Organisation: Columbia University

The latest Columbia Arbitration Day saw wide-ranging discussions of investor-state dispute settlement, the role of judges in the arbitral process, China's Belt and Road initiative and ESG issues affecting arbitration, as well as the presentation of a lifetime achievement award to Columbia Law School professor George Bermann by recently retired US Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer. 

13 June 2023

A lecture by White & Case partner Paul Friedland on a US-Germany inter-state arbitration triggered by a massive act of sabotage in New York Harbor ahead of US entry into the First World War leads Dorothy Murray of Proskauer Rose to draw parallels with disputes arising from the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

04 May 2023

US arbitrator and academic George Bermann has criticised the European Court of Justice at GAR Live Istanbul for “hypocrisy” and “opportunism” in its attack on intra-EU investment and (increasingly) commercial arbitration – while also highlighting “twilight issues” on which tribunals lack guidance.

18 July 2022

At a keynote to mark the relaunch of CIArb’s Washington, DC chapter, independent arbitrator Michael Nolan addressed the United States’ distinctive approach to competence-competence and its implications for treaty-based arbitration.

19 April 2022

GAR’s sister publication Who’s Who Legal has unveiled its list of the top international arbitration lawyers and expert witnesses for 2022.

13 December 2021

Lise Johnson is joining Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle as counsel in London after almost a decade at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), where she served as head of investment law and policy.

30 November 2021

The disputes community continues to mourn Martin Hunter, one of the founders of Freshfields’ arbitration group, co-author of the legendary "Redfern and Hunter" and a beloved mentor to young practitioners across the world.

22 October 2021

Amy Kläsener has left her role as Dentons’ head of arbitration in Germany to join Jones Day in Frankfurt.

11 May 2021

After a career practising as counsel in Russia, central and Eastern Europe and China for various firms, Brenda Horrigan has stepped down from her latest role as head of international arbitration in Australia at Herbert Smith Freehills to become an arbitrator in Singapore.

27 April 2021

Be bold, value emotional intelligence and improve your Microsoft Excel skills, Sylvia Noury and Nathalie Voser advised delegates as they spoke about their careers at GAR Interactive Women in Arbitration.

18 February 2021