Selected Speaking Engagements

2024-2015

  • Arbitration Boutiques and Solo Practitioners – Can they Compete and Provide World Class Service in International Investment and Commercial Arbitration? Speaker, World Arbitration Update (Oct. 15, 2021).

  • Implications of Investment Treaty Commitments on Governance, Lecturer, Course on Managing International Investment – Legal Frameworks, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore Cooperation Program (Nov. 3-6, 2020).

  • ILC Article 11 Attribution and Responsibility in the Context of State Succession, Speaker, Thirty Second ITF Public Conference: State Responsibility in Investment Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), London, U.K. (May 10, 2019). 

  • Managing Investor-State Disputes Training Workshop: Media and Communications Strategy, Adviser-Lecturer, Ministry of Justice of Georgia, Commercial Law Development Program, Tbilisi, Georgia (Dec. 2016).

  • Arbitration Youth Forum, Lecturer, “Post-arbitral Proceedings: Planning and Practice Considerations,” Autumn Meeting, Court of Arbitration, Polish Chamber of Commerce, Warsaw, Poland (Oct. 20, 2016).

  • ICC Arbitration Training Programme, Lecturer, Workshop on Case Strategy and Management, sponsored by the ICC Court of Arbitration and the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (Jan. 22-23, 2016)

  • Document Production in International Arbitration, Lecturer, ICC Arbitration and ADR Training Programme, ICC International Court of Arbitration, ICC Poland and the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (Jan. 30-31, 2015).

2014-2010

  • Investor-State Arbitration Workshop, Adviser-Lecturer, Ministry of Justice of Georgia, Commercial Law Development Program, Kvareli, Georgia (Nov. 7-8, 2014).

  • Tools Available to States to Provide Interpretive Guidance to Tribunals, Speaker, 4th Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference, Settlement of Investment Disputes: Practical Steps, Prague, Czech Republic (Oct. 30, 2014)

  • Approaches to Securing Investment Protection in Russia and CEE, Invited Speaker, Russian-Polish Legal Day, Moscow, Russian Federation (Oct. 24, 2013).  

  • Arbitration Under the UNCITRAL & ICSID Rules: A Comparison, Lecturer, Workshop on Key Issues Relevant to the Negotiation of International Investment Agreements, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia (Sept. 21-23, 2011).  

  • Rethinking Investment Treaty Law:  A Policy Perspective, Lecturer, London School of Economics Transnational Law Project, London, U.K. (May 23, 2011).  

  • Dispute Settlement in International Investment Agreements, Lecturer, Workshop on International Investment Agreements, organized by the General Directorate for International Economic Affairs (DIRECON), Santiago, Chile (April 13, 2011).

  • Relative Standards of Treatment, Absolute Standards of Treatment, and Dispute Settlement, Lecturer and Handbook Peer Reviewer, Seminar for Negotiators of International Investment Agreements, sponsored by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, the Ministry of Economy of Mexico and U.N. Conference on Trade & Development, Santiago, Chile (April 11-13, 2011).  

  • Most Favored Nation Treatment in Investment Agreements, Discussant, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), International Investment Agreements and Investor-State Dispute Settlement at a Crossroads, Paris, France (Dec. 14, 2010).  

  • Investor Consultations and Amicable Settlements, Advisor-Consultant, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Bogotá, Colombia (Apr. 15-16, 2010). 

2009-1995

  • Model BIT Review, Advisor-Lecturer, General Directorate for International Economic Affairs (DIRECON), Santiago, Chile (Sept. 9-10, 2009).  

  • Fair and Equitable Treatment; Management of Investment Treaty Disputes; Alternative Dispute Resolution and Dispute Prevention Policies, Lecturer, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Regional Training Course on the Core Elements of International Investment Agreements, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (June 15-19, 2009).  

  • Investment Protection under Colombia's International Investment Agreements, Lecturer, Training Workshop for Government Officials, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Bogotá, Colombia (Feb. 23-25, 2009).  

  • Expert Meeting on Investment for Development:  The Development Dimension of International Investment Agreements, Invited Participant, U.N. Conference on Trade & Development, Geneva, Switzerland (Feb. 10-11, 2009).

  • Investment Treaties and National Security Issues, Lecturer, Conference on Investment Treaty Arbitration, Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce, sponsored by SK&S, Warsaw, Poland (Nov. 13, 2008). 

  • Managing Investment Obligations:  A Guide for Government Officials, Lecturer, Seminar on Investment Agreements and Investor-State Disputes for Latin American Officials, sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank, Organization of American States and U.N. Conference on Trade & Development, Bogotá, Colombia (Sept. 10-11, 2008).  

  • Alternative Methods of Investor-State Dispute Resolution, Lecturer & Resource Person, U.N. Conference on Trade & Development and Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Conference for Countries from Eastern and Southern Europe and Central Asia, Kiev, Ukraine (June 2-3, 2008).  

  • Investment Protection under the Morocco-US Free Trade Agreement, Lecturer, Commercial Law Development Program Workshop, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Rabat, Morocco (Apr. 21-23, 2008). 

  • Grounds for Initiating Arbitration involving Governments, Government Agencies & State-owned Companies; Avoiding Disputes under International Law and Bilateral Investment Treaties, Lecturer, Ministry of Justice Program on International Arbitration Involving States or State-owned Entities, Kiev, Ukraine (Nov. 26-29, 2007). 

  • Fair and Equitable Treatment; National Treatment; Transparency in International Investment Agreements; Comparing the UNCITRAL & ICSID Arbitration Rules, Lecturer & Resource Person, U.N. Conference on Trade & Development, Regional Training Session on International Investment Agreements and Investment Disputes for Countries of Eastern & Southern Europe and Central Asia, Minsk, Belarus (July 16-25, 2007). 

  • Arbitration Theory and Practice, Lecturer, Development Lawyers Course, International Development Law Organization, Rome, Italy (April 16-17, 2007). 

  • Investor Protection and the Implementation of Investment Treaty Obligations, Training Seminar II, Lecturer, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Bogotá, Colombia (Feb. 12-14, 2007).

  • Investor Protection and the Implementation of Investment Treaty Obligations, Training Seminar I, Lecturer, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Bogotá, Colombia (Nov. 6-9, 2006).

  • Dispute Resolution under NAFTA Chapter Eleven, Guest Lecturer, International Dispute Resolution, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. (April 2004).

  • The International Minimum Standard of Treatment of Foreign Investment: Fair and Equitable Treatment, Speaker, U.N. Conference on Trade & Development, Intensive Training Course for Negotiators of International Investment Agreements, Lima, Peru (Oct. 2003). 

  • NAFTA Investment Disputes Docket Briefing, Speaker & U.S. State Department Representative, National Advisory Committee to the U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Washington, D.C. (May 8-9, 2003).

  • Investor-State Arbitration under Bilateral Investment Treaties, Speaker, A Forum on Arbitration of International Commercial Disputes, American Arbitration Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dec. 12, 2002). 

  • Investor-State Arbitration under NAFTA Chapter Eleven: The Role of Government Counsel, Speaker, Inter-American Bar Association Annual Conference, Cochabamba, Bolivia (June 2002).

  • Rules of Origin Determinations & The Future of the Free Trade Area of the Americas, Speaker, Inter-American Bar Association Annual Conference, Quito, Ecuador (Fall 1995).