Recent Events

• Arbitration and the Energy Transition: Is it fit for purpose?
  26 April 2025
  WongPartnership LLP
  IPBA Chicago 2025
  Chicago, Illinois
  Speaker: Samantha J. Rowe
  Speaking Engagements
• A Climate of Litigation: International Courts and the Evolution of International Environmental Law
  16-18 April 2025
  American Society of International Law
  ASIL Annual Meeting
  Washington, D.C.
  Speaker: Rhianna Hoover
  Speaking Engagements
• Mining Arbitrations: Navigating the Latest Trends in Investor-State Cases
  7-11 April 2025
  Berkeley Research Group
  Paris Arbitration Week
  Paris, France
  Speaker: Laura Sinisterra
  Speaking Engagements
• Debate – Legal and Evidentiary Foundations of the “Social License to Operate” a Mining Project
  5 March 2025
  Institute for Transnational Arbitration
  3rd ITA Conference on International Arbitration in the Mining Sector
  Toronto, Canada
  Speaker: Laura Sinisterra
  Speaking Engagements
• New Rules For New Energies? Potential Disputes Involving Emerging Energy Technologies
  16-17 January 2025
  IEL, ITA, ICC
  13th ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration
  Houston, Texas
  Speaker: Rhianna Hoover
  Speaking Engagements
• ADR, Renewable Energy and Climate Justice
  15 October 2024
  CiArb Caribbean Branch
  CiArb Caribbean Branch Conference
  Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
  Speaker: Conway Blake
  Speaking Engagements
• Tax Carve-out Regime Under the Energy Charter Treaty
  10 September 2024
  Danon Law
  Tax issues in International Investment Arbitration
  Switzerland
  Speaker: Samantha J. Rowe
  Speaking Engagements
• Interim And Permanent Injunctive Relief In Mining Disputes
  7 March 2024
  Institute for Transnational Arbitration
  2nd ITA Conference on International Arbitration in the Mining Sector
  Toronto, Canada
  Speaker: Justin R. Rassi
  Speaking Engagements
• Settlement Mechanisms For International Mining Disputes: What Works And What Does Not?
  7 March 2024
  Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)
  2nd ITA Conference on International Arbitration in the Mining Sector
  Toronto, Canada
  Speaker: Dietmar W. Prager
  Speaking Engagements
• Biodiversity 101: Getting Ready for Nature-Related Financial Reporting
  8 May 2024
  Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  Webcast
  Speaker: John Young, Rhianna Hoover
  Speaking Engagements
• The ECT Running Out of Energy
  6 February 2024
  Thoughtleaders 4
  Sovereign & States Summit
  London, UK
  Speaker: Samantha J. Rowe
  Speaking Engagements
• 2023 Year in Review: The Top 10 (Or Close To 10) Developments in International Energy Arbitration
  20-21 January 2024
  Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), The Institute for Energy Law (IEL) and the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
  10th ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration
  Webcast
  Speaker: Laura Sinisterra
  Speaking Engagements
• Investments Protection in the Energy Sector: Mining
  16 November 2023
  Ecuadorian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce
  Ecuador
  Speaker: Laura Sinisterra
  Speaking Engagements
• State Investment Disputes
  18 October 2023
  The Association of International Energy Negotiators and the London Court of International Arbitration
  Energy Dispute Conference
  London, UK
  Speaker: Samantha J. Rowe
  Speaking Engagements
• Green Transition and the Future of Energy Arbitration
  17 October 2023
  CAM-CCBC
  X CAM-CCBC Arbitration Congress
  Sao Paulo, Brazil
  Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
  Speaking Engagements
• Navigating the Complex Landscape of Cross-Border Disputes
  31 August 2022
  Energy & Resources Law Association
  Webinar
  Australia
  Speaking Engagements
• Parent Company Liabilities for Subsidiaries
  22 May 2022
  World Association of Mining Lawyers
  WAOML’s Annual Conference 2022
  Dubrovnik, Croatia
  Speaker: Dietmar W. Prager
  Speaking Engagements
• Discussion on Energy and the Middle East
  3 February 2022
  Institute for Energy Law
  IEL International Practice Committee Virtual Book Club
  Webcast
  Speaking Engagements
• Reforms Mexico has Implemented in the Energy Sector
  25 January 2022
  Mexican Bar Association, Nuevo Leon Chapter
  El ABC de la Reforma Energética: Aspectos Domésticos y Tratados Internacionales
  Webcast
  Speaker: Dietmar W. Prager
  Speaking Engagements
• Procedure & Privilege Pitfalls in International Arbitration
  25 November 2021
  Level 27 Chambers
  Webcast
  Speaking Engagements
• Record-Breaking International Arbitration Awards – Is International Arbitration an Effective Remedy?
