Originally from Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law - Volume 6

MR. SOURGENS: So, we are running a little bit behind time, but I think we’ll make it in plenty of time for lunch, so if everyone can grab a seat.

So, our panel today for the second panel is about a timely debate as to whether we should have an investment court or whether the investment arbitral system as it stands should continue.

I would like to introduce Professor Belohlávek. He’s a founder and senior partner of the Belohlávek law offices in Prague, as our moderator, and I would like to thank him very much for putting together very, very good questions and organization for this panel. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Czech Yearbook of International Law. All of you should have one of the copies in your materials, and the topic is public policy and ordre public. And I’ve heard about many articles in it, and I’m very curious to start reading it, so I would also like to thank him for putting that together.

MODERATOR BELOHLÁVEK: Thank you once more, ladies and gentlemen. Let me just start with our second topic of this conference: “Should there be an Americas Investment Court?”

Using this opportunity, let me first introduce our speakers who prepared keynotes for this panel, and we will start with Ms. Ashley Riveira. Ashley is an Associate at Crowell & Moring’s International Dispute Resolution Group with a focus on international Arbitration and has experiences with disputes involving such countries like Mongolia, El Salvador, Libya, Iran, Uzbekistan; she has some experience with ICC arbitration as well as arbitration with other permanent tribunals like Vienna Center with respect to investment protection, ICSID, AAA, Energy Charter Treaty. She graduated from Harvard Law School.

The second presentation we will have drafted from Mr. Hugh Carlson, who is associated with Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, graduated from Georgetown University and studied at the University of London School of International Arbitration. He’s also studied political science at the University of California.