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
Mirèze Philippe, ArbitralWomen, ICC International Court of Arbitration, France

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: Proper price determination secures your successful arbitration

Natalia Jodłowska, GESSEL, Poland
Bartłomiej Woźniak, GESSEL, Poland

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

Moderator:
Stavros Brekoulakis, Queen Mary University of London, 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: Purchase Price Adjustment Disputes in Post M&A Arbitration

Dr. Peter Wende, CMS, Germany

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
Wojciech Sadowski, K&L Gates, UK

Case study: What happens if the expert determination procedure is not followed?

Piotr Bytnerowicz, White&Case, Poland
Karolina Brzeska, White&Case, Poland

Keynote Speech: Climate Change Disputes

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
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!