INSIDE OUT - A User's View of International Arbitration with Jean-Claude Najar

In-house counsel play a crucial role in international arbitration. The time and cost spent in arbitration proceedings have become an increasing concern for in-house counsel - but what can they do about it?

In the 2008 International Arbitration Lecture, Jean-Claude Najar, senior counsel and chief compliance officer Europe, Middle East and Africa for General Electric, will not only answer that question, but will also illustrate how the true users of arbitration have been given a voice to assist in improving the arbitral process and facilitate change.

Lecture Details:

Date: Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Time: 5:00pm for lecture, followed by drinks reception
Venue: Supreme Court of NSW, Banco Court
Level 13, Law Courts Building, Queen's Square
184 Phillip Street, Sydney

For more information and to register for this event please click here.

The Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group (APRAG) Conference 2009 will be held on 21-23 June 2009 in Seoul, Korea. Theme of the conference is Best Practices of International Arbitration for Asia.

A brief introduction of the conference is now available at the APRAG Website under News & Events session. More details of the conference will be provided by the joint hosting organisations Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) and Korean Council for International Arbitration (KOCIA) in due course.

This intensive course in International Commercial Arbitration is offered over two weeks at post graduate level. Participants will be taught the practice of international commercial arbitration, including all major forms of arbitration and related dispute settling mechanisms such as WIPO and WTO. Participants will gain the ability to appear in or act as an arbitrator in such arbitrations in different conxtexts.

The course assumes graduate knowledge of law, either from a law faculty or some other discipline such as economics. This course is accredited for Post Graduate Law studies and can also be done in conjunction with the Masters of Legal Studies course designed for non-lawyers to obtain the desired legal background.

In the first week, a series of lectures held at the University of NSW cover the fundamentals of international commercial arbitration. They follow and analyse legal concepts and issues arising during the course of an arbitration.

In week two, the lectures are held in a series of law firms which are supporting the course and will examine arbitration under Bilateral Investment Treaties and Free Trade Agreements. Meanwhile, in the afternoon sessions participants' take part in practical group workshops, under the guidance of experienced arbitrators. Students will be given practical training in the conduct of an international arbitration and will discuss a range of problems which may arise in the course of conducting hypothetical international arbitrations.

The sponsor law firms are Allens Arthur Robinson, Blake Dawson Waldron, Clayton Utz, Freehills, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Minter Ellison and Corrs Chambers Westgarth.

This course is next scheduled to run in 2009- dates TBA. For further information please contact info@arbitrators.org.au