Katherine Sanoja (GST LLP). Discussion from the floor
concluded each session.
The panels were followed by a generous brunch with a spectacular
view!
Finance
and
banking
industry as “untapped”
territory for arbitration
Diana Droulers (Arbitrator,
Latin America Advisor for
Dispute Resolution Data, and
President of the International
Federation of Commercial
Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI))
opened the session by
presenting case statistics and
an overview of the industry
and the types of disputes
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The next Young ITA # programs will be in Mexico City on September
21 (with host Covington & Burling and co-sponsor Barra Mexicana de
Abogados) and in Houston on October 5 (with host Hogan Lovells
and co-sponsor Houston International Arbitration Club). If you would
like to propose a Young ITA # event in your city, please contact Young
ITA Chair Montserrat Manzano ([email protected]) or ChairElect Silvia Marchili ([email protected]).
 Upcoming ITA Programs in 2017-2018 
29th ITA Workshop and Annual Meeting
June 14-16, 2017
Dallas
Young ITA Talks #Mexico City
September 21, 2017
Mexico City
Young ITA Talks #Houston
October 5, 2017
Houston
5th Annual ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration
January 2018 (TBA)
Houston
15th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference
April 4, 2018
Washington, D.C.
1st ITA-ALARB Joint Conference on International Arbitration in the Americas
(11th Annual ITA Americas Workshop)
May 3 - 4, 2018
Santiago de Chile
30th ITA Workshop and Annual Meeting
June 20-22, 2018
Dallas
 Thanks to Our Sponsors 
ITA takes this opportunity to thank again and recognize the financial sponsor that helped make our 14th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference:
Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration: Legal & Ethical Considerations – Commentary on the Report of the ICCA/Queen
Mary Task Force on April 12, 2017 in Washington, D.C. possible:
Luncheon Sponsor:
Tenor Capital Management Company, L.P.
 Special Thanks 
ITA recognizes with appreciation our local hosts, co-sponsors and conference reporters for:
14TH ANNUAL ITA-ASIL CONFERENCE: THIRD-PARTY FUNDING IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: LEGAL & ETHICAL
CONSIDERATIONS – COMMENTARY ON THE REPORT OF THE ICCA/QUEEN MARY TASK FORCE
April 12, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
Reporters:
James Egerton-Vernon, Jones Day, Washington, DC
Zain Jinnah, White & Case LLP, Washington, DC
Raquel Martinez Sloan, White & Case LLP, Washington, DC
YAI TALKS #MIAMI
February 24, 2017 in Miami
YOUNG ITA TALKS #LONDON
May 9, 2017 in London
Local Host: White & Case
Co-Sponsors:
Miami International Arbitration Society
Future of Arbitration Miami
Reporter:
Montserrat Manzano, Von Wobeser y Sierra SC, Mexico City
Local Host: Vinson & Elkins
Co-Sponsor: ArbitralWomen
Reporters:
Tomas Vail, White & Case, London
Cecily Higham, White & Case, London
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The Institute for Transnational Arbitration
A Division of THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
SCOREBOARD
OF ADHERENCE TO TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION TREATIES
(as of May 22, 2017)
ABBREVIATIONS
NY
ICSID
MIGA
IA
USBIT
USFTA
OPIC
United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (commonly, 1958 New York Convention)
Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes (1965)
Convention Establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (1985)
Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (commonly, Panama Convention of 1975)
United States Bilateral Investment Treaty
United States Free Trade Agreement
Agreements supporting programs of the Overseas Private Investment Corp.
