CIArb News

New York Arbitration Week

01 Oct 2019

CIArb New York Branch is pleased to invite you to the New York Arbitration Week on 19-22 November 2019.

New York’s inaugural Arbitration Week will bring together arbitration advocates, neutrals and academics from New York, the Americas and the broader international community, to share information and insights on the latest developments, to promote professional development, and to provide an opportunity for networking at the start of New York’s most festive season.

Highlights of New York Arbitration Week will include:

  • An in-depth program on the newly-released Restatement of the US Law of International Commercial and InvestorState Arbitration led by the Reporter, Professor George A. Bermann, Columbia Law School, and including the Associate Reporters and leading Advisers to the decade-long project.

  • NY Arbitration Week Dinner, The Yale Club of New York City, November 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST • The Fordham Law School Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation featuring such speakers as Meg Kinnear, ICSID Secretary General, and keynote speaker Julian D M Lew QC, Head of the School of International Arbitration, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University.

  • Social and networking events in a variety of New York venues. The New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC) and the New York Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb NY Branch) have come together to form a New York Arbitration Week Organizing Committee.

The Week’s events will be posted on the Calendar available on the NYArbitrationWeek.com website and on the NYIAC and CIArb NY Branch websites.

More information can be found here.

Restatement of the U.S. Law of International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration" event will take place on 20 November 2019 as a part of NYAW. Further details are available here

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