Energy Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in the Middle East and Africa – 30/31 May 2024
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 8:30 – 9:15am | Registration & Coffee | |
| 9:15 – 9:30am | Welcome & Introduction | Brandon Malone, Arbitra International |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Day 1 Keynote Balancing the Scales: Fairness in Economic Distribution in International Arbitration | Funke Adekoya SAN |
| 10:00 – 10:20am | Lecture The Outlook for the Energy Industry in Africa and the Middle East | Stuart Amor, FTI Consulting |
| 10:20 – 10:40am | Key Quantum Issues Arising from Energy Transition Disputes | Paul Cliff, Grant Thornton |
| 10:40 – 11:00am | Break | |
| 11:00am – 12:20pm | Session 1 The Impact of the Energy Transition on Dispute Resolution in Africa | Tunde Fagbohunlu SAN Ruth Byrne KC, King and Spalding Jessica Crow, Arbitra International Steven Finizio, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Peter Cameron, CEPMLP |
| 12:20 – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 2:45pm | Session 2 Best Practice: Trends and Challenges in African ADR | Noreen Kidunduhu, Noreen Law Hamish Lal, Hamish Lal Partners Sean Gibbs, Hanscombe Intercontinental Clea Bigelow-Nuttall, Pinsent Masons Bill Barton, Barton Legal |
| 2:45 to 3:00pm | Coffee | |
| 3:00 – 4:15pm | Session 3 LNG, Lithium and Hydrogen: the Disputes and their Resolution | Duncan Bagshaw, Howard Kennedy Ana Stanic, EA Law |
| 4:15 – 5:30 pm | Session 4 Energy Arbitration in North African states | Professor Dr Mohamed Sameh Amr, Amr and Partners Law Firm Sally El Sawah, El Sawah Law |
| 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Networking reception | |
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 8:30 – 9:15am | Registration and Networking | |
| 9:15 – 9:30am | Welcome & Introduction | Brandon Malone, Arbitra International |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Day 2 Keynote Reform and cultural shifts in the Middle East: the new centre for dispute resolution? | Sarah Malik, SOL International |
| 10:00 – 10:30am | Lecture | |
| 10:30 – 10:50am | Break | |
| 10:50am – 12:20pm | Session 1 Common Law – Civil Law – Sharia Law – a coming together in the Middle East? Key similarities and differences | Craig Tevendale, Herbert Smith Freehills |
| 12:20 – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 2:45pm | Session 2 Power and Energy: Geopolitics, Natural Resources, and Sustainability | Hugh Fraser, HFI Consulting International, Dubai Khushboo Shahdadpuri, Al Tamimi & Company Hind Al Aissi, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Jamie Trinidad KC, Albertson Solicitors |
| 2:45 – 3:00pm | Coffee | |
| 3:00 – 4:15pm | Session 3 Spoiled for Choice: Emerging and Established Dispute Resolution options in the MENA Region | Tom Snider, Charles Russell Speechlys, Dubai Antonia Birt, Reed Smith LLP Aysha Abdulla Mutaywea, Mena Chambers Roberto Pirozzi, Pirozzi Lex Lara Hammoud, ADNOC and Arbitra International |
| 4:15 – 5:30pm | Session 4 The use of Dispute Boards in the Middle East energy infrastructure projects | Saad Hegazy, Resolve International Luis Martinez, AAA/ICDR |
| 5:30pm | Close and Networking reception | |
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 8:30 – 9:15am | Registration & Coffee | |
| 9:15 – 9:30am | Welcome & Introduction | Brandon Malone, Arbitra International |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Day 1 Keynote Balancing the Scales: Fairness in Economic Distribution in International Arbitration | Funke Adekoya SAN |
| 10:00 – 10:20am | Lecture The Outlook for the Energy Industry in Africa and the Middle East | Stuart Amor, FTI Consulting |
| 10:20 – 10:40am | Key Quantum Issues Arising from Energy Transition Disputes | Paul Cliff, Grant Thornton |
| 10:40 – 11:00am | Break | |
| 11:00am – 12:20pm | Session 1 The Impact of the Energy Transition on Dispute Resolution in Africa | Tunde Fagbohunlu SAN Ruth Byrne KC, King and Spalding Jessica Crow, Arbitra International Steven Finizio, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Peter Cameron, CEPMLP |
| 12:20 – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 2:45pm | Session 2 Best Practice: Trends and Challenges in African ADR | Noreen Kidunduhu, Noreen Law Hamish Lal, Hamish Lal Partners Sean Gibbs, Hanscombe Intercontinental Clea Bigelow-Nuttall, Pinsent Masons Bill Barton, Barton Legal |
| 2:45 to 3:00pm | Coffee | |
| 3:00 – 4:15pm | Session 3 LNG, Lithium and Hydrogen: the Disputes and their Resolution | Duncan Bagshaw, Howard Kennedy Ana Stanic, EA Law |
| 4:15 – 5:30 pm | Session 4 Energy Arbitration in North African states | Professor Dr Mohamed Sameh Amr, Amr and Partners Law Firm Sally El Sawah, El Sawah Law |
