Conference program

Registration and morning coffee

Opening and welcome

Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, Conference Chair, GESSEL, Poland
Cezary Wiśniewski, ICC Poland, Linklaters, Poland
Laetitia de Montalivet, ICC International Court of Arbitration, France
Przemysław Schmidt, Lewiatan Court of Arbitration, Poland

Panel I: Hot topics in M&A Arbitration

Moderator:
Małgorzata Surdek, CMS, Poland
Panellists:
Catherine Green, New Zeland International Arbitration Centre, New Zeland
Maria Hauser-Morel, ICC International Court of Arbitration, France
Vladimir Khvalei, Baker McKenzie, Russia
Theis Klauberg, Klauberg BALTICS, Latvia/Lithuania/Estonia
Shai Sharvit, Granot Speiser, Israel

Lecture: How declaratory relief can make your life easier in M&A arbitration - even more ways

Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, GESSEL, Poland

Coffee break

Case Study

Panel II: Mirror, mirror on the wall... Can arbitration best reflect the complexity of the M&A
transaction ?

Moderator:
Stavros Brekoulakis, Professor of Queen Mary University of London, 3 Verulam Buildings (Gray’s Inn), UK
Panellists:
Geoffrey Burgess, Debevoise & Plimpton, UK
Michelangelo Cicogna, De Berti Jacchia, Italy
José Ferris, Squire Patton Boggs, France
Samantha Rowe, Debevoise & Plimpton, UK
Krzysztof Zakrzewski, Domański Zakrzewski Palinka, Poland

Case study

Lunch

Panel III: M&A disputes with third party funders - How to plan and how to run

Moderator:
Ania Farren, Vannin, UK
Panellists:
Teresa Giovannini, LALIVE, Switzerland
Duarte Henriques, BCH Lawyers, Portugal
Christian Leathley, Herbert Smith Freehills, USA
Wojciech Sadowski, K&L Gates, UK

Case study

Keynote Speech

Wendy Miles QC, Debevoise & Plimpton, UK

Gala Dinner

Venue: Penthouse Złota 44

Registration and morning coffee

Roundtable Introdution: Introduction to Belt and Road strategy concept

Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab, Zulficar & Partners, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Egypt

Roundtable: The Belt and Road - merging, acquiring and amalgamating

Moderator:
Stephan Wilske, Gleiss Lutz, Germany

Panellists:
Melody Chan, White&Case, China
Miroslav Dubovský, DLA Piper, Czech Republic
Jun Gao, Zhong Lun, China
João Ilhão Moreira, University of Oxford, UK
Wenhao Shen, JunZeJun, China
Paweł A. Tatarczak, Greenberg Traurig, Poland

Keynote Speech

India Johnson, American Arbitration Association, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, USA

... and, yes, a flute of champagne!