Join us for a lively discussion featuring two of Europe’s leading dispute financiers – Olivia Furter (Nivalion, Co-Head of Switzerland, France & Benelux) and Matej Pardo (LITFIN, Head of Operations) – alongside leading arbitrator and President of the Finnish Arbitration Association, Gisela Knuts. The panel will be chaired by Nils von Hinten-Reed (Alvarez & Marsal, Head of Competition Economics EMEA) and will examine the evolving economic dynamics of arbitration.

Light breakfast will be served.

Outsmart your next International Arbitration challenges with Artificial Intelligence: Our panelists will bring to life cutting-edge and proven IA-AI use cases and explain their implications on arbitration proceedings.

Hosted by HSFK and moderated by Partner, Catrice Gayer and Partner, Emily Fox, this event features insightful Roundtable Discussions on key topics such as Civil Law vs. Common Law, Artificial Intelligence and more. Attendees will join two focused discussion rounds, followed by an opportunity to network and enjoy refreshments.

Since the 1960s but mostly since 1979, the issue of sanctions and international arbitration have been intertwined.

As of 2014 and then 2022, the Russian sanctions following its aggression against Ukraine has brought a renewed focus to it even though it has been a constant issue with a number of different sanctions regimes, including those relating to Cuba, Iran, Libya or Venezuela. The resulting sanction regimes may have had, over time, an extensive impact on disputes related to energy, commodities, cross-border investment as well as indirect consequences on construction, finance and even manufacturing ones.

The consequences for international arbitration are numerous and will have an impact on its conduct: asset freeze, payment of arbitration fees, third-party funding, counsel representation, travel bans up until the satisfaction of the arbitral award itself.

With due process issues, equality of arms and potential denial of justice, this panel aims at obtaining the views of all the actors in such a procedure (the user of arbitration, the institution, the arbitrator and the counsel) to better understand the actual consequences and risks for the arbitration process generally.