SYMBOLS
S
R
A
(*)
N/A
Signed, but not ratified
Ratified, acceded or succeeded
Subscribed, but not signed, ratified or paid
Capital-exporting country under MIGA
Not applicable
CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE
NY
ICSID
MIGA
IA
USBIT
USFTA
OPIC
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
NATION
NY1
ICSID2
MIGA3
IA
USBIT
USFTA4
OPIC5
Afghanistan
RRR R
Albania
RRR R R
Algeria
RRR R
AndorraR
Angola
RRR
Antigua and Barbuda
RRR
Argentina
RRRRR R
Armenia
RRR R R
Australia
RRR* R/S19
Austria
RRR*
Azerbaijan
RRR R R
Bahamas
RRR R
Bahrain
RRR R R
Bangladesh
RRR R R
Barbados
RRR R
Belarus
RRR S R
Belgium
RRR*
BelizeS
RR
Benin
RRR R
BhutanR
Bolivia 6
R RRR R
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7
RRR R
Botswana
RRR R
Brazil
R RR R
Brunei Darussalam
R
RS19
Bulgaria
RRR R R
Burkina Faso
RRR R
Burundi
RRR R
Cambodia RRR R
Cameroon
RRR R R
Canada
RRR* R8/S19
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NATION
NY1
ICSID2
MIGA3
IA
USBIT
USFTA4
OPIC5
Cape VerdeR
RR
Central African Republic
RRR R
ChadR
RR
RRRR R/S19R
Chile
China (People’s Republic) RRR
Colombia
RRRR RR
Comoros
RRR R
9
Congo RR R R
Congo (Democratic Republic of)
Cook Islands
R
R
R
R
RR
Costa Rica RRRR R10R
Côte d’Ivoire
RRR R
Croatia 7
RRR R R
Cuba
R
Cyprus
RRR R
Czech Republic
RRR* R R
Denmark 11
RRR*
Djibouti
RRR
Dominica
RRR
Dominican Republic RSRR R 10R
Ecuador
R RRR R
Egypt
RRR R R
El Salvador
RRRRSR 10R
Equatorial GuineaRR
EritreaRR
Estonia
RRR R R
EthiopiaS
RR
Fiji
RRR R
Finland
RRR*
France 12
RRR*
Gabon
RRR R
GambiaR
RR
Georgia
RRR R R
Germany
RRR*
Ghana
RRR R
Greece
R
R
R*R
Grenada RR R R
Guatemala
RRRR R 10R
Guinea
RRR R
Guinea-BissauS
R R
GuyanaR
RR
Haiti
RRR S R
Holy See (Vatican City)
R
Honduras
RRRRRR 10R
Hungary
RRR R
Iceland
RRR*
India
RRR
Indonesia
RRR R
Iran
R R
Iraq
RRR
Ireland
R
R
R*R
Israel
RRR R
Italy
RRR*
Jamaica
RRR R R
Japan
RRR* S19
Jordan
RRR R R
Kazakhstan
RRR R R
Kenya
RRR R
KiribatiR
Korea (North)
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NATION
Korea (Republic) (South)
NY1
ICSID2
MIGA3
IA
USBIT
USFTA4
OPIC5
RRR RR
KosovoR
RR
Kuwait
RRR R
Kyrgyzstan
RSR R R
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
RRR
Latvia
RRR R R
Lebanon
RRR R
Lesotho
RRR R
Liberia
RRR R
Libyan Arab JamahiriyaR
Liechtenstein
R
Lithuania
RRR R R
Luxembourg
RRR*
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of 7
RRR R
Madagascar
RRR R
MalawiR
RR
Malaysia
RRR S19R
MaldivesRR
Mali
RRR R
Malta
RRR R
Marshall Islands
RR
Mauritania
RRR R
Mauritius
RRR R
Mexico
R RR R8/S19R
MicronesiaR
RR
Moldova RRR R R
Monaco
R
Mongolia
RRR R R
Montenegro
R
S
RR
Morocco
RRR RRR
Mozambique
RRR R R
Myanmar (Burma)
RRR
NamibiaS
RR
Nauru
R
S
Nepal
RRR R
Netherlands 13
RRR*
New Zealand 14
RRR S19
Nicaragua
RRRRSR 10R
Niger
RRR R
Nigeria
RRR R
Norway
RRR*
Oman
RRR RR
Pakistan
RRR R
PalauRR
Panama
RRRRRRR
Papua New GuineaR
RR
Paraguay
RRRR R
Peru
RRRR R 18/S19R
Philippines
RRR R
Poland
R R R R
Portugal
R
R
R*R
Qatar
RRR
Romania
RRR R R
Russian Federation
RSR S R
Rwanda
ARR R R
Saint Kitts and NevisR
RR
Saint LuciaR
RR
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
R
R
R
R
SamoaR
RR
San Marino
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R
S
NATION
NY1
ICSID2
MIGA3
IA
USBIT
Sao Tome and Principe
R
S
Saudi Arabia
RRR
USFTA4
S
OPIC5
R
Senegal
RRR R R
Serbia 7
RRR R
SeychellesR
RR
Sierra LeoneR
RR
Singapore
RRR RR
Slovakia
RRR R R
R *R
Slovenia 7R
Solomon Islands
R
R SomaliaRR
South Africa
RRR
South SudanRR
Spain
RRR*
Sri Lanka
RRR R R
Sudan RR
SurinameRR
SwazilandR
RR
Sweden
RRR*
Switzerland
RRR*
Syrian Arab Republic
RRR
TaiwanR
Tajikistan
RRR
Tanzania
RRR R
Thailand
R
S
RR
Timor LesteR
RR
TogoR
RR
TongaRR
Trinidad and Tobago
RRR R R
Tunisia
RRR R R
Turkey
RRR R R
TurkmenistanR
RR
Tuvalu
Uganda
RRR R
Ukraine
RRR R R
United Arab Emirates
RRR
United Kingdom 15
RRR*
United States of America 16
RRR*RN/A
N/A
Uruguay
RRRRR R
Uzbekistan
RRR S R
VanuatuR
Venezuela
R RR R
Vietnam
RRR
West Bank and Gaza 17R
YemenR
RR
Zambia
RRR R
Zimbabwe
RRR R
Notes: (1) Extends to metropolitan and overseas constituent territorial subdivisions but not to overseas dependent
