The Luxembourg Arbitration Association (Association Luxembourgeoise d'Arbitrage - LAA) has unveiled the programme of the second edition of Luxembourg Arbitration Day, which is taking place at the Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg-Kirchberg on Wednesday 30 June 2021 from 10:00 to 18:00.

This hybrid event is aimed at Luxembourg and international lawyers, up-and-coming practitioners, academics and in-house counsel who are looking to further enrich their arbitration-related knowledge and skills.

Programme

10:00  Registration with light refreshments

Part I: Training

10:15 - 10:30  Welcome address: André Prüm, President of LAA; Estelle Brisson, Promotion & Communication of LAA

10:30 - 12:00  Cross-examination training (Part 1)
Topics include: guidelines, tactics, advice on the fundamentals of cross-examination; differences between the cross-examination of fact witnesses and expert witnesses; handling witness statements
Instructors: Hilary Heilbron QC, Brick Court Chambers, London; Klaus Reichert SC, Brick Court Chambers, London

12:00 - 13:00  Lunch

13:00 - 14:30  Cross-examination training (Part 2)

14:30 - 14:45  Refreshment break

Part II: Conference

14:45 - 15:00  Opening remarks: Luc Frieden, Chairman of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce; Sam Tanson, Luxembourg's Minister of Justice

15:00 - 16:15  Session I: Investment protection in times of climate change: the future of the Energy Charter Treaty
Topics include: climate change and the ECT’s modernisation agenda; investment protection against the states’ right to regulate the energy sector; investor-state dispute settlement: a challenge to the EU constitutional framework?
Panelists: Jonas Hallberg, Legal Advisor at the National Board of Trade, Sweden; Patricia Nacimiento, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills, Frankfurt; Eleftheria Neframi, Professor at the University of Luxembourg; Ilija Mitrev Penushliski, Counsel, Three Crowns, Paris
Moderators: Paschalis Paschalidis, Counsel, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, Paris; André Prüm, Professor at the University of Luxembourg

16:15 - 16:45  Refreshment break

16:45 - 18:00  Session II : Arbitration and Sovereign States
Topics include: sovereign states' right to regulate: recent arbitration cases; enforcement against sovereign states and setting aside proceedings involving sovereign states: latest developments; can ADR be an efficient means to solve disputes with sovereign states?
Panelists: Lorraine de Germiny, Partner, Lalive, London; Joe Tirado, Partner, Garrigues, London; Mirjam van de Hel-Koedoot, Partner, Nautadutilh, Amsterdam
Moderators: Antoine Laniez, Partner, Nautadutilh, Luxembourg; Sven Lange, Counsel, Busse Disputes, Frankfurt

18:00  Cocktail

The cost of attending the full day (training lunch and conferences) is €80 for LAA members, €160 for non-members and €40 for students / trainee lawyers. The cost of attending the afternoon conferences only (from 14:30) is €35 for LAA members, €65 for non-members and €20 for students / trainee lawyers.

As a hybrid event, attendees can attend in person (subject to availabilities) or online via Zoom.

Registration details are available via Eventbrite at: bit.ly/RegisterLAD2021.