CONSTRUCTION AND HOSPITALITY DISPUTES POST-COVID
Organisation: Professor Steven G. Shapiro and Dr. Shaheeza Lalani
Co-organized with 
Recherche
Liens UNIL
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF 15 OCTOBER 2021
PROGRAM
| Hours | Conferences |
|---|---|
| 08.30 | Registration |
| 09.00 | Morning Session - Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 09.05 | The Rise and Impact of the Zoom Negociation: Cross-Cultural Variations in virtual Negociations and Lessons from Covid by Professor Edoardo Agamennone, Institut d'études politiques de Paris |
| 09.15 | Funding Construction and Hospitality Disputes in the Time of COVID by Fernando Ortega, Partner, CVML, Dubai & Giacomo Lorenzo, UNIL |
| Discussant: Stefano Paolo Catelani, Calimala.legal & Medici Legal Finance Advisory | |
| 09.45 | Abeyance to Resuscitation - Construction Arbitration in the Post-Covid Era |
| by Gautam Mohanty, Doctoral student, Kozminski University, Warsaw and Assistant Professor (on leave), Jindal Global Law School, India (JGLS) & Yasaschandra Devarakonda, Final year law student, National Law University Odisha, India | |
| Discussant: Christina L. Beharry, Counsel, Foley Hoag LLP, Washington, D.C. | |
| 10.15 | Coffee Break |
| 10.45 | COVID and Construction Disputes: Lessons Learnt and the Future Outlook by Oluwaseun Oloruntimehin, Managing Partner, S. O. Oloruntimehin & Co., Nigeria |
| Discussant: Vanessa Alcaron Duvanel, International Arbitration Counsel, King & Spalding, Geneva | |
| 11.15 | The Importance of Risk Allocation in Commercial Contracts for the Hospitality Industry as Demonstrated By COVID-19 Litigation |
| by Kang He, Richard Holzheimer, John Wilburn & Brooks Spears, McGuire Woods LLP, Washington D.C. | |
| Discussant: Hafez Virjee, Delos Dispute Resolution, Virjee Arbitration | |
| 11.45 | Government Measures Taken in Connection with the Pandemic Could Lead to Investment Treaty-Based Claims and Arbitration by Eckhard Hellbeck, White & Case, Counsel, Washington D.C. |
| Discussant: Isabelle Fellrath, SwissLegal Rouiller & Associés, Lausanne | |
| 12.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 | Afternoon Session – Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 14.30 | The Private and Public International Law Dimension of Arbitrations Arising Out of the Hospitality Industry as a Result of the Covid-19 Pandemic by Bernhard Maier, Counsel & Olivia Flasch, Associate, Signature Litigation, London |
| Discussant: Michael Nolan, Arbitration Chambers, New York | |
| 15.00 | After COVID, Unintended Economic Partners and Adversaries When Banks Foreclose on Properties - A Game Theory Approach by Amadeu Blasco Muñoz, Head of Legal, Copernicus, Spain |
| Discussant: Michael Ilg, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary | |
| 15.30 | Coffee Break |
| 16.00 | Expedited Arbitration as an Alternative to Dispute Boards during the Course of International Construction Projects by Pierre Yves Gunter & Anya Marinkovich, Bär & Karrer, Geneva |
| Discussant: Dominique Brown-Berset, Brown&Page, Geneva | |
| 16.30 | Disputes Under Hotel Management Agreements: Before, During, and After COVID by Thomas Snider, Partner, Head of Arbitration, Al Tamimi & Co., Dubai and Greig Taylor, Managing Director, Alix Partners, New York |
| Discussant: Patricia Cruz Trabanino, Associate, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C. | |
| 17.00 | End of Conference |
Program of 15th October 2021 (344 Ko)
Registration Fee
Webinar
Price for the Public: CHF 100.-
CEDIDAC Club Members: CHF 80.-
Special rates are charged for trainee lawyers and students on request
