Luxembourg Arbitration Day 2024: 26 April 2024
Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce
Programme
- 8:30 – 9:00 — Registration & Coffee
- 9:15 – 12:15 — Training
- 12:15 – 13:30 — Lunch
- 13:30 – 17:30 — Conferences
- 17:30 — Cocktail
Session 1 – Training
9:15 – 11:45
“Start your arbitration off on the right foot!”
Negotiation and Drafting the Terms of Reference and Procedural Order No 1
Trainers:
Agnès Bizard, Counsel, King & Spalding
Amy Frey, Partner, King & Spalding
Speaker:
Antoine Laniez, Partner, Nautadutilh
The “ToR” fixes the arbitrators’ tasks and the procedural means for achieving them
and the “PO1” is the arbitral tribunal’s first procedural order which fixes the
procedural calendar and sets outs the procedural rules that shall govern the arbitration
10:30 – 10:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:15
Update on Luxembourg Law
Opening Word
Estelle Brisson, Secretary of LAA, Senior Associate, Arendt & Medernach
Opening word of the Luxembourg Arbitration day
One year after the entry into force of Luxembourg’s new arbitration law, where do we stand?
Carlo Thelen, Director of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce
Session 2 – Conferences
Opening Remarks
André Prüm, President of LAA
Elisabeth Margue, Minister of Justice
Investment Fund Disputes: Is Arbitration the way forward?
- Investment funds disputes: litigation or arbitration?
- What is in arbitration for the Luxembourg investment funds industry?
- Is recourse to arbitration suitable for all types of investment funds disputes?
- Practical aspects about including arbitration clauses in investment funds documents
Speakers:
Emmanuel Gutton, Deputy Director General of ALFI
Joachim Cour, Partner, Elvinger Hoss & Prussen
Loukas Mistelis, International Arbitrator & Partner, Clyde & Co
Esther Boujard, Managing Director, Tikehau Investment Management
Moderators:
Paschalis Paschalidis, Counsel, Arendt & Medernach
Fabio Trevisan, Partner, Bonn, Steichen & Partners
Arbitration and Sports – A perfect match?
- Why the Sports industry prefers arbitration
- Key cases on limits and trends in Sports arbitration
Speakers:
Danira Mustafic, Senior Associate, Brucher Thieltgen & Partners
Fabrice Robert-Tissot, Partner, Bonnard Lawson
Moderator:
Ada Schmit, Partner, Clifford Chance
15:40 – 16:00
Coffee Break
Arbitration in the Art World
- Does the art world need specialized ar(t)bitration venues?
- Coloring art disputes with arbitration
Speakers:
Sophie Grémaud, Counsel, Clyde & Co
Prof. Gerard Meijer, President of the NAI and Partner, Linklaters
Moderator:
Elisabeth Omes, Partner, Elvinger Hoss & Prussen
When crypto assets meet Arbitration
- Overview of crypto-related arbitration disputes
- Typical issues coming up in crypto arbitrations
- Look into the future and the promise of blockchain dispute resolution
Speakers:
Sophie Nappert, Arbitrator 3VB, Founder, ArbTech
Nino Sievi, Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte AG
Moderator:
Biba Homsy, Partner, Homsy Legal
16:40 – 17:30
Closing remarks
André Prüm, President of LAA
17:30
Cocktail
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