This summit will bring together legal professionals, government representatives and thought leaders who focus on disputes facing sovereign states and state-owned entities. Speakers will provide practical strategies to manage litigation risks and improve outcomes in sovereign cases.

Topics for discussion on the panel will include:

1. Discussing the significance of the ISDS system with international investment;
2. Is investment arbitration waning? How are investors resolving their disputes or hedging their risks?;
3. The challenges of sovereignty, transparency and enforcement;
4. Balancing investor protection and state sovereignty; and 
5. Discussion of investment courts vs. Investment arbitration.

Speakers:

• Anna Holloway, Senior Legal Counsel, World Bank Group, ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes)
• Jacques-Alexandre Genet, Partner, Archipel (France)
• Bruce Marks, Founding and Managing Member, Marks & Sokolov (Philadelphia / Moscow)
• Caroline Richard, Partner, Freshfields (DC)