First ITA Conference on International Arbitration in the Mining Sector
International Arbitration partner and Co-Head of the firm’s Latin America practice, Nigel Blackaby KC will co-chair the first ITA Conference on International Arbitration in the Mining Sector which will take place from March 8-9, 2023 in Toronto.
The conference, organized by the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), will take place immediately after the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference, the mining industry’s preeminent annual event, and is designed for mining company executives, in-house counsel, arbitrators and arbitration practitioners interested in the key issues that arise in mining sector arbitrations.
Highlights include an extraordinary faculty of global experts in the field, focusing on, inter alia:
- Key contractual clauses and other protections in mining industry contracts
- Everything a mining company needs to know about investment treaty protections
- Preparing for and navigating an arbitration case
- Quantifying damages in mining arbitrations
- Addressing ESG issues
- Environmental issues in mining arbitrations
- Debate on the role of international rights and remedies in promoting cross-border investment
- Young ITA Roundtable sessions on excellence in cross-examination and oral argument
- Welcome Reception at Arbitration Place
- Conference Dinner at Pink Sky
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