HOME THE FIRM EXPERTISE OUR PEOPLE NEWS & INSIGHTS EVENTS CAREERS CONTACT US SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS NERA Insights Webinar in partnership with Paris Arbitration Week 2021 Partner Graham Coop has been invited to be a speaker at the NERA Insights Webinar in partnership with Paris Arbitration Week 2021. Graham will join a panel of distinguished speakers who will focus on the topic of Quantum Leap: Diving into the Quantification of Damages. For more information about this event please click here. International Law Association Annual Spring Conference 2021 On 23 April 2021 Graham Coop (Partner) was a speaker at the Annual Spring Conference of the British Branch of the International Law Association, organised and hosted by Queen Mary University of London. The topic of the conference was “Synergy between the Law of Treaties and the Law of International Responsibility: So Far Apart but Still So Close” and Graham’s presentation related to Leges speciales? Treaty rules on international responsibility: Attribution. For more information about the conference, please click here. Young MUTE-OFF Thursdays On 25 March 2021, Angela Ha delivered a talk as part of the Young MUTE-OFF Thursdays networking and knowledge exchange series on “International investment law and its interaction with environmental and social issues: how States and tribunals have balanced the scales”. Online Faculty Seminar at The Chinese University of Hong Kong On 30 November 2020, Graham Coop (Partner) was a guest speaker at an online faculty seminar hosted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The topic of his presentation was “The Energy Charter Treaty: what can it offer to major energy producing and consuming countries such as China?” and more information can be found here. 3rd Serbian Public Private Partnership Conference 2020 On 6 October 2020, Graham Coop (Partner) was a speaker at the 3rd Serbian Public Private Partnership Conference, which was held at the Metropol Palace Hotel in Belgrade. The topic of his presentation was “New PPP Platforms for Transport Infrastructure, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: how investment protection can contribute”. Click here to see the video of his presentation. For more details about the event, click here. Lecture on Investment Treaty Arbitration at Universidad Iberoamericana Volterra Fietta’s Counsel, Alvaro Nistal, gave a lecture on investment treaty arbitration at Universidad Iberoamericana as part of the alternative dispute resolution course of that leading Mexican university. Alvaro spoke about the effects of the denunciation of the ICSID Convention, legal certainty in investment arbitration and other topical matters. State Aid Conference 2020 On 2 July 2020, Robert Volterra (Partner) joined a panel of speakers on Arbitration & Litigation at the State Aid Conference. Columbia Arbitration Day at Columbia Law School On 6 March 2020, partner Graham Coop joined a panel on “Reforming investment arbitration” at Columbia Arbitration Day at Columbia Law School, NYC. He addressed the various proposals made in relation to the Energy Charter Treaty. Queen Mary University of London’s International Dispute Resolution LLM On 16 March, Volterra Fietta’s Counsel Álvaro Nistal delivered a webinar for the students of Queen Mary University of London’s International Dispute Resolution LLM. Álvaro addressed a range of topical issues, including the effects of a notice of denunciation of the ICSID Convention and the ability of the investment arbitration system to provide legal certainty to States and investors. Investor-State Arbitration Seminar On 26 February, Álvaro Nistal and Gunjan Sharma delivered a training session in partnership MBL Seminars on “Investor-State Arbitration – Using International Law to Protect Investments Abroad”. During this seminar, they provided a range of practical tips aimed at commercial and other lawyers, including how to evaluate their clients’ need for investment treaty protection and how to obtain that protection through investment restructuring. Careers in Public International Law Practice Seminar Robert G. Volterra gave a lunchtime seminar about the ins and outs of pursuing a career practicing public international law at UCL, 5 February 2020. Strategies of how to enter the practice area and ideas of how to progress as a public international law practitioner were shared in this interactive session. Volterra Fietta Breakfast Seminar – Financing and Debt Instruments: Often Overlooked Issues of Public International Law On 17 December 2019, Volterra Fietta hosted a breakfast seminar that discussed three issues of public international law in financing and debt instruments: (i) recovery of debts by and from enemy aliens in times of armed conflict; (ii) risks for financial institutions of claims arising out of international human rights; and (iii) international organisational immunity in long-term financing transactions. A video of the seminar can be found here. Latin American Arbitration Practitioners EU Launch On 31 October 2019, Volterra Fietta hosted the Latin American Arbitration Practitioners EU (“LATAP EU”) launch event. For more details about the event, click here Asia Alternative Dispute Resolution Week 2019 Robert Volterra was an honorary speaker at the Asia Alternative Dispute Resolution Week 2019 event in Kuala Lumpur, which took place on 27 – 29 June. For more details about the event, please click here The Hague Academy of International Law Seminar 2019 Robert Volterra was invited to speak on The Hague Academy Panel at the seminar on Monday 8 April. The panel is part of The Hague Academy of International Law Special Course on Judicial Settlement of International Disputes. The topic of the seminar was “International Justice Today: Unity or Fragmentation?”