Joint North American Conference on International Economic Law incorporating the 2018 ASIL IEcLIG Biennial
21-22 September 2018, Faculty of Law, 香蕉视频
Theme:聽Managing International Economic (Dis)Integration: Challenges and Opportunities
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Corporate social responsibility: Due diligence and compliance with the OECD and UN principles
21 March 2017, 17:30-19:00, NCDH 312
The Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law, the Private Justice and the Rule of Law research group, and ILA Canada welcomed Senior Wainwright Fellow Professor emerita Catherine Kessedjian, Paris II.
In 2017, there is no doubt that business entities must engage in 鈥渞esponsible business conduct鈥�. How can they achieve this? What means do they have to reach this goal? What are the consequences if they fail to respect the principles regulating responsible business conduct? Professor Kessedjian examined these questions for us.
The mechanics of third-party funding in international arbitration
16 March 2017, 17:30-19:00, NCDH 202
The Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and Commercial Law, and the Private Justice and the Rule of Law research group welcomed Jeffery Commission, BCL'01, LLB'01, Senior Counsel, Vannin Capital, a company that provides dispute resolution funding solutions to claimants and law firms in high-value commercial claims.
Originally designed to support companies that did not have the means to pursue claims, the use of third-party funding has broadened; initially focused on investor-state arbitration, it is now spreading to commercial international arbitration.
Announcing the winners of the 2016 Nappert Prize in International Arbitration
The Fortier Chairs offers its warmest congratulations the four winners of the Nappert Prize!
The Nappert Symposium took place October 19, 2016, during which聽the winners of the 2016 Nappert Prize in International Arbitration presented their papers.
Jos茅 Alvarez: Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership鈥檚 Investment Chapter the New 鈥楪old Standard鈥�?
October 3, 2016, 17:30 - 18:45, Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)
The L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Commercial Law and International Arbitration, the Private Justice and the Rule of Law research group, and the McGill Arbitration Student Society were delighted to welcome Jos茅 Enrique Alvarez, Herbert & Rose Rubin Professor of International Law, NYU.
TPP's investment chapter pursues a reform path within the existing international investment regime that many other states, including the United States, support. It is one path that might lead to a new gold standard, but it is not the only way to get there, and indeed what one considers a "gold standard" could change. Keep reading...
Does the Investor-State Dispute System in the Canada-EU Trade Agreement Make Sense?
Thursday June 9, 2016
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La professeure Andrea Kay Bjorklund et Me Katia Yannaca-Small ont discut茅 du syst猫me de r猫glement des diff茅rends 脡tats-Investisseurs dans l鈥橝ccord 茅conomique et commercial global Canada-Union Europ茅enne. La conf茅rence 茅tait organis茅e par L鈥橝ssociation de droit international (International Law Association - ILA) et l'Association du Barreau canadien, division Qu茅bec.
New publication from Professors Fabien G茅linas & Andrea Bjorklund!
15 April 2016: We are happy to announce the publication of , a special issue for Transnational Dispute Management.
Edited by Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund (McGill), J.P. Gaffney (Al Tamimi & Co.), Professor Fabien G茅linas (McGill), and H. W枚ss, (W枚ss & Partners) and opening with prefaces by Professor Pieter Jan Kuijper (UvA) and the Hon. L. Yves Fortier, the special edition features 15 articles by noted scholars and practionners.
From the introduction:
"...This Special Issue undertakes a broad-ranging study of CETA, viewing it as an indicator of the evolution of EU trade and investment policy, and of the kinds of tensions and innovations that can be expected to arise as a new generation of twenty-first century trade and investment agreements emerges. The Special Issue aims to provide an overview of CETA's key characteristics and of the controversy that has surrounded certain of its key features, placing these provisions within the context of the agreement as a whole and emphasizing a recurring tension between nationalism and internationalism, in particular regarding international arbitration of investment disputes, that runs through the individual papers' analyses of discrete provisions in the agreement..."
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Evidence in International Arbitration: Rules & Practices
February 23, 2016, 16h00-18h00, BLG offices
The McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution and the McGill Arbitration Student Society organised a symposium on Evidence in International Arbitration: Rules & Practices. Three arbitration practitioners discussed rules of evidence in the context of international arbitration. Following the presentations, there was a 30-minute moderated Q&A.
- Margaret Ryan (Shearman & Sterling LLP): "Preparing Fact Witness Statements in International Arbitration"
- Anne Hoffmann (Al Tamimi & Co.): "Expert Evidence in International Arbitration"
- Stephen Drymer (Woods LLP): "The New IBA Guidelines on the Taking of Evidence"
La s茅ance de questions 茅tait par la professeure Andrea Bjorklund (Chaire L. Yves Fortier en arbitrage international - Universit茅 McGill).
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Counterclaims in International Investment Law
February 24, 2016, 8h30-10h, NCDH 200
A Dispute Resolution Series talk with Anne Hoffmann, Al Tamimi & Co., Dubai, in Professor Andrea Bjorklund's Resolution of International Disputes course. RSVP: kuzi.charamba [at] mail.mcgill.ca.
Anne K. Hoffmann is a Special Counsel in the arbitration department of Al Tamimi & Co. which she joined in 2013 after having practiced in London and Geneva for more than a decade. A lawyer qualified to practice both in Germany as well as in England & Wales, Anne鈥檚 practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration where she regularly acts as counsel in disputes arising under all major rules (in particular聽ICC, LCIA, ICSID, Swiss Rules, UNCITRAL) as well as in ad hoc proceedings. Anne has also served as an arbitrator on several occasions.
