Day 1

Registration and morning coffee

Opening and welcome

Opening Address

Session I Hot topics in M&A transactions

• M&A arbitration around the world: what’s making headlines
• Key developments, emerging trends & risks
• The most remarkable deals of the past two years

Keynote address

Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler interviewed by Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz

Lunch

Case study

Session II Experts speak numbers, arbitrators speak law: decoding the language of quantum in M&A disputes by arbitrators

• The nuances of legal reasoning
• The rationale of causation principle
• The art of probabilities in asset /cash flow based valuations

Coffee break

Session III The hidden ally: state courts’ support in M&A arbitrations

• Support in witness examination
• Support in document production
• The challenges of common law and continental law systems

Case study

Closing remarks

Gala dinner