This panel features five experts to talk about issues that may arise in international arbitration regarding corruption. The panelists will delve into interesting topics on this matter, such as, inter alia, the arbitrator's investigative and reporting rights and duties on corruption, the effects of a positive finding of corruption, standards of proof, and corruptions issues in the jurisdictional phase of investment arbitrations.
Speakers:
- Aloysius (Louie) Llamzon is a partner at King & Spalding’s Washington, D.C. and New York offices and a member of its International Arbitration group. Louie represents private and sovereign clients in commercial, investment, and inter-State disputes. Having practiced in Asia, Europe, and the U.S., he is thoroughly familiar with civil and common law systems. He advocates before tribunals seated throughout the world, involving energy, infrastructure, financial, manufacturing, mining, and construction disputes. He also acts as arbitrator.
- Kabir Duggal is a senior international arbitration advisor at Arnold & Porter`s New York office. Kabir focuses his practice on international investment arbitration, international commercial arbitration, and public international law matters, serving both as counsel and arbitrator. Kabir`s experience includes complex disputes under numerous bilateral/multilateral investment treaties and contracts in South Asia, Latin America, Central Asia, Middle East, Europe, and Africa. His experience flows from his triple training in international law, common law, and civil law traditions. He has served as an arbitrator in over 40 disputes involving parties from all over the world and across several different industries. He also acts as a consultant for the United Nations Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) on the creation of a novel "Investment Support Program". Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School.
- Elizabeth (Lisa) Vicens is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb`s New York office. She regularly represents public companies and their boards in internal and governmental investigations, in particular with respect to anti-bribery and corruption and other cross-border issues. She frequently advises on the development of compliance and integrity programs and counsels clients in advance of strategic transactions. Lisa also represents clients in complex litigation matters arising from cross-border disputes. Her litigation practice includes many notable securities actions and high-profile civil cases. She also has an active criminal pro bono practice. Lisa frequently works on matters in Latin America, particularly enforcement matters involving clients in the region.
- Lucinda Low is a partner at Steptoe & Johnson`s Washington, D.C. and Hong Kong offices. Her practice includes representing audit committees, boards of directors, and companies in internal, government, and international financial institution audits, investigations, and enforcement matters involving fraud, bribery, corruption, and other compliance issues. Lucinda is recognized by Chambers market commentators for her "incredible technical proficiency, spectacular advocacy skills, and cultural know-how." She has particular authority in matters involving the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, and other international business compliance issues.
- Petros Mavroidis is an Edwin B. Parker Professor of Foreign & Comparative Law at Columbia Law School. At Columbia Law, Mavroidis is a member of the Center on Global Governance and serves on the boards of advisers for the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law and the Columbia Journal of European Law. He served as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) legal affairs division from 1992 to 1995 and has been a legal adviser to the WTO since 1996. He was the chief co-rapporteur for the American Law Institute study “Principles of International Trade: The WTO” (2013). He has written 10 books and scores of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His book The Regulation of International Trade won the 2017 Certificate of Merit in International Law for a distinguished contribution to the field from the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law.
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