territories. Consult UNCITRAL for definitive status. Under Art. I(3), 74 States have entered a “reciprocity reservation”. With regard to awards made in the territory of non-contracting States, 9 States have entered a “reciprocal
treatment” reservation, and 46 States have entered a “commercial reservation”. (2) Extends to metropolitan and
overseas constituent territorial subdivisions and to overseas dependent territories unless specifically excluded. (3)
Extends to metropolitan and overseas constituent territorial subdivisions and to overseas dependent territories.
www.miga.org/whoweare/index.cfm?stid=1789 (4) The free trade agreements listed are those signed by the U.S.
with a chapter on investments. They are bilateral unless indicated otherwise. (5) Countries where OPIC programs
are generally available will be listed as ratified. At times, statutory and policy constraints, such as Congressionally
required certifications on labor practices, may limit the availability of OPIC programs in various countries. Under
agreements with certain countries, the host government may be required to approve OPIC assistance for a project.
www.opic.gov/doing-business-us/OPIC-policies/where-we-operate (6) The Government of the Republic of Bolivia
signed the ICSID Convention on May 3, 1991 and deposited its instrument of ratification on June 23, 1995. The
Convention entered into force for Bolivia on July 23, 1995. On May 2, 2007, the depositary received a written notice
of Bolivia’s denunciation of the Convention. In accordance with Article 71 of the Convention, the denunciation
took effect six months after the receipt of Bolivia’s notice, i.e., on November 3, 2007. The Government of Bolivia
delivered notice to the United States on June 10, 2011, that it was terminating the “Treaty Between the Government
of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bolivia Concerning the Encouragement and
Reciprocal Protection of Investment.” As of June 10, 2012 (the date of termination), the treaty ceases to have effect,
except that it continues to apply for another 10 years to covered investments existing at the time of termination.
(7) As of 4 February 2003, The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has changed its name to “Serbia and Montenegro.”
Montenegro declared itself independent from Serbia on June 3, 2006. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Slovenia are separated successor states to parts of the former Yugoslavia
and have succeeded to the NY. MIGA, ratified by the former Yugoslavia, is considered by MIGA as ratified by Serbia
& Montenegro and by the aforementioned four separated successor states. OPIC programs are available in the
four separated states. (8) Included in the North American Free Trade Agreement among the United States, Canada
and Mexico. (9) NY and MIGA: includes Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. (10) Included in the Dominican
Republic - Central America - United States Free Trade Agreement. (11) NY: includes Faeroe Islands and Greenland.
(12) NY: includes, inter alia, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia,
Réunion, and St. Pierre and Miquelon. OPIC programs available in French Guiana. (13) NY: includes Aruba and
Netherlands Antilles. OPIC programs are available in Aruba and Netherlands Antilles. (14) ICSID: excludes Cook
Islands, Niue and Tokelau. (15) NY: includes Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, and
British Virgin Islands. ICSID: excludes British Indian Ocean Territory, Pitcairn Islands, British Antarctic Territory
and Sovereign Base Areas of Cyprus. ICSID: continues to include Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. OPIC
programs available in Northern Ireland, Anguilla and Turks and Caicos. (16) NY: includes, inter alia, American
Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. (17) West Bank and Gaza are not
recognized as states by the United States. (18) United States - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. (19) Trans-Pacific
Partnership signed on February 4, 2016.
