Subject: YLS International Arbitration Institute -- April 2 Event Announcement
From: "Sims, Pamela" <[email-masked]>
To: "Law School Alumni Affairs" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:58:23 +0000

Clashing Paradigms for International Investment Dispute Resolution

The Yale Institute of International Arbitration is holding a roundtable discussion for lawyers in Latin American practice on Tuesday, April 2, beginning at 8:20 EDT. The event is not limited to Yale alumni. Anthea Roberts of the London School of Economics and currently visiting professor at Columbia Law School will present her recent paper<http://www.law.yale.edu/documents/pdf/sela/Roberts_-_Clash_of_Paradigms_-_4_Dec_2012-1.pdf> examining the competing paradigms for international investment dispute resolution, which will be followed by responses by Alec Stone Sweet of Yale Law School, José Alvarez of the NYU School of Law, William Park of Boston University School of Law, Janet Whittaker, who recently returned to Simpson Thacher after serving as Legal Counsel for the ICSID, and Jonathan Hamilton, Partner and Head of Latin American Arbitration at White & Case.

The event will be hosted by Simpson Thacher at its New York offices and simulcast via video teleconferencing to several locations in the U.S. and South America (see list below). Doors will open at 7:45 a.m. New York time for registration and a breakfast buffet. The presentations will begin at 8:30 a.m., following which questions will be taken from participants at each location. The event will conclude at 10:00 a.m.

Participants at U.S. locations registered with the New York Bar Association may be eligible to receive 1.5 Continuing Legal Education credits. To register or obtain more information, contact the program coordinator Bradley Hayes by phone at 203-436-3534 or by email at [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>.

Locations:

New York, NY:          Simpson Thacher, 425 Lexington Avenue

Washington, D.C.:      Simpson Thacher, 1155 F Street, N.W.

Miami, FL:                  White & Case, Southeast Financial Center, 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 4900

Santiago, Chile:           Carey y Cia, Isidora Goyenechea 2800, Piso 43, Las Condes

São Paulo, Brazil:        Simpson Thacher, Av. Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek, 1455, 12th Floor, Suite 121

To register or obtain more information, contact the program coordinator Bradley Hayes by phone at 203-436-3534 or by email at [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>