. Volterra Fietta and King’s College London co-hosted the London International Boundary Conference 2019 King’s College London (Department of Geography) and Volterra Fietta co-hosted the fourth edition of The London International Boundary Conference (“LIBC”). The LIBC took place on 2 and 3 April 2019 at King’s College London. For more details please click here World Law Forum Conference on Arbitration of Business & Human Rights Disputes Robert Volterra was selected amongst other distinguished panellists, as a speaker at the World Law Forum Conference on Business & Human Rights Arbitration on 22 March 2019. For more details about the conference, please click here British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) Graham Coop chaired a panel of distinguished speakers at the “Pipelines and International Law” Conference on Thursday 28 February 2019, which was organised and hosted by BIICL. For more information about the event click here Groningen Centre of Energy Law On Thursday 12 December 2018, Graham Coop was the keynote speaker at the Groningen Centre of Energy Law’s conference on “The Modernization of the Energy Charter Treaty”. For more information, please click here Serbian Energy Law Association On Tuesday 4 December 2018, Graham Coop spoke at the Serbian Energy Law Association’s conference on “New developments in the Energy Law” from the perspective of international organisations (specifically the Energy Charter Secretariat, at which Graham was General Counsel between 2004 and 2011). For more information, please click here. ICC Canada International Arbitration Conference On Thursday, 8 November 2018, Robert Volterra spoke on a panel titled “Investment Arbitration: Whither and Why” at the ICC Canada International Arbitration Conference in Ottawa, Canada. For more information about the event, please click here. British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) On Friday, 26 October 2018, Robert Volterra spoke at the Thirty First ITF Public Conference on “Human Rights in International Investment Law” For more information about the event click here Volterra Fietta hosted its fourth Energy Breakfast Seminar On 18 October 2018, Volterra Fietta hosted its fourth Energy Breakfast Seminar entitled: “Europe’s energy needs: will natural gas play its part?” Our distinguished guest speakers for this seminar were Mr Frederic Yeterian and Ms Danielle Stoves, chaired by Volterra Fietta partner Graham Coop with partner Robert Volterra as commentator. Serle Court & Volterra Fietta Seminar On Wednesday, 26 September 2018, Graham Coop spoke on “Damages in International Arbitration: Recent Events and Key Trends” at a seminar hosted by Volterra Fietta and Serle Court. Lord Mance moderated the event, which also included presentations from Howard Rosen and Khawar Qureshi QC. KNect365 On Thursday 5 July 2018, Robert Volterra spoke on the topic titled “Investment Treaties, State Aid and International Arbitration” at the KNect365 State Aid conference in Brussels, Belgium. For more information on this event, please click here. Vienna Investment Arbitration Debate On 22 June 2018, Robert Volterra spoke at the 3rd Vienna Investment Arbitration Debate. The event was held at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vienna. Association for International Arbitration (AIA) On Friday 1 June 2018, Robert Volterra spoke on a panel on the topic “Investment Court Model: A Practical Review” at an event, hosted by the Association for International Arbitration, titled “The Future of Investment Arbitration in Europe”. The event was held at the Press Club Brussels Europe, 95 rue Froissart, 1040 Brussels. For more information, please click here. Association for International Arbitration (AIA) On Friday 1 June 2018, Graham Coop chaired a panel on “Brexit and the Energy Charter Treaty” at a conference organised by the Association for International Arbitration (AIA) on “The Future of Investment Arbitration in Europe”. The event took place at the Conference Hall of Press Club Brussels Europe. For more information please click the link. British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) On Tuesday 24 April 2018 Graham Coop spoke at an event, organised by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), on “Public International Law in the Courts of the United Kingdom”. For more information, please click here. Center for Oceans Law & Policy of the University of Virginia On 25 May 2018, Robert Volterra spoke on a panel on the topic “Looking to Future Cooperation” at the Forty-second Annual Conference of the Center for Oceans Law & Policy of the University of Virginia, co-organised with the National Institute for South China Sea Studies and the Chinese