10th Annual EFILA Conference
29 April 2025
Herbert Smith Freehills
in London
The next 10 years of Investment Treaty Arbitration
download the full programme and bios of speakers Annual EFILA Conference 2025 with bios 8-42025a
Watch the recording of the keynote here
Programme:
8:30 – 9:15 Registration and buffet breakfast sponsored by Gide
9:15 – 9.30 Welcome address by Dr. José Ángel Rueda García (Chairman of the Executive Board of EFILA)
9.30 – 9.40 Welcome address by Andrew Cannon (Partner, Global Co-Head, International Arbitration and Public International Law HSF)
9.40 – 11.00 Keynote: Prof. Dr. Gerard Meijer (Linklaters)
“Old Treaties, New Outcomes”
- Moderator: Dr. Piotr Wilinski (Managing Associate (Knowledge), Linklaters)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break sponsored by Gibson Dunn
11.30 – 13.00 Panel 1 “European developments – global impacts”
Moderator: Richard Trinick (Three Crowns/Young EFILA)
Speakers:
- Stephanie Collins (Gibson Dunn/Young EFILA chairwoman)
- Dr. Maria Fogdestam Agius (Westerberg)
- Anya George (Schellenberg Wittmer)
- Hannah Ambrose (Herbert Smith Freehills)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch co-sponsored by Schellenberg Wittmer and Ashurst
14.30 – 16.00 Panel 2 “International Panel”
Moderator: Prof. Loukas Mistelis (Clyde & Co)
Speakers:
- Alexander Leventhal (Quinn Emanuel)
- Saadia Bhatty (Gide)
- Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky (Baker Hostetler)
- Henry Smith (Control Risks)
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break sponsored by TGS Baltic
16.30 – 17.15 Roundtable discussion on the impact of the new US Administration’s trade & investment agenda for Europe and beyond
Moderator: Iana Dreyer (Founder & Editor of Borderlex)
Speakers:
- James Boykin (Hughes Hubbard & Reed)
- Prof. Dr. Solveiga Vilčinskaitė, MCIArb (TGS Baltic)
- Arne Fuchs, LL.M. (GWU) (Ashurst)
- Marie Talasova (Wolf Theiss)
17.15 – 17.30 Presentation of Kluwer arbitration tool
- Eleanor Taylor (Senior Product Manager, Wolters Kluwer, International Group, Legal & Regulatory)
17.30 – 17.45 Closing & 10 Years EFILA
- 2024 Essay Prize giving ceremony
17.45 – 20:00 Drinks sponsored by Huges Hubbard & Reed
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