  26 July 2021
  Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
  Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation’s Annual Institute
  Webcast
  Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
  Speaking Engagements
• International Arbitration of Mining Disputes
  9 June 2021
  Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and the World Association of Mining Lawyers
  Webcast
  Speaker: Dietmar W. Prager, Justin R. Rassi
  Speaking Engagements
• The Energy Transition and Arbitration – What’s on the Horizon?
  20 May 2021
  Young ITA Asia/UK
  Webinar
  Speaking Engagements
• What's New in Renewables? Risks and Opportunities for EU Energy Investors
  20 January 2021
  Debevoise/Bank Pekao/SSW Pragmatic Solutions
  Webcast
  Speaker: Ina C. Popova
  Speaking Engagements
• Getting Up With Energy Open Forum-Round Table Session
  28 October 2020
  Institute for Energy Law
  Getting Up With Energy: A Discussion on the Human Rights Contributions of the Energy Industry
  Webcast
  Speaking Engagements
• Recent Measures and the Rights and Remedies that are Available under International Treaties to Investors in the Argentine Energy Sector
  26 August 2020
  Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  Argentina: Energy Regulations and Dispute Resolution
  Online
  Speaker: Dietmar W. Prager, Sol Czerwonko
  Speaking Engagements
• Human Rights Cases in Natural Resources
  11-14 June 2020
  Center for International Legal Studies
  CILS International Arbitration Symposium
  Salzburg, Austria
  Speaking Engagements
• The Impact of the New Ethics of Human Rights on International Energy and Mineral Projects
  10 April 2019
  Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Institute
  Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Institute – Human Rights
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  Speaker: Ina C. Popova
  Speaking Engagements
• Climate Change Risks, Focusing on Practical Insights for Board Directors
  13 March 2019
  Financial Times Non-Executive Director Workshops
  The Board Masterclass - Key Developments Affecting Board Directors
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• Young Lawyers Roundtable
  24 January 2019
  Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Institute for Energy Law, ICC International Court of Arbitration
  6TH Annual ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration
  Houston, Texas
  Speaking Engagements
• Protecting Climate Change Investment
  11 December 2018
  Queen Mary University of London
  QMUL Paris
  Paris, France
  Speaking Engagements
• Increasing Climate Ambition, A Public Private Dialogue
  6 December 2018
  International Chamber of Commerce, International Bar Association, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, and the Permanent Court of Arbitration
  COP24 Official Side Event
  Katowice, Poland
  Speaking Engagements
• Protecting Climate Change Investment
  3 December 2018
  International Chamber of Commerce
  COP 24
  Warsaw, Poland
  Speaking Engagements
• Biggest Challenges for Oil and Gas Arbitration
  16 November 2018
  Commercial Law Centre (University of Oxford), the Oxford International Arbitration Society and the EDUCA Foundation
  III Oxford Symposium on Comparative International Commercial Arbitration
  Oxford, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• Environmental Law: Environmental Dispute Resolution
  2-5 November 2018
  LAWASIA
  31st LAWASIA Conference 2018
  Siem Reap, Cambodia
  Speaking Engagements
• Task Force on Arbitration of Climate Change Related Disputes
  7 October 2018
  International Chamber of Commerce
  ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
  Rome, Italy
  Speaking Engagements
• Erasing the Distinction Between "Hard" and "Soft" Law: Trends in Human Rights Law that Every Natural Resources Lawyer Should Know
  19-21 July 2018
  Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
  64th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute
  Victoria, Canada
  Speaking Engagements
• Climate Change Litigation
  5 July 2018
  Queen Mary University of London
  QMUL Energy Forum Climate Change - Panelist
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• Human Rights and Environmental Disputes in International Arbitration
  20-22 June 2018
  The Center for American and International Law
  30th Annual ITA Workshop
  Dallas, Texas
  Speaker: Laura Sinisterra
  Speaking Engagements
• Energy Arbitrations: the Latest Trends
  26 April 2018
  Commercial Dispute Resolution
  CDR Arbitration Symposium
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• Climate Technology
  11 April 2018
  Kings College
  Transnational Law Summit - Technology and Climate Justice Panel Discussion
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• Transformation and Disruption through Technology in the Oil and Gas Industry
  10 April 2018
  International Bar Association
  Biennial Conference of the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law
  Lisbon, Portugal
  Speaker: Patrick Taylor
  Speaking Engagements
• Dispute Resolution in the Energy Sector, Climate Change Justice and Human Rights
  20 March 2018
  Queen Mary University of London
  QMUL London - Dispute Resolution in the Energy Sector, Climate Change Justice and Human Rights
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• Climate Change Arbitration
  7 February 2018
  Practical Law Institute
  Practical Law Podcast
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• Preventing Climate Chaos
  9-12 October 2017
  International Bar Association
  IBA 2017 Annual Conference
  Sydney, Australia
  Speaking Engagements
• Climate Change and Dispute Resolution
  22 June 2017
  International Bar Association
  6th IEL/SEERIL International Oil and Gas Law Conference
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• International Boundary Disputes and Energy Related Natural Resources
  15 June 2017
  Global Arbitration Review
  GAR Live Energy Disputes
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• Oil Concessions and Territorial Definition
  5 June 2017
  Kings College London, Volterra Fietta
  The London International Boundary Conference
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• Disclosure: could recent amendments to U.S. discovery rules suggest further refinements to international arbitration disclosure?
