AtlAS August Plenary Meeting
July 29, 2022
AtlAS October Plenary Meeting
September 9, 2022
Events
The Latest Updates in International Disputes
September 12-14, 2022
Featuring:
ICC YOUNG ARBITRATORS FORUM & AtlAS YOUNG PRACTITIONERS GROUP
AtlAS TERTULIA SESSIONS
GAR LIVE ATLANTA
AtlAS FORUM
Program details below.
ICC YOUNG ARBITRATORS FORUM & AtlAS YOUNG PRACTITIONERS GROUP
September 12, 2022
Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP
1105 W. Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia
1:00 pm - Check-In
1:30 pm - Welcome to the 11th Annual AtlAS Conference
Shelby Guilbert, Partner McGuireWoods LLP; President, AtlAS
Introductory Remarks
Rebecca Kolb, Councill Gunnerman Chally; President-Elect, AtlAS
1:45 pm - Practical Approaches to Managing International Commercial Arbitrations: Diverse Perspectives of Industry Players
Moderator: Christopher Smith, Senior Associate, King & Spalding, Atlanta
Apoorva Patel, Vice President, Burford Capital, Washington, D.C.
R. David Gallo, Associate, Krevolin & Horst, Atlanta
Kirsten Teo, Dechert LLP, Special Legal Consultant, Washington, D.C.
Rodney R, Miller, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson, Atlanta
3:15 pm - Coffee and Networking
AtlAS TERTULIA SESSIONS
September 12, 2022
Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP
1105 W. Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia
3:15 pm - Check-In
3:30 pm - Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Nancy Baughan, Partner, Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs
Rebecca Davis, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
3:35 pm - To assist or not to assist? Judicial assistance in aid of international arbitration post-ZF Automotive
Donna Robinson, Robinson Law, Atlanta
Andrew Flake, The Flake Law Firm, LLC, Atlanta
Robert Poole, Senior Associate, Alston & Bird, Atlanta
Rebecca Kolb, Counsel, Councill, Gunnemann & Chally LLC, Atlanta
3:35 pm - Welcome to the party – joinder and consolidation
Vanessa Alarcon Duvanel, Counsel, King & Spalding, Geneva
William Jennings, Delta Consulting Group, Atlanta
Joel G. Pieper, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson, Atlanta
4:30 pm - Club (Arb)Med – new approaches to mediation in international arbitration.
Christof Siefarth, Bodenheimer, Cologne
Rebecca Kolb, Councill, Gunnemann & Chally LLC, Atlanta
Robbie Poplin, Kilpatrick Townsend, Atlanta
Nigel Wright, Alterity, Atlanta
4:30 pm - Recent developments in enforcement and annulment
Apoorva Patel, Vice President, Burford Capital, Washington, D.C.
R. David Gallo, Associate, Krevolin & Horst, Atlanta
Nachiketa Mittal, Ph.D., Bhopal, India
6:00 pm - Reception
AtlAS SPEAKERS DINNER – Ticketed Event / Separate Registration Required
September 12, 2022
Peachtree Club
999 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia
7:30-10:30 pm
GAR LIVE ATLANTA
September 13, 2022
King & Spalding LLP
1180 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia
9:00-9:30am - Welcome coffee and registration
9:30-9:40am - Co-chairs’ opening remarks
Nancy Baughan, Partner, Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs
Rebecca Davis, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
Grant Hanessian, Independent Arbitrator
9:40-10:10am - Keynote address
Edna Sussman, Independent arbitrator
10:10-11:25am - Year in Review
Moderator:
Rebecca Davis, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
Panel:
Sara Beiro Farabow, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
Elizabeth Silbert, Partner, King & Spalding
Paul Levine, Partner, Baker & Hostetler
Rose Rameau, Visiting Professor, Georgia State School of Law
Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge, Dean, University of Georgia School of Law
11:25-11:45am - Coffee break
11:45am-1:00pm - Looking forward – Dealing with disruption
Moderator:
Nancy Baughan, Partner, Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs
Panel:
Ronald Coleman, Partner, Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs
Audra Dial, General Counsel, Aston Martin
Chiara Giorgetti, Professor, University of Richmond School of Law
1:00-2:00pm - Networking lunch
2:00-2:30pm - Afternoon keynote address
Speaker:
Grant Hanessian, Independent Arbitrator
2:30-3:45pm - Arbitration’s “new normal” – what’s on the cards?
Moderator:
Grant Hanessian, Independent Arbitrator
Panel:
Calvin Hamilton, Independent Arbitrator, Arbitra
Samaa Haridi, Partner, King & Spalding, New York
Simon Hems, Partner, McGuireWoods, London
Jesse Sherrett, Partner, Shearman & Sterling, New York
3:45-4:15pm - Coffee break
4:15-5:30pm - The GAR Live: Debate
Motion: ‘This house believes that if a quantum expert were managing the procedural side of a damages case, the case would proceed differently and better.’
Moderator: Timothy Nelson, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Judges:
Glenn Hendrix, Chairman, Arnall Golden Gregory, Atlanta
Veronica O’Brien, Regional General Counsel, Andritz, Atlanta
Michael Sullivan, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson, New York
Debaters:
Ronnie Barnes, Vice President, Cornerstone
Thomas Allen, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, Washington, D.C.
5:30-5:40pm - Co-chairs’ closing remarks
Nancy Baughan, Partner, Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs
Rebecca Davis, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
Grant Hanessian, Independent Arbitrator
5:45-6:40pm - Cocktail reception
AtlAS Forum
September 14, 2022
McGuireWoods LLP
1230 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia
9:00 am - Coffee and Registration
9:30 am - Hot Topics in International Sports Arbitration
Moderator:
Shelby Guilbert, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP; President, AtlAS
Speakers:
Vanessa Alarcon Duvanel, Counsel, King & Spalding, Geneva
Ucheora Onwuamaegbu, International Attorney, Arent Fox Schiff
Jill Pilgrim, Pilgrim & Associates Arbitration, Law & Mediation LLC, New York
Thomas Ventrone, ICDR, New York
11:00 am - Keeping Georgia Top of Mind – Why Top International Sporting Events Continue to Pick Atlanta as Their Venue
Dan Caruso, President, Atlanta Sports Council
11:30 am - Closing Remarks
Brent Clinkscale, Clinkscale Global ADR, AtlAS Immediate Past President and AtlAS Forum Organizer
