ITA-ALARB Americas Workshop

Overview

The ITA ALARB Americas Workshop aims to analyze the schemes followed by different Latin American countries, as well as to establish the possible coherence, clashes, and challenges that follow from the coexistence of the different concessions-related disputes under national laws and international law. More information coming soon!

Workshop Co-Chairs

• Elisabeth Eljuri, Independent Arbitrator, Miami, Florida, USA
• Monica Jimenez, ICR, Bogotá, Colombia
• Aníbal Sabater, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York, New York, USA

Schedule and Faculty

8:00–8:30 - Registros

8:30–8:40 - Apertura

8:40–9:15 - Discurso inaugural

Actualización geopolítica y energética regional

• Tomás González, Centro Regional de Estudios de Energía, Bogotá

9:15–10:15 - Contratos bajo Presión: Renegociación, Fuerza Mayor, Rebus Sic Stantibus y Onerosidad en el Arbitraje Internacional de Energía

Expositores

• Cristián Conejero, Cuatrecasas, Santiago de Chile
• José Martínez de Hoz, MHR, Buenos Aires
• Heidi López, Uría Menéndez, Madrid
• Ignacio Suárez Anzorena, Árbitro Independiente, Punta del Este

Moderadora: Elisabeth Eljuri, Co-Chair del Comité de Energía y Recursos Naturales de ALARB, Elisabeth Eljuri P.A., Miami

10:15–10:30 - Q&A

10:30–11:00 - Coffee break

11:00–12:15 - El Estado como Contraparte: Empresas Públicas, Peculiaridades, Defensas, Inmunidades y Ejecución del Laudo

Expositores

• Benjamín Silva, Manager Legal Disputes MinAm en BHP, Santiago de Chile
• Ari MacKinnon, Cleary Gottlieb, Nueva York
• Elsa Ortega, Tesorera de ALARB, Árbitro Independiente, Ciudad de México
• Maite Quiñones, QA Legal, Lima

Moderador: Rafael Llano, White & Case, Ciudad de México

12:15–12:30 - Q&A

12:30–14:00 - Networking lunch

14:00–14:30 - Fireside chat

Expositores

• Néstor Fagua Guauque, Vicepresidente Jurídico del Grupo Energía de Bogotá, Bogotá
• María Inés Sola, Gerente Legal de Pan American Energy, Buenos Aires

Moderador: Aníbal Sabater, Miembro del Comité de Energía y Recursos Naturales de ALARB, Chaffetz Lindsey, Nueva York

14:30–15:30 - Cláusulas de Estabilización: Presente y Futuro en un Mundo Cambiante

Expositores

• José Daniel Amado, Pérez-Llorca, Lima
• Carmen Martínez López, Three Crowns, Madrid
• Andrés Romero-Delmastro, Director Jurídico de Asuntos Estratégicos y Litigios Internacionales, Chevron Corporation, California
• Roberto Aguirre Luzi, King & Spalding, Houston

Moderador: Alejandro Escobar, Baker Botts, Londres

15:30–15:45 - Q&A

15:45–16:15 - Coffee break

16:15–17:00 - Disputas Energéticas y Derechos Humanos: Pueblos indígenas, saneamiento ambiental y evolución de los estándares

Expositores

• Mónica Jiménez, Vicepresidente Legal y Secretaria General de Ecopetrol, Bogotá
• Denton Nichols, Norton Rose Fulbright, Houston
• Andrés Moreno, Moreno Baldivieso, La Paz
• Myriam Vargas, Vicepresidente Legal de Carbones del Cerrejón, Ltd., Bogotá

Moderadora: Cecilia Azar, Miembro del Comité de Construcción de ALARB, Galicia, Ciudad de México

17:00–17:15 - Q&A

17:15–17:30 - Conclusiones y cierre

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsorships are being accepted and managed by ALARB given that they relate to ALARB’s full conference and not just the Americas Workshop. If interested in sponsoring, contact ALARB at info@alarb.org.

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