Emerging Public Climate Finance Disputes: A Roadmap for Shifting Sands? Read more about Emerging Public Climate Finance Disputes: A Roadmap for Shifting Sands? Ms. Smith shared her insights on emerging trends in public climate finance disputes, including the various forms of disputes foreseen under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the types of public climate finance disputes that could be resolved through international arbitration, and the PCA’s experience with regard to innovations to adapt the features of international arbitration to the needs of this dynamic field, focusing on the perspective of South Pacific developing countries.
Emerging Private Climate Finance Disputes Read more about Emerging Private Climate Finance Disputes Ms. Delaney talked about emerging private climate finance disputes. Funding for climate-related projects may come from the public sector, the private sector, the Green Climate Fund, and the Clean Development Mechanism, through loans or equity arrangements. She described arbitration as particularly useful in resolving private climate finance disputes given its adaptability to legal and cultural differences, flexibility and efficiency, ability to choose arbitrators and experts with experience in climate change and climate finance, and enforceability.
Fedelma Claire Smith Keywords international arbitration Read more about Fedelma Claire Smith Ms. Fedelma Claire Smith is a senior legal counsel and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) representative in Singapore. She joined the PCA as legal counsel in 2011 and served as the PCA Representative in Mauritius from 2012 to 2014. She has previously worked at the International Court of Justice (2008-2010), where she was law clerk to H. E. Judge Awn Al-Khasawneh and H. E. Judge Sir Kenneth Keith. She is a member of the Bar of England and Wales and completed pupillage at Field Court Chambers, London, in 2011.
William Panlilio Keywords international arbitration cross-border litigation cross-border disputes foreign arbitral awards foreign sovereign immunities Read more about William Panlilio Mr. William B. Panlilio is an associate in the Singapore office of the international law firm King & Spalding and a member of the firm’s Trial & Global Disputes practice, with a focus on international arbitration and cross-border litigation. He represents clients in the energy, infrastructure, construction and mining sectors, and in arbitrations involving states and state-owned or affiliated entities.
Shai Wade Keywords upstream oil and gas disputes international arbitration Read more about Shai Wade Mr. Shai Wade is the head of Stephenson Harwood LLP’s Upstream Oil and Gas Disputes Team and a partner in the firm’s International Arbitration Group. He enjoys more than 20 years of experience serving both as counsel and arbitrator in many large scale complex disputes arising in the oil and gas, energy, infrastructure, telecommunications, media, and other sectors.
Steven Finizio Keywords international arbitration dispute resolution public international law Read more about Steven Finizio Mr. Steven Finizio is a partner in Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP’s international arbitration and dispute resolution group, based in London. He has been an arbitrator or counsel in cases under most leading international arbitration rules, involving the laws of jurisdictions in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the US, and under bilateral and regional investment treaties. He has helped draft arbitration legislation and served as counsel in the first freedom of expression case in the African Court on Human and People’s Rights.
Leah Ratcliff Keywords dispute resolution cross border disputes disputes management and avoidance international arbitration litigation regulatory investigations crisis and risk management and governance joint venture disputes Read more about Leah Ratcliff Ms. Leah Ratcliff is an of counsel at Jones Day. She is a leading dispute resolution practitioner with over 15 years’ experience of acting in and advising on complex cross border disputes. Her practice encompasses disputes management and avoidance, international arbitration, litigation, regulatory investigations, crisis and risk management and governance. Between 2015 and 2019, Ms. Ratcliff was Head of Dispute Resolution at BHP, one of the worlds’ leading energy and resources companies, where she managed complex disputes and regulatory matters across four continents.
Trade and Investment Facilitation by Arbitration and the Rule of Law Read more about Trade and Investment Facilitation by Arbitration and the Rule of Law Prof. Michael Ewing-Chow talked about the effects of a change in production and trade pattern from single producer to global value chain (GVC). He also touched on the factors affecting the attractiveness of a country to foreign investors by pointing out the relationship between a country’s FDI inward stock and its GVC participation, between logistics performance and corruption score, and between rule of law index and gross domestic product per capita. He then enumerated the benefits of international arbitration to multinational corporations and host states.
Anatomy of International Arbitration Read more about Anatomy of International Arbitration Dr. Eun Young Park discussed the anatomy of international arbitration, including the essential elements of an international arbitration; its legal basis and rules on constituting a tribunal, appointing arbitrators, and choosing the seat and procedure of arbitration; the timing and form of parties’ submissions, document production and evidence; the conduct of hearings; and the rendering of the award itself. He also touched on the issue of recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award.
Pacific Needs a Voice in International Arbitration Read more about Pacific Needs a Voice in International Arbitration Ms. Christina Pak highlighted the critical role international arbitration can play in attracting international climate finance and investments into the South Pacific region which is acutely vulnerable to climate change impacts. The South Pacific countries face serious threat to their development from climate change and will need significant international climate finance to respond. Ms.