Society of International Law. For more information, please click here. KNect365 On Wednesday 23 May 2018, Graham Coop spoke on the topic “Arbitration in Energy Partnerships” at the KNect365 conference on “Renewable Energy Law”. For more information, please click here. British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) On Tuesday 27 March 2018, Robert Volterra chaired a panel on “Peaceful Settlement” at a conference organised by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) on “The Use of Force in Relation to Sovereignty Disputes over Land Territory”. For more information on this event, please click here. ICC Young Arbitrators Forum On 15 March 2018 Govert Coppens spoke on an ICC Young Arbitrators Forum panel on “Future Innovations: The Role of Arbitration in Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility” at Sciences Po in Paris. For more information please click here. University of Cambridge On Saturday 3 March 2018, Graham Coop spoke at the 5th annual Cambridge Arbitration Day, on the topic “Attractivity of arbitral seats: the competition between places of arbitration”. For more information please click here. London School of Economics On Friday 2 March 2018 Govert Coppens spoke on “Investor-State and State-State Arbitration” at the LSESU International Arbitration Society and the LSE European Law Students’ Association “International Arbitration Academy and Competition”, held at the London School of Economics. For more information please see the event flyer here. BPP University Law School On Tuesday 6 February 2018, Angela Ha chaired a panel organised by the BPP Human Rights Unit on “Business, Human Rights and Accountability” at BPP University Law School. University of Dundee On Wednesday 1 November 2017, Graham Coop gave a lecture on “Dispute Resolution Mechanisms under the Energy Charter Treaty” at the University of Dundee Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy. Colloque: Contentieux frontaliers en Afrique: Défis et réponses On Thursday 9 November 2017, Robert Volterra spoke at a symposium, organised by PIL Advisory Group and the Institut Afrique Monde, with the support of the African Union Border Programme, on the subject of African boundary disputes. The symposium was held in Paris. For more information, please click here. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens On Friday 6 October 2017, Maria Fogdestam-Agius spoke at the Colloquium on International Investment Law & the Law of Armed Conflict. She presented a paper titled “Protection of Investments in War-Torn States: A Practitioner Perspective on War Clauses in Bilateral Investment Treaties”. For more information, please click here. University College London/Volterra Fietta On Tuesday 3 October 2017, University College London and Volterra Fietta hosted a seminar on “Brexit and the Energy Charter Treaty”. The seminar covered a number of topics related to the Energy Charter Treaty that are likely to be affected by Brexit. For more information, please click here. University of East Anglia Law School On Monday 3 July Govert Coppens participated in a workshop on “The Future of International Courts” at the University of East Anglia Law School. Govert spoke on “International investment disputes: End of the road or a new beginning?”. For more information on the event, please click here. Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) On Wednesday 7 June 2017, Graham Coop spoke at a CCLS forum event on “Current Trends in International Energy Arbitration”. For more information about the event, held at Queen Mary University of London, please see the event flyer. BIICL On 31 May 2017 Robert Volterra participated in an event, held at SOAS, University of London, on “Brexit, China and Other New Challenges to International Trade Law”. Robert participated in a round table discussion titled “From Multilateralism to Bilateralism? New Trends in International Trade Treaty Making”. For more information, see the event flyer. Kuala Lumpur International ADR Week The KLIAW 2017 took place from 15-17 May 2017. On 16 May Robert Volterra spoke on a panel focused on analysing the developments and trends in the global international arbitration market since 2016. University of Oxford On 17 March 2017 Robert Volterra spoke at the ‘Negotiating Brexit’ conference at St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. The conference brought together leading academics, practitioners and policymakers who are involved in ‘Negotiating Brexit’. For more information, please see the event flyer here. New Zealand Law Foundation 2017 International Dispute Resolution Fellow Between 28 February and 2 March 2017 Robert Volterra participated in a series of events through the New Zealand Law Foundation: (more…) Queen Mary University of London On 14 February 2017 Graham Coop presented a lecture to students at Queen Mary University of London on recent developments under the Energy Charter Treaty. C5 Upstream Oil & Gas Legal Forum Graham Coop spoke at C5’s Upstream Oil & Gas Legal forum on International Law and State Immunity – How to Get More than a Pyrrhic Victory. The forum was held in London on 24-25 January 2017 and Graham’s presentation took place on 25 January 2017. 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