  June 2017
  Oil-Gas-Energy-Mining-Infrastructure Dispute Management (OGEMID)
  The OGEMID Guest Series – Discussion Series
  Webinar
  Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
  Speaking Engagements
• BITs in the Background
  26 April 2017
  Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, in cooperation with the International Bar Association
  14th International Mining and Oil & Gas Law, Development, and Investment Special Institute
  Quito, Ecuador
  Speaker: Mark W. Friedman
  Speaking Engagements
• Climate Change Arbitration
  26 April 2017
  American Bar Association
  Section of International Law Spring Meeting
  Washington, D.C.
  Speaker: Catherine Amirfar
  Speaking Engagements
• Adjudicating International Environmental Disputes: Lessons from Recent Jurisprudence
  13 April 2017
  American Society of International Law
  What International Law Values, 111th ASIL Annual Meeting
  Washington, D.C.
  Speaker: Catherine Amirfar
  Speaking Engagements
• Challenges in Developing a Power Project in a Developing Country – A Case Scenario
  9 April 2017
  Inter-Pacific Bar Association
  Connectivity & Convergence - Inter-Pacific Bar Association 27th Annual Meeting and Conference
  Auckland, New Zealand
  Speaker: Tony Dymond
  Speaking Engagements
• Impact of Ethical Standards on International Litigation and Arbitration
  7 April 2017
  Inter-Pacific Bar Association
  Connectivity & Convergence - Inter-Pacific Bar Association 27th Annual Meeting and Conference
  Auckland, New Zealand
  Speaker: Tony Dymond
  Speaking Engagements
• Arbitrating Environmental and Human Rights Disputes Under Investment Treaties
  31 March 2017
  Harvard University
  3rd Annual Harvard International Arbitration Conference
  Cambridge, Massachusetts
  Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
  Speaking Engagements
• Tools for Managing the Arbitral Tribunal: Tips from Counsel, Arbitrators and Institutions
  13 January 2017
  ICC, ITA & IEL
  4th Annual ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration
  Houston, Texas
  Speaker: Dietmar W. Prager
  Speaking Engagements
• Enforcing the States’ Environmental Obligations: An International Court for the Environment, International Arbitration and Other Legal Avenues
  7 December 2016
  International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
  The World Bank’s Law, Justice and Development Week 2016
  Washington, DC
  Speaker: Catherine Amirfar
  Speaking Engagements
• Emergency Measures as a Response to New Forms of Government Interference - Interim Measures in Taxation-Related Disputes with States
  14 June 2016
  Debevoise & Plimpton
  Energy & Natural Resources Roundtable – The New Frontier of Risk
  Debevoise & Plimpton, London
  Speaker: Patrick Taylor
  Speaking Engagements
• Investment Protection in Europe – Brexit and its Implications for the Protection of Investments in Europe for UK Plc
  14 June 2016
  Debevoise & Plimpton
  Energy & Natural Resources Roundtable – The New Frontier of Risk
  Debevoise & Plimpton, London
  Speaker: Lord Goldsmith KC
  Speaking Engagements
• Investment Protection in Europe – Quo Vadis TTIP?
  14 June 2016
  Debevoise & Plimpton
  Energy & Natural Resources Roundtable – The New Frontier of Risk
  Debevoise & Plimpton, London
  Speaker: Mark W. Friedman
  Speaking Engagements
• Arbitration in Africa: Recent and Future Developments
  4 February 2016
  Debevoise & Plimpton, International Council for Commercial Arbitration, New York International Arbitration Center
  Arbitration in Africa: Recent and Future Developments
  
  New York, New York
  
  Speaker: Donald Francis Donovan, Ina C. Popova
  Speaking Engagements
• Emergency Arbitrators in Energy Disputes
  15 January 2016
  The Institute for Transnational Arbitration, the Institute for Energy Law, and the ICC International Court of Arbitration
  ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration
  Houston, Texas
  Speaker: Mark W. Friedman
  Speaking Engagements
• Negotiation Skills: Mediation, Arbitration, Litigation; Energy: Dispute Resolution
  17 November 2015
  Association of Caribbean Corporate Counsel
  Association of Caribbean Corporate Counsel 3rd Annual Conference
  Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
  Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
  Speaking Engagements
• The Latest Judicial, Legal and Policy Developments in Achieving Justice and Human Rights in an Era of Climate Disruption
  7 October 2015
  International Bar Association
  IBA Annual Conference
  Vienna, Austria
  Speaking Engagements
• The Future of Arbitration for the Energy and Natural Resources Sectors
  14 July 2015
  Speaker: Mark W. Friedman, Lord Goldsmith KC
  Debevoise Events