SOURCES:
This issue was compiled by Co-Editors Elina Mereminskaya and Monique Sasson of The Institute for Transnational
Arbitration based on the following sources: United Nations; ICSID; MIGA; Organization of American States; OPIC;
and the Office of the United States Trade Representative. The Scoreboard is designed to be a convenient reference,
but is not intended to be relied on as legal advice. Please consult the sources directly to confirm the status of any
particular ratifications, reservations, changes, special conditions or new developments. Copyright 2014, The Center
for American and International Law.
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Shearman & Sterling LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Three Crowns LLP
Vinson & Elkins LLP
White & Case LLP
WilmerHale
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Zuleta Abogados Asociados S.A.S.
ASSOCIATE
José María Alonso
David Arias
William G. Arnot, III
Anne Ashby
Eliana B. Baraldi
Stacey L. Barnes
Trey Bergman
Pierre Bienvenu
Erica Bramer
Philip L. Bruner
George Kevin Buchanan
Michael Buhler
Ricardo A. Cevallos
John Allen Chalk, Sr.
Maria Chedid
Craig Chiasson
Michael Collins, Q.C.
Clint A. Corrie
Paulo Rogério Brandão Couto
Platt W. Davis, III
René De Liux Campos Garcia
Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall
Robert J.C. Deane
E.F. Mano DeAyala
Charles H. Dick, Jr.
Stephen L. Drymer
Thomas A. Dubbs
Alberto Echarri
Ike Ehiribe
Wayne I. Fagan
Richard D. Faulkner
Paulo Flores
James M. Gaitis
J. Richard Gallagher
Lauro Gama, Jr.
Manuel García Barragán M.
Gerald W. Ghikas, Q.C.
Luke J. Gilman
Marc J. Goldstein
Brody Greenwald
Pierre-Yves Gunter
Clifford J. Hendel
John W. Hinchey
James M. Hosking
J. Martin Hunter
Melinda Jayson
John Judge
Jean Kalicki
Mark A. Kantor
Lee L. Kaplan
Michael S. Kim
William H. Knull, III
Steven G. Kobre
Benoit Le Bars
Giselle Leonardo
David M. Lindsey
Valerie Longmire-Jefferis
David T. Lopez
David Madsen
Anton G. Maurer
Carlos J. McCadden
James D. McCarthy
Gary V. McGowan
Paul J. McMahon, Esq.
Michelle R. Meriam
Isabelle Michou
Robert W. Mockler
Mark C. Morril
Christa Mueller Garcia
Piotr Nowaczyk
Suzanne Nusbaum
Basil Ononbhara Odigie
Alejandro Ogarrio
Seyilayo A. Ojo
Elsa Ortega
Kathleen Paisley
Lorena Perez McGill
Daniel Posse
Lisa Powell
Noradèle Radjai
James E. Redmond
Klaus Reichert
Kenneth B. Reisenfeld
Matthew D. Richardson
Javier Robalino
Joshua M. Robbins
William W. Russell
Aníbal M. Sabater
Gloria Saldaña
Lawrence S. Schaner
Lionel Schooler
James Searby
David E. Sharp
Allison J. Snyder
Jeffrey Sullivan
Edna Sussman
Greig Taylor
Ruth Teitelbaum
Sylvia Tonova
Michael J. Truncale
Andrew Tuck
Eric van Ginkel
Marc Veit
Dr. Georg von Segesser
David W. Waddell
Richard E. (Rory) Walck
Arnoldo Wald
Jun Wang
Philip R. Weems
Carlton Wilde, Jr.
