The Center is glad to be able to announce that it will host a seminar together with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and Maxwell Chambers. The in-person seminar, titled “Challenging Fundamental Notions of International Arbitration”, to take place on January 25th, 2024, from 2.00 pm – 6.00 pm SGT, at Maxwell Chambers, will examine certain fundamental features of international arbitration to determine whether the role attributed to them corresponds to reality and is justified from a theoretical perspective; and, to the extent that this is not the case, how they should be reconsidered, taking into account modern arbitration practice and the expectations of various stakeholders, such as the parties, the arbitrators, the public at large, and the arbitral institutions.
Opening addresses will be given by Daryl Chew (Chairman of Maxwell Chambers, Partner at Three Crowns LLP, Singapore), Kevin Nash (Registrar, SIAC), and Professor Franco Ferrari, the Center’s Executive Director.
As per the attached program, Professor Ferrari will then give a lecture on “Party Autonomy”, arguing that there are limits to what is considered the most important element and characteristic of arbitration. Timothy Cooke (Partner at Reed Smith LLP, Singapore) and Rebecca James (Partner at Linklaters, Singapore) will act as discussants.
The second lecture, focusing on “Cost and Time Efficiency of International Commercial Arbitration”, will be given by Kevin Nash; Professor Darius Chan (Singapore Management University; Fountain Court Chambers; Director, Breakpoint LLC) and Xuanzhong Wang (Deputy Counsel, SIAC) will comment.
The last lecture, entitled “The New York Convention’s Uniform Regime”, will be delivered by Domenico Di Pietro (Di Pietro Arbitration); Matthew Secomb (Partner at White & Case LLP, Singapore) and Jae Hee Suh (Partner at Allen & Overy, Singapore), will act as discussants. For more information, see the flyer here.
