LCIA International Arbitration and Commodities Seminar

Through conversation among the panel and with the audience, the first session will address if international arbitration is providing the right framework for handling commodities disputes, and if so, what can it do better?

The second session will address if arbitration has met the challenges posed by the biggest themes (sanctions, bribery and COVID) in commodities disputes over recent years.

The session will be followed by networking with drinks.

Panellists include:

• Vicken Bayramian, Field Solutions Geneva, Switzerland
• Michel Buisset, HFW, Switzerland
• Kate Cervantes-Knox, President of LCIA European Users' Council, UK
• James Hargrove, Orrick, Switzerland. Officer of LCIA European Users' Council
• Neal Sawatzke, Cargill, Switzerland
• George Spalton KC, 4 New Square Chambers, UK. Vice President of LCIA European Users' Council
• Jean-François Van Hollebeke, Louis Dreyfus Company, Switzerland