Karen Willcutts
Rodrigo Zamora
ACADEMIC /GOVERNMENT
/NON-PROFIT
Arbitration Chambers
Markham Ball
Rosemary Barkett
Gary L. Benton
Ronald J. Bettauer
Andrea K. Bjorklund
Blakely Advocacy Institute
Chester Brown
Donald Earl Childress, III
Magaly Cobian
CPR: International Institute for
Conflict Prevention & Resolution
Tulio F. Cusman
Cecilia Flores Rueda
Susan D. Franck
Shelby Grubbs
O. Thomas Johnson
M. Imad Khan
Barry Leon
Robert B. Matthews
Luis Manuel C. Mejan Carrer
Margaret L. Moses
Lorena Perez McGill
Nigerian Institute of Chartered
Arbitrators
Patricia Shaughnessy
Frèdèric G. Sourgens
Texas A&M University School of Law
Nasiru Tijani
University of Missouri School of Law
University of Richmond
School of Law
Todd Weiler
Jarrod Wong
ARBITRAL INSTITUTIONS
Arbitration and Conciliation Centre of
the Bogota Chamber of
Commerce (CCB)
Arbitration and Mediation Center
of the
Santiago Chamber of Commerce
CAM Santiago)
Arbitration Center of Mexico (CAM)
Arbitration Centre of the American
Chamber of Commerce of Brazil
(AmCham Brasil)
Arbitration Center of the American
Chamber of Commerce of Peru
(AmCham Perú)
Arbitration Centre of the Caracas
Chamber of Commerce (CACC)
Arbitraton Centre of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (LLC)
Brazil-Canada Chamber of
Commerce (CAM-CCBC)
Conciliation and Arbitration Center of the
Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica
ICC Dispute Resolution Services
Inter-American Commercial Arbitration
Commission (IACAC)
International Center for Conciliation and
Arbitration (AmCham Cost Rica)
International Centre for Dispute
Resolution (ICDR)
International Centre for Settlement of
Investment Dispute (ICSID)
Mediation and Arbitration Center of the
National Chamber of Commerce of
Mexico City (CANACO)
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC)
ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Manuel A. Abdala
Alvaro Aguilar Ojeda
Roberto Aguirre Luzi
Jay Alexander
Prof. Roger P. Alford
Meredith Alfred
Arif Hyder Ali
José María Alonso
Gabriela Alvarez-Avila
Steven K. Andersen
Olivier P. André
David Arias
William G. Arnot, III
Anne Ashby
Alden L. Atkins
John B. Attanasio
Fernando Avila
Antonio M. Barbuto Neto
Rosemary Barkett
Stacey L. Barnes
C. Dennis Barrow, Jr.
Charles Beach
Julie Bédard
Andrew M. Behrman
Martin D. Beirne
Gary L. Benton
Levi J. Benton
Ronald J. Bettauer
Pierre Bienvenu
Dr. Giuseppe Bisconti
R. Doak Bishop
Andrea K. Bjorklund
Suzana M. Blades
Juliet Blanch
Karl-Heinz Bockstiegel
Stephen R. Bond
John P. Bowman
Lorraine M. Brennan
Prof. Charles H. Brower, II
The Hon. Charles N. Brower
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Deen Kaplan
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ITA LATIN AMERICAN
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Universidad Del Pacìfico
Lima, PERU
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González de Cossío Abogados, S.C.
Mexico City, MEXICO
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ARAOZ & RUEDA Abogados
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Wagemann & Cia.
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São Paulo, BRAZIL
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Mexico, MEXICO
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Founding Member
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Miami, FL USA
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CBAr President
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Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL
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CBAr Representative
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e
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São Paulo, BRAZIL|
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ITA Americas Initiative Chair
Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana
Santiago, CHILE
Abby Cohen Smutny
ITA Chair
White & Case LLP
Washington, DC USA
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ALARB Representative
M. & M. Bomchil and
Univ. of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
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ITA Director
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Preserving Perspectives: International Arbitrators in Their Own Words
(available free for online viewing)
A series of recorded interviews with key figures under the ITA Academic Council’s ongoing
Preserving Perspectives oral history project to record the evolution of modern international
arbitration in the words of those who have led it.
The Practice of International Commercial Arbitration:
Beginning, Middle and End
(available for on demand online viewing or on USB)
This 3-Part Set of video programs is designed to demonstrate and explain the beginning,
middle and end stages of an international commercial arbitration with mock scenes, expert
commentaries, study guides by Prof. Christopher Gibson and other supporting materials.
Purchase the entire 3-Part Set (online or USB), or each Part individually (online or USB), or each
Act individually (online only).
Workshops on DVD
Scenes from a mock international arbitration with expert commentaries, study guides by Prof.
David Caron and other supporting materials:
| Investment Treaty Arbitration in the 21st Century (2 DVD set)
| Arbitral Advocacy (4 DVD set)
| International Commercial Arbitration (6 DVD set)
Restating the US Law of International Commercial Arbitration:
“Between the “Domestic” and the “International””
(available for on demand online viewing)
RECORDED WEBINAR
The restatement of the US Law of International Commercial Arbitration is well on the road. Two
chapters have been approved and are official. One is before the advisory committee at this
time. And there remain two to go.
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