On December 2, 2013, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in BG Group PLC v. Republic of Argentina, the first ever investment arbitration case to come before the Court. Prof. George Bermann, Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law, Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law; Director, Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Columbia Law School, and Chief Reporter for the forthcoming American Law Institute, Restatement (Third) of the United States Law of International Commercial Arbitration and Ignacio Suarez Anzorena, Partner, Clifford Chance and formerly Abogado, Procuración del Tesoro de la Nación, Solicitor General’s Office, Republic of Argentina, will discuss the case and oral argument the very same day, mere moments after the argument has ended.
As always, the cost is low (especially for students) and the value is high.
This luncheon program is sponsored by the International Dispute Resolution Committee of the International Law Section, in cosponsorship with The American Society of International Law Howard M. Holzmann Research Center for the Study of International Arbitration and Conciliation and the Washington Foreign Law Society, in cooperation with the International Arbitration Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law and the International Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution.
Speakers
Ignacio Suarez Anzorena, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP and formerly Abogado, Procuración del Tesoro de la Nación, Solicitor General’s Office, Argentina
Prof. George Bermann, Columbia Law School and Chief Reporter for the forthcoming Restatement on International Commercial Arbitration
Janis Brennan, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP and Vice-Chair, D.C. Bar International Dispute Resolution Committee (Moderator)
Cost
ABA Section of Dispute Resolution $20.00
ABA Section of International Law $20.00
Government and Non-profit Employees $15.00
International Law Section $20.00
Non-Section Member $35.00
Student $15.00
The American Society of International Law $20.00
Washington Foreign Law Society $20.00
