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The ‘Anti-Suit Injunction’ strikes the continental shores again
Spanish translation available here.
Join Ciarb's Iberian Chapter to comprehensively examine anti-suit injunctions from the standpoint of continental legal systems. This webinar brings together legal scholars, practitioners, and professionals interested in understanding the unique characteristics, challenges, and implications of anti-suit injunctions within common and civil law jurisdictions. This event is FREE to attend: register here.
The discussion aims to foster a deep understanding of antisuit injunctions by delving into the distinct principles, procedural rules, and theoretical foundations that shape their impact in continental legal systems and arbitration. It would serve as a platform for legal experts and thought leaders to engage in insightful discussions, share research findings, and exchange practical experiences related to anti-suit injunctions.
The expert panel will focus on:
- Continental Legal Perspectives: The conference will provide attendees with an in-depth exploration of how common law systems, rooted in legal traditions, approach anti-suit injunctions. Participants will gain valuable insights into the theoretical foundations, legislative frameworks, and jurisprudential trends that shape the application of anti-suit injunctions in these jurisdictions.
- Comparative Analysis: The conference will examine the similarities and differences between continental legal systems' approach to anti-suit injunctions. By evaluating the diverse national legal contexts, participants will gain a nuanced understanding of how various civil law jurisdictions address jurisdictional conflicts and the enforcement of foreign judgments.
- Practical Implications: The conference will go beyond theoretical discussions and offer practical insights into using anti-suit injunctions in continental legal systems with practical cases. Legal practitioners will share their experiences, strategies, and challenges in seeking or opposing anti-suit injunctions, providing attendees with real-world perspectives and best practices.
- Case Studies and Precedents: The conference will present compelling case studies and landmark precedents illustrating the application of anti-suit injunctions within continental legal systems. These examples will shed light on the legal reasoning, judicial considerations, and outcomes in outstanding cross-border disputes, particularly with the arbitration, enhancing participants' understanding of practical implications and strategic considerations.
- Panel Discussions and Networking: Interactive panel discussions could bring practitioners to exchange views and engage in critical debates about anti-suit injunctions. Networking opportunities will enable participants to establish connections, collaborate, and engage in fruitful conversations with experts in the field.
This event aims to enrich participants' understanding of this critical legal tool within the context of civil and common law jurisdictions. It provides a platform for legal professionals to exchange knowledge, explore emerging trends, and develop practical insights into applying anti-suit injunctions in continental legal systems, particularly after the UK left the EU.
Please note times listed are in Central European Time (GMT+2). This webinar will be in Spanish only.
Event Speakers
Antonio Amusategui Batalla is a Member of the Board of the European Branch of CIArb and Chair of the Iberian Chapter. He performs that role in this event. He holds a Bachelor’s in Law and Masters’s in Business Administration, Law, Arts and Economics. For over three decades, he has developed skills focused on planning ventures and investments, negotiation processes, dealing in urban land, property assets, corporate real estate, and venture finance. He assists as a partner with financial and monetary issues, value chain analysis, and market transformation, taking part in virtual assets, blockchain, the crypto industry, and art investment ventures.
Find out more hereMr Yufera has been a lawyer for over two and forty years, developing his main activity in civil and commercial litigation at the judicial and arbitration levels. He also has a degree in Political Science and Sociology. He has participated in more than two thousand legal proceedings and more than sixty national and international arbitration proceedings, assuming his functions as an arbitrator or lawyer for the party. He has been a professor of civil law for more than forty years at different universities, also teaching arbitration at the International University of Catalonia. He has lectured in more than fifteen countries on legal issues, mainly arbitration. Emeritus Dean of the Barcelona Bar Association, he was Vice President of the General Council of Spanish Lawyers and a Member of the Codification Commission of the Civil Code of Catalonia. Finally, he admits to feeling quite proud of writing historical novels.
Find out more hereMr Pérez Daudi is a full Professor of Procedural Law at the University of Barcelona and author of several (legal) monographs, including two on preventive measures and numerous doctrinal articles on procedural issues, precisely preventative measures and alternative dispute resolution methods.
Find out more hereMr Gálvez is a lawyer at Del Canto Chambers (London) and partner at the firm LitigoPartners (Barcelona), Josep Galvez is a barrister in England and Wales (Lincoln's Inn) and a lawyer specialising in complex litigation and international arbitration. He played a large part in his career as a judge; he makes his professional practice compatible with teaching at the University of Barcelona and the ISDE. He is also a member of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn, the International Bar Association and the Madrid and Barcelona Bar Associations.
Find out more hereMr Carlos Valls MCIArb is a partner at Giró Martinez. IP and International Commerce and Distribution are his current substantive areas of expertise.
As a sole arbitrator, he has been involved in commercial leasing, corporate and non-compete consultant disputes, and as a party arbitrator in corporate disputes. Counsel in corporate disputes, and currently in an international sales ICC dispute related to commodities.
Mr Valls is currently President of the Barcelona-based Association for the Promotion of Arbitration (Associació pel Foment de l'Arbitrage), and past Co-Chair of the IBA Professional Ethics Committee.
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