Events

Panel I: Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
 
Chair:  Francisco Aninat, partner at Bofill Escobar Silva Abogados

• Main provisions (historical evolution, trends, difference between BITs and Investment Chapters in FTAs).
• Investors’ rights covered by BITs and FTAs: MFN, fair & equitable treatment, protection from expropriation, protection and security, among others.

 
Panel II:  The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
 
Chair:  Sebastian Yanine, partner at Bofill Escobar Silva Abogados
 

• The Convention; Role of Member States; Institution Rules; Arbitration Rules; Administrative and Financial Regulations; Fees, Costs and Other Expenses.
• Main cases (historical evolution) and jurisprudence on the topics addressed in Panel I.

 
Confirmed Panelists:

• Noiana Marigo, partner at  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (New York)
• David Weiss, partner at  King & Spalding (Houston)
• Nicole Duclos, partner at  Covington & Burling (New York)
• Charles Kutoby, partner at  Jones Day (Washington)
• Silvia Marchili, partner at  White & Case  (Houston)
• Luke Sobota, partner at  Three Crowns (Washington)
• Erica Stein,  partner at  Dechert (Paris)