The Role of the Tribunal Secretary in International Arbitration
Wednesday, February 10, 2016, 8h30-10h00, NCDH 200
Annie Lesp茅rance practices in the area of international arbitration. Prior to joining Cabinet Yves Fortier, Ms. Lesp茅rance acted as Assistant Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague where she provided legal and administrative support to arbitral tribunals and parties in proceedings administered by the PCA concerning State-to- State, investor-State and international commercial disputes. Previously, Ms. Lesp茅rance worked as a corporate lawyer at Stikeman Elliott LLP.
International arbitration in a flat world: Dos and Don鈥檛s in picking your seat and your rules
Monday, February 15, 2016, 8h30-10h00, NCDH 200
Yasmine Lahlou has 13 years of experience of international arbitration and litigation and has been with Chaffetz Lindsey since 2009. She advises and represents U.S. and international clients on a range of commercial disputes, in both international arbitration and litigation proceedings.
Beyond Borders: Canada-China Relations in Business
November 16, 2015, 18:00 to 20:00
Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)
Professor Andrea Bjorklund, Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law, moderated a panel organized by the Asia Pacific Law Association of McGill () to bring聽together perspectives from academia, business and law on the topic of business between Canada and China.
Panelists
- Me Marie-Pierre Grenier, Director, Corporate Monitorship, Ethics & Compliance at SNC-Lavalin. Me Grenier聽will be explaining the challenges of doing business in China from a compliance standpoint.
- Mr. Peter Kruyt, Vice-President of Power Corporation聽Canada. Mr. Kruyt will be discussing his own experience in organizing trade deals with Chinese companies for PowerCorp.
- Professor Yu Guanghua, a Li Ka Shing visiting professor from Hong Kong University who currently teaching Chinese Business Law at McGill. Prof. Yu will be discussing Foreign Direct Investments in China and the effects of Chinese聽politics on international business with China.
A visit by Prof. Christina Binder
The Chair was pleased host Prof. Christina Binder, Section for International Law and International Relation, University of Vienna, from August 15 to September 4, 2015.
Prof. Binder gave a talk on September 4 on The Intersection Between Investment Law and Indigenous Peoples.
Nappert Prize Competition Collection published
The ICC, in cooperation with 香蕉视频, has released a collection of the best articles written by participants of the Nappert Prize competition.
Edited by Professor Andrea Bjorklund, the collection is composed of nine articles chosen by experienced practitioners and arbitration experts from the inaugural Nappert Prize Competition in International Arbitration organized by 香蕉视频's Faculty of Law in 2014.
Topics covered include:
鈥� Procedural questions raised by the interface of arbitration with bankruptcy proceedings or mass claims
鈥� Genesis of substantive law as developed by arbitral tribunals
鈥� Links between municipal and international law
鈥� Principle of proximate causation and its transition to international investment arbitration
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Inaugural Charles D. Gonthier Memorial Lecture with Justice James Crawford
22 May 2015, Faculty Club, 香蕉视频
The McGill Faculty of Law, together with partners from the Charles D. Gonthier Legacy Committee, was honoured to host the Gonthier Memorial Lecture which will take place at the 香蕉视频 Faculty of Law and Faculty Club Ballroom in Montreal, Canada, on Friday, May 22, 2015.
For the inaugural Gonthier Lecture, we had the pleasure of welcoming His Excellency Judge James Crawford, AC, recently appointed to the International Court of Justice; former Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge and Chair of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law; author of The Creation of States in International Law鈥�and Chance, Order, Change: The Course of International Law among other leading books; and Counsel in the resolution of over 100 of the most important international disputes of our century. HE Judge Crawford shall speak on the role of international law in securing a just and sustainable world, into the future.
A special Welcome Reception, co-hosted by several Canadian law faculties and law firms together with several key student-led law journals, kicked off the evening at McGill's Faculty of Law. The Gonthier Lecture of His Excellency Judge Crawford was then held at the Faculty Club of 香蕉视频, in the main Ballroom. Directly following the lecture, there was a charitable Banquet Dinner.
 Dean Daniel Jutras. |
 Justice James Crawford. |
 The lecture took place in the Ballroom of McGill's Faculty Club. |
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Symposium on Governance & Constitutionalisation in International Arbitration
12-13 March 2015, Faculty of Law, 香蕉视频
The Private Justice and the Rule of Law Research Group and the McGill Arbitration Student Society organized two-day Symposium. The first day featured an arbitral moot opposing McGill and Queen's, and the second day, a panel with noted arbitration experts.
See the Symposium's Topic and Program [.pdf]
Vienna Arbritration Days
13-14 February 2015, Austria
Vienna Arbitration Days is the leading arbitration conference in Austria, which the Fortier Chair attended this year. Professor Andrea Bjorklund spoke on panel examining Confidentiality vs. Transparency. The took place at the beautiful Palais Nieder枚sterreich, in Vienna.
Inaugural Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and Commercial Law Conference
March 13, 2014, Faculty of Law, 香蕉视频
The Chair was officially launched with a conference that took the form of a conversation with L. Yves Fortier himself, as part of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration's Oral History Project
Other 2014 events
In 2014, the Fortier Chair also participated in the organization of the Nappert Prize Symposium and the CETA conference.
Update: The McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy (JSDLP) sat down with three experts at the CETA conference to ask questions on the new Canada-Europe free trade agreement, and get their perspectives on what impacts the treaty would have on the environment. .