| 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Networking reception | |
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 8:30 – 9:15am | Registration and Networking | |
| 9:15 – 9:30am | Welcome & Introduction | Brandon Malone, Arbitra International |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Day 2 Keynote Reform and cultural shifts in the Middle East: the new centre for dispute resolution? | Sarah Malik, SOL International |
| 10:00 – 10:30am | Lecture | |
| 10:30 – 10:50am | Break | |
| 10:50am – 12:20pm | Session 1 Common Law – Civil Law – Sharia Law – a coming together in the Middle East? Key similarities and differences | Craig Tevendale, Herbert Smith Freehills |
| 12:20 – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 2:45pm | Session 2 Power and Energy: Geopolitics, Natural Resources, and Sustainability | Hugh Fraser, HFI Consulting International, Dubai Khushboo Shahdadpuri, Al Tamimi & Company Roberto Pirozzi, Pirozzi Lex Hind Al Aissi, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Jamie Trinidad KC, Albertson Solicitors |
| 2:45 – 3:00pm | Coffee | |
| 3:00 – 4:15pm | Session 3 Spoiled for Choice: Emerging and Established Dispute Resolution options in the MENA Region | Tom Snider, Charles Russell Speechlys, Dubai Antonia Birt, Reed Smith LLP Aysha Abdulla Mutaywea, Mena Chambers Roberto Pirozzi, Pirozzi Lex Lara Hammoud, ADNOC and Arbitra International |
| 4:15 – 5:30pm | Session 4 The use of Dispute Boards in the Middle East energy infrastructure projects | Saad Hegazy, Resolve International Luis Martinez, AAA/ICDR |
| 5:30pm | Close and Networking reception | |
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 9:00 – 9:45am | Registration & Coffee | |
| 9:45 – 10:00am | Welcome & Introduction | Brandon Malone, Quadrant Chambers |
| 10:00 – 10:30am | Keynote Address Familiarity Breeds Content: Building the Confidence to Do Business | Lord Angus Glennie, DIFC Appeal Judge |
| 10:30 – 11:00am | Lecture Oil Economy in the Middle East | |
| 11:00 – 11:30am | Break | |
| 11:30am – 12:45pm | Panel Session 1 Which Seat to Choose? Impact of Developments in the Middle East | Dr Emilia Onyema, SOAS (Session Chair) Reshma Oogorah, Niyom Legal Nesreen Osman, Pinsent Masons Dr Dania Fahs, ICC Khawar Qureshi QC |
| 12:45 – 1:45pm | Lunch | |
| 1:45 – 2:45pm | Panel Session 2 Energy Transition: Impact on Energy Disputes in the Middle East | Wendy Miles QC (Session Chair) Ana Stanic, E&A Law Dr Sally El Sawah, El Sawah Law John Vercoe, Albertson Solicitors Craig Tevendale, Herbert Smith Freehills |
| 2:45 – 3:15pm | Lecture Arbitration & State Immunities | Professor Craig Barker, LSBU |
| 3:15 to 3:45pm | Break | |
| 3:45 – 5:00pm | Panel Session 3 Geopolitical Tensions in the Middle East and the Effect on Energy Disputes | Tunde Ogunseitan, Arbitrator (Session Chair) Jack Smith, Gornitzky & Co. Değer Boden, Boden Law Loukas Mistelis, QMUL Tom Snider, Al Tamimi & Co. Mahmood Khagani, Iran Chamber of Commerce Chris Cook, University College London ISRS |
| 5:00 – 5:30 pm | Lecture Alternative Approaches to Energy Related Investor State Arbitration | Ucheora Onwuamaegbu, Arent Fox |
| 5:30 – 5:35 pm | Conference Close | Brandon Malone, Quadrant Chambers |
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Registration & Coffee | |
| 10:00 – 10:05am | Welcome & Introduction to Day 2 | Brandon Malone, Quadrant Chambers |
| 10:05 – 10:35am | Day 2 Keynote | Diamana Diawara, ICC Regional Director for Africa |
| 10:35 – 11:50am | Panel Session 1 A Just Energy Transition: Implications for Africa | Dr Victoria Nalule, AEMI (Session Chair) Duncan Bagshaw, Howard Kennedy Hamid Abdulkareem, Three Crowns LLP |
| 11:50am – 12:10pm | Break | |
| 12:10 – 12:40pm | Lecture Energy Disputes Over the Past Decade: An Overview of African Arbitrations | Professor Peter Cameron, ICSID |
| 12:40 – 1:40pm | Lunch | |
| 1:40 – 2:40pm | Panel Session 2 The Virtual Revolution: The Response of African Arbitration – Challenges & Developments in Africa | Kamal Shah, Stephenson Harwood (Session Chair) Rob Wilson, CMS Sami Houerbi, former ICC MENA Leyou Tameru, I-Arb Africa |
| 2:40 – 3:00pm | Lecture The Valuation of Damages in Energy Disputes: A Changing Landscape | Dan Turner, Grant Thornton |
| 3:00 – 3:30pm | Break | |
| 3:30 – 4:30pm | Panel Session 3 The Future of Investment Arbitration: Challenges to the Legitimacy of “Secret Courts” – Does Investment Arbitration Enhance the Rule of Law? | Dr Rukia Baruti (Session Chair) Ike Ehiribe, 7 Stones Commercial & IP Chambers Hannah Ambrose, Herbert Smith Freehills Mick Smith, Burford Capital |
| 4:30 – 4:45pm | Conference Close & Thanks | Brandon Malone, Quadrant Chambers |
