Publicat pe 03/06/2024

Bucharest, June 3^rd, 2024: The International Commercial Arbitration Court of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and Wolters Kluwer Romania are organizing the 5^th edition of the BUCHAREST ARBITRATION DAYS (BArD) Conference from June 6^th-7^th, 2024.

In recent years, the Bucharest Arbitration Days Conference has established itself as a platform to discuss the latest issues in commercial and investment arbitration. Consequently, Bucharest has become an important hub on the international commercial arbitration map.

The fifth edition of BArD brings together experts in international arbitration from over 15 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, and Switzerland, as well as representatives from arbitration institutions, arbitrators, advisors, lawyers, artificial intelligence providers, and others. The seven sessions of the Conference will address topics such as the impact of new technologies on international commercial arbitration; ethics and conflicts of interest in international arbitration; the evolving relationship between arbitral tribunals and courts; diversity in arbitration from the perspective of the diversity of arbitration venues and institutions, as well as from the perspective of the transition to clean energy and international commitments on climate change.

The special guests of the 2024 edition are Prof. Julian DM Lew KC, Professor of International Arbitration and Head of the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London, and Prof. Maria Chiara Malaguti, Professor of International Law at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan/Rome, Italy), where she teaches commercial law and international law.

The detailed agenda of the event can be found at the following link: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2024-edition/

The event is organized with the support of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), Oil, Gas & Energy Law (OGEL), Transnational Dispute Management (TDM), and Young Romanian Arbitration Practitioners (YRAP).

The event sponsors are: Clifford Chance Badea, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, Dragne & Asociații, Filip & Company, Leaua Damcali Deaconu Păunescu – LDDP, Mușat & Asociații, Popovici Nițu Stoica & Asociații, NNDKP, Schoenherr, Stoica & Asociații, Suciu Popa, Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații, and Zamfirescu Racoți Vasile & Partners, and the media partners of the event are: Romanian Television, Romanian Radio Broadcasting Society, Bizlawyer, and Juridice.ro.

Reserve your free spot (subject to availability): here

Background:

Bucharest Arbitration Days (BArD) is the first and largest conference in Romania dedicated to international commercial arbitration, now in its 5th edition. This international event brings together annually practitioners from the field of commercial arbitration, academic figures, and anyone interested in this alternative dispute resolution method to discuss and debate the latest legal and practical issues in arbitration.

Previous editions of the conference have featured special guests such as Prof. George Bermann, Director of the Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Columbia Law School, USA; Martina Polasek, Secretary General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), World Bank; Anna Joubin-Bret, Secretary General of UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade); Prof. Lucas Mistelis, Director of the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London; Dr. Lester Schiefelbein, CEO of the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center and CEO of the Global Technology Dispute Resolution Council, USA; and Prof. Peter Cameron, Professor of International Energy Law and Policy, University of Dundee.

The International Commercial Arbitration Court of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania is the oldest commercial arbitration institution in Romania. With over 70 years of existence, it is a traditional institution that has handled a large number of highly complex arbitration cases over time. It includes over 170 Romanian and foreign arbitrators recognized nationally and internationally.

Commercial arbitration represents an alternative jurisdiction to that of the courts available to parties for the resolution of domestic or international commercial disputes.