The Battle of the Seats: The Attractivity of Civil and Common Law Seats
On Wednesday 12 November, conclude your DAW conference day with this engaging event that will combine light banter and serious insights into the current trend of arbitration law reform and what makes an arbitral seat attractive. Starting at 5.30pm at the Ritz-Carlton (DIFC), the programme is as follows:
- Welcome remarks, Sara Koleilat-Aranjo (Morgan Lewis)
- Reform in the air: remarks about the arbitration law reforms in France, by Alexander Levanthal (Quinn Emanuel), and in India, by Gourab Banerji SA (Essex Court Chambers)
- Reform to what end? A discussion of seat attractiveness, with Saeed Alqahtani (Morgan Lewis), Caroline Duclercq (Medici), and Marion Smith KC (39 Essex Chambers) moderated by Hafez Virjee (Delos Dispute Resolution), with comments by Gourab Banerji SA and Sara Koleilat-Aranjo
- Networking drinks
Register here for this event jointly organised by Morgan Lewis, Delos Dispute Resolution and Paris Place d’Arbitrage.



