Below you’ll find the panel materials for the conference.
AtlAS Conference
April 21 – 23, 2013
Program Materials
TABLE OF CONTENTS
An Introduction to International Arbitration: What Every Practitioner … Should Know (Moderator: John Sherrill)

• “What Every Practitioner in Today’s Global Economy Should Know” (Panel)

Fighting (and Defending) the Leviathan: Arbitrations Involving Sovereigns (Moderator: Bo Rutledge)

• “Document Disclosure in Investment Arbitration” (Nijhoff Publishers)
• “Taxation and Expropriation – The Destruction of the Yukos Oil Empire” (Paul B. Stephan)

A Peak Behind the Curtain: A Roundtable Featuring Some of the World’s Leading … (Moderator: Stanley Birch)

• “A Code of Conduct for Party-Appointed Experts in International Arbitration – Can One be Found?” (Mark Kantor)
• “Players’ Interaction in International Arbitration” (Peter Leaver, QC)
• “The Art of Advocacy in International Arbitration” (Doak Bishop & Edward G. Kehoe)
• “What duties do Counsel owe to the Tribunal and why?” (Horacio A. Grigera Naón)

Third Party Funding of Arbitration: The Future of Global Dispute Resolution… (Moderator: Chip Brower)

• “IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration” (International Bar Association)
• “Impact of Third Party Funding on Privilege in Litigation and International Arbitration” (Meriam N. Alrashid, Jane Wessel & John Laird)
• “Third party funding in international arbitration: Balancing benefits and risks” (Susanna Khouri & Kate Hurford)
• “Third Party Funding in International Investment Arbitration” (Dr. Eric DeBrabandere & Julia Lepeltak)
• “Third Party Litigation Funding: Investing in Arbitration” (B. M. Cremades, Jr.)
• “Proposed Language for Consideration to Include in Arbitration Agreements Relating to Third Party Funding” (Kirk W. Watkins)

Arbitration and Asia (Moderator: Joan Grafstein)

• “Arbitration in China: Practice, Legal Obstacles and Reforms” (Fan Kun)
• “CIETAC Arbitration Rules 2012 – Another Move Forward” (Yu Jianlong)
• “CIETAC Arbitration Rules” (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade/China Chamber of International Commerce)
• “Integrating Mediation into Arbitration: Why It Works in China” (Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler and Fan Kun)
• “Prospects of Foreign Arbitration Institutions Administering Arbitration in China” (Fan Kun)
• “Representing Clients in Mediations” (Robert B. Davidson)
• “The Risks of Apparent Bias When an Arbitrator Acts as a Mediator” (Fan Kun)
• “The Steady Growth of International Mediation”“The Steady Growth of International Mediation” (Robert B. Davidson)

Crafting Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Cross Border Business Contracts… (Moderator: Whit Engle)

• “IBA Guidelines for Drafting International Arbitration Clauses” (International Bar Association)

What Is My Award Worth? And What Can I Do Before, During and After … (Moderator: Brian White)

• “Crisis? What Crisis? – The Development of International Arbitration in Tougher Times” (Stephan Wilske)
• “Enforcement after the Arbitration: Strategic Considerations and Forum Choice” (D. Brian King & Rahim Moloo)
• “International Arbitration: A Concise Reference for U.S. Practitioners, Designers and Contractors” (George Anthony “Tony” Smith)
• “International Arbitration in Switzerland” (Elliott Geisinger & Nathalie Voser)

Obtaining Evidence in the US for Arbitration Abroad (Moderator: Meghan Magruder)

• “Best Methods of Obtaining a 28 U.S.C. § 1782 Petition and its Use in Arbitral Proceedings” (Edward M. Mullins & Astigarraga Davis)
• “Case No. 11-12897: Application of Consorcio Ecuatoriano De Telecomunicaciones S.A. v. JAS Forwarding (USA) Inc. and Jet Air Service Equador S.A.” (Glenn Hendrix)
• “Document Production: New Developments in German Litigation and International Arbitration” (Christof Siefarth)
• “Overview of 28 U.S.C. § 1782” (John H. Fleming)

Managing A Procedural Menu With Common Law and Civil Law Offerings (Moderator: Shelby Grubbs)

• “Arbitration’s Protean Nature: The Value of Rules and the Risks of Discretion” (William W. Park)
• “Bridging the Divide: Litigation in civil law jurisdictions, common law jurisdictions and the United States, and how the IBA Rules strike a compromise” (Meghan H. Magruder)
• “IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration” (International Bar Association)
• “International Arbitration in London: A View from Outside” (Kaj Hobér)
• “Our Informal, Unscientific Survey on Civil/Common Law Practices in International Arbitration” (Shelby Grubbs)
• “Towards a Uniform International Arbitration Law?” (Pierre-Yves Gunter)
• “Peeking through the Form of Uniform Law: International Arbitration Practice and Legal Harmonization” (Fabien Gélinas)