WAW 2023, 4th Edition
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November 27 to December 1, 2023

Foreign Investment Laws – A Renewed Basis for Consent to International Investment Arbitration?

This WAW panel will focus on how unilateral acts have emerged as a source of international law. It will also analyze how an investment law may constitute a basis for consent to investor-State arbitration, and how, notwithstanding this possibility, and the practice of non-treaty and non-contract cases. In particular, this panel will discuss: The most recent developments regarding investment laws as bases for consent to international investment arbitration How the language of the relevant law may provide for ICSID arbitration? and Whether and under what conditions a host State may withdraw its consent given through a domestic law to ICSID arbitration

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December 4th At 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

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States’ Claims and Counterclaims in Investment Arbitration

December 4th At 9:00 am - 10:30 am EST

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Infrastructure Disputes in International Arbitration

December 3th At 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST

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The Rise of Technology in International Arbitration – Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Hearings

December 3th At 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

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Perspectives of Young Arbitration Practitioners

December 3th At 9:00 am - 10:30 am EST

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International Commercial Arbitration from the Client’s Perspective

December 2nd At 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST

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Fossil Fuel, Clean Energy and the Environment in International Arbitration

December 2nd At 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

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EU Investment Arbitration: Current Issues Regarding the Validity and Enforcement of Awards Even Beyond the EU

December 2nd At 9:00 am - 10:30 am EST

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Draft Guidelines on States’ Defenses and Prevention of Investment Arbitration

December 1st At 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST

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Alternative Approaches to Valuing Early Stage Investments in Investor-State Arbitration

December 1st At 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST

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Reform of ISDS – The ICSID Rules Amendments and UNCITRAL Working Group III

December 1st At 9:30 am - 11:00 am EST

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Keynote Speaker: Meg Kinnear, ICSID Secretary-General

December 1st At 9:00 am - 9:30 am EST

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Third-Party Funding: Developments, Pitfalls and Looking to the Future

November 30 At 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST

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November 30th At 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

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Women in International Arbitration

November 30th At 9:00 am - 10:30 am EST

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