Date: Friday, March 23, 2018
Time: 9:30 – 16:30
Venue: Juridicum, Universität Wien, Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienna, Hörsaal 18 Fees: 50 €, Registration required
Andrea Bjorklund
Franco Ferrari
Stefan Kröll
Paul Oberhammer
9:30 – 10:00
Registration
10:00 – 10:15
Opening remarks
Prof. Paul Oberhammer (University of Vienna, Vienna)
Prof. Stefan Kröll (Bucerius Law School, Hamburg)
10:15 – 11:45
Extension of arbitration agreements to third parties: A never ending legal quest through the spatial-temporal continuum
Prof. Abdel Wahab (Zulficar & Partners, Cairo)
The effect of overriding mandatory rules on the arbitration agreement
Prof. Karsten Thorn (Bucerius Law School, Hamburg)
The relevance of the Hague Choice of Law Principles in international commercial arbitration
Prof. Franco Ferrari (New York University, New York City)
Session chair: Prof. Paul Oberhammer (University of Vienna, Vienna)
11:45 – 12:15
Coffee break
12:15 – 13:15
Arbitration and insolvency – selected conflict of laws problems
Prof. Stefan Kröll (Bucerius Law School, Hamburg)
The law applicable to privilege
Dr. Friedrich Rosenfeld (Hanefeld Rechtsanwälte, Hamburg)
Session chair: Prof. Andrea Bjorklund (Mc Gill University, Montreal)
13:15 – 14:15
Lunch break
14:15 – 16:15
The law governing counsel's ethical obligations in international arbitration
Margie-Lys Jaime (Disan LLP, Washington D.C.)
The law governing the liability of arbitrators
Yagmur Hortoglu (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris)
The law applicable to the liability of arbitral institutions
Pauline Köstner (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena)
Conflict of laws and investment arbitration
Jan Asmus Bischoff (M.M. Warburg & Co, Hamburg)
Session chair: Prof. Andrea Bjorklund (Mc Gill University, Montreal)
16:15 – 16:30
Closing remarks
Prof. Andrea Bjorklund (Mc Gill University, Montreal)
Registration:http://buceri.us/vienna
The event will precede the 25th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Graciously hosted by University of Vienna, Faculty of Law.
