Geneva 13 & 14 September 2019

The ICC evolves, changes, and updates itself. These changes have an impact on the way one should ideally approach ICC arbitrations, on the strategies one should pursue to be effective counsel and arbitrators.

This two-day program brings together instructors who either have extensive experience of ICC arbitrations, able to take a step back and explain how things are changing, or who know the ICC from the inside and can provide an informed update of its current developments. 

Maison de la Paix, 23 September 2019, 18h30

Prof. Nicolas Michel, President of the Iran-US Claims Tribunal will open the MIDS academic year 2019-2020. Based on his extensive international experience, Prof. Michel will share some reflections on the nexus between dispute settlement and the promotion of peace.

Geneva 21, 22 & 23 November 2019

The international energy sector makes up the largest portfolio of international arbitrations in the world today. The overall number of disputes submitted to arbitration has grown, rising all sorts of complex issues specific to the sector.

This three-day program offers an advanced introduction to the specificities of international arbitration in the context of energy-related disputes, by providing its participants the working knowledge and tools to initiate or resist energy-related arbitration claims.

Geneva, 11 & 12 October 2019

This 2-day program seeks to provide an insight into the work and role of a financial expert witness in international arbitration.

It is designed for professionals dealing with international arbitration who face complex and challenging cases and who wish to further sharpen their ability to advise their client on potential strengths and weaknesses in financial claims or defenses, to critically review their own expert witness draft report or to plan cross-examination. 

Buenos Aires, 20-31 July 2020 - Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aires (UBA)

LAIAC is a joint initiative of the Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement (CIDS) and the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). In the absence of similar institutions or courses at this scale in the region, LAIAC seeks to address the increasing demand for specialized teaching in international commercial and investment arbitration in Latin America.