DELOS SUPPORTS ARBITRATION PRACTITIONERS AND IN-HOUSE COUNSEL WITH EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO KEY INSIGHTS

Delos regularly runs webinar events, including two series: In conversation with Neil and TagTime. Please see below for information about our past webinars; the links redirect to the webinar recordings. If you would like to search our past webinars by date, speaker or key word, you can do so here. If you would like to browse past episodes in the above series, click here.

Annulment, Appeals and Enforcement

• “Appeals on Questions of Law – Worth the Trouble?”, with Matthew Gearing QC – TagTime on 27 January 2021
• "Enforcement of Awards: a Walk Through the Process in Algeria, England and France", with Marie Danis, Thomas Granier, Opeyemi Longe and Mourad Seghir, on 9 February 2021

Applicable law and contract interpretation

• “Text, Context, and Justice: Contract Interpretation by Arbitrators”, with Prof. Larry Shore – TagTime on 4 November 2020
• "Clarity or Confusion? Enka v Chubb (UKSC 2020) and the Law Governing Arbitration Agreements From a Comparative Law Perspective", with Prof. Joongi Kim, Prof. Maxi Scherer and Thomas Granier – GAP Symposium on 19 November 2020 

Damages and Costs

• "Damages and Costs: Can Fair Compensation Be Too Much?", with Funke Adekoya SAN – TagTime on 27 May 2020
• "Recoverability of In-House Counsel Costs in International Arbitration", with Dr Crina Baltag – TagTime on 14 October 2020
• "A Black Swan Event? Implications of COVID-19 for Damages and Valuations in International Arbitration", with Lucy Martinez, James Nicholson, Noah Rubins and Hafez Virjee – GAP Symposium on 19 November 2020

General interviews & panel discussions

• See our past events page.

Human rights, climate change and environmental law in international arbitration

• "Arbitration as a means of improving human rights protections at sea", with Dr Yas Banifatemi – TagTime on 3 June 2020
• "Invoking Climate Change, Environmental Law and Human Rights Law in International Arbitration: Utopia or Opportunity?", with Prof. Diane Desierto – TagTime on 17 June 2020

Impact of COVID-19, and remote and virtual hearings

• "International Arbitration and the COVID-19 Revolution", with Prof. Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Niuscha Bassiri, Prof. Gary Born, Anneliese Day QC, Prof. Maxi Scherer, Hafez Virjee, on 2 November 2020
• "A Black Swan Event? Implications of COVID-19 for Damages and Valuations in International Arbitration", with Lucy Martinez, James Nicholson, Noah Rubins and Hafez Virjee – GAP Symposium on 19 November 2020
• "Fast & Slow? A Look Back at Remote Hearings in 2020 and the Outlook for 2021", with Dr Alice Fremuth-Wolf, Ndanga Kamau, Annette Magnusson, Prof. Maxi Scherer and Hafez Virjee, on 26 January 2021

ISDS

• "Tracking the Evolution of the ICSID Rules", with Meg Kinnear – TagTime on 13 May 2020
• "Indirect Investments in Investor-State Dispute Settlement, with Alvin Yeo SC – TagTime on 7 October 2020

Jurisdiction and Admissibility

• "Referral of Judgment Payment Disputes to Arbitration", with Dr Michael Hwang SC – TagTime on 22 July 2020
• "Who Decides: Courts or Tribunals? Arbitrability in International Arbitration", with Julie Bédard – TagTime on 3 February 2021

Law and economics, and sociology, of arbitration

• "Does International Arbitration Enfeeble or Enhance Local Legal Institutions?", with Prof. Catherine Rogers – TagTime on 1 July 2020
• "Existential Threat or Basic Hygiene: A Framework for Considering Greater Transparency in Commercial Arbitration", with Amb. (r.) David Huebner – TagTime on 30 September 2020
• "The Role of Experts in Investment and Commercial Arbitration", with Prof. Loukas Mistelis – TagTime on 28 October 2020
• “Arbitrators as Flamingos of Many Colors”, with Judge Joan Donoghue – TagTime on 11 November 2020
• “The Phenomenon of the Ailing Arbitrator and Its Consequences”, with Dr Stephan Wilske – TagTime on 25 November 2020

Market perspectives

• "Intra-Africa trade and the future of commercial dispute resolution on the continent", with Yemi Candide-Johnson SAN – TagTime on 15 July 2020
• "Question time with GAR and the Kluwer Arbitration Blog", with Sara Aranjo, Dr Crina Baltag and Alison Ross – GAP Symposium on 18 November 2020
• "Question time with LAW360 and the Kluwer Arbitration Blog", with Caroline Simson, Kiran Gore and Myriam Seers – GAP Symposium on 18 November 2020
• "What to know - or what to forget - about an Arbitral Institution", with Umer Akram Chaudhry, Antonia Birt and Hafez Virjee, on 26 November (co-organised with Raja Mohammed Akram & Co.)

New York Convention of 1958

• "Issue Estoppel under the New York Convention", with Sir Bernard Eder – TagTime on 6 May 2020
• "Recent Developments in the Enforcement of New York Convention Awards in India", with Gourab Banerji SA – TagTime on 20 May 2020

Procedure

• "Procedural Order No. 1", with Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS – TagTime on 22 April 2020
• "PO1 – The beginning or the end?", with Professors Doug Jones AO and Janet Walker – TagTime on 29 April 2020
• "Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration: Debates and Dilemmas Surrounding Third-Party Funding and Party Representation", with Cecilia Azar – TagTime on 10 June 2020
• "The Gangnam Principle in International Arbitration", with Kevin Kim – TagTime on 23 September 2020
• “Robust Arbitrators: How to Deal with Dilatory/ Guerilla Tactics During the Course of the Arbitral Proceedings”, with Prof. Nayla Comair-Obeid - TagTime on 21 October 2020
• "Arbitration in Absentia: How to Deal with Non-participation in International Disputes", with Judith Levine – TagTime on 17 November 2020
• "Inside the Black Box: What Happens During the Deliberations and the Drafting of an Award?", with Prof. Pierre Tercier – TagTime on 2 December 2020

Tech

• "Cybersecurity and International Arbitration: A Wake-up Call", with Catherine Amirfar – TagTime on 9 December 2020

Transversal legal issues

• "Good Faith and Neighbouring Doctrines: Conceptual Considerations and Practical Applications in International Arbitration", with Prof. Mohamed Abdel Wahab – TagTime on 24 June 2020
• "Corruption in international arbitration: red flags, burden and standard of proof", with Vladimir Khvalei – TagTime on 8 July 2020
• "Legal Privilege in International Commercial Arbitration", with Samaa Haridi – TagTime on 16 September 2020
• "The State in International Arbitration: Immunity, Sovereignty & Other Salient Issues", with Ndanga Kamau – TagTime on 17 February 2021