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Ninth Investment Arbitration Forum, University of Vienna, 26 May 2018
1. I C C A u s t ri a - Your Partner for International Trade and Law
Ninth Investment Arbitration Forum
Valuation of Damages in Changing Economic
and Political Circumstances
Lessons learnt in Latin America – relevant for
investment arbitration in Europe?
Organizers
Herfried Wöss Irmgard Marboe Adriana San Román
26 May 2018
9.00 am – 6.30 pm
Juridicum, Vienna, Austria
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Investment Arbitration Forum
General Counsel
Attorneys at law
Arbitrators and Counsel
Financial and Economic Experts
Academia and Government Officials
International Organizations
T a r g e t G r o u p
P a rt n e r s
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Investment Arbitration Forum
08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome by the organizers
09:15-9:45 Keynote address:
ISDS Reform: An Overview in the Light of the Working Group III Discussion
Corinne Montineri, UNCITRAL
Judith Knieper, UNCITRAL
09:45-11:15 Lessons learnt in Latin America
Moderator:
Prof. Guillermo Estrada Adán, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas/UNAM, Mexico City
Argentina’s emergency measures: a case for investment arbitration claims and their
valuation
Diego Brian Gosis, GST LLP, Miami – Washington DC
Chavez’ “Bolivarian revolution” and its consequences for the valuation of investors’
claims against Venezuela
Michael Kotrly, Freshfields, London
Ecuador’s struggle with foreign investors in the petroleum industry
Alberto Wray, Foley Hoag, Washington DC
Mexico’s soft drink disputes
[Ricardo Ramírez Hernández, former WTO Appellate Body member, RRH Consultores,
Mexico City]
11:15-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45-13:15 Changing Economic and Political Circumstances and their Effects on Damages
Moderators:
Prof. Nikos Lavranos, Wöss & Partners, Amsterdam, and Smaranda Miron, Energy
Lawyer, Energy Community
The sovereign right to expropriate-how to do it correctly? The views of investment
tribunals
Prof. Irmgard Marboe, University of Vienna
The measure of damages in oil & gas disputes
Adriana San Román, Wöss & Partners, Mexico City – Washington DC – Vienna (rep.
office)
The Energy Charter Treaty and Changing Economic Circumstances
Alejandro Carballo Leyda, General Counsel, Energy Charter Secretariat, Brussels
The effect of contractual limitations on damages in investment arbitration (Mobil v
Venezuela)
Benard Preziosi, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt-Mosle, London
P ro g ra m m e
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13:15-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Recent Developments in Investment Arbitration in Europe
Moderators:
Prof. Loukas Mistelis, Queen Mary College, University of London, and Elisabeth Vanas-
Metzler, VIAC
Lessons learnt in Latin America – ICSID-denunciations and their consequences:
Prof. Christoph Schreuer, of counsel, zeiler.partners, and University of Vienna
Valuing damages in renewable energy cases against Spain and Italy
Herfried Wöss, Wöss & Partners, Mexico City – Washington DC – Vienna (rep. office)
Applying the FMV for breach of contract under an umbrella clause?
Anne-Marie Grill, International Conflict Management, Vienna
Is reliance damage recoverable in case of a bad business?
Prof. Stefan Weber, Weber & Co., Vienna
16:00-16:30 Coffee
16:30-18:00 Economic and Financial Experts Roundtable
Moderator:
Adriana San Román, Wöss & Partners
Difference between damages valuation and company valuation
James Searby, FTI Consulting, Washington DC
The use of hindsight information when quantifying damages
Tomas Haug, Nera, Berlin
A Dollar today is worth more than a Dollar tomorrow: Exploring the time value in
damages valuation
Thierry J. Senechal, Finance for Impact, Paris
Methods of quantification for specific industries such as oil, gas, or mining
Julian Delamer, Compass Lexecon, London
18:15 Concluding remarks
Prof. Irmgard Marboe and Dr. Herfried Wöss
P ro g ra m m e
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Investment Arbitration Forum
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further ICC Austria conferences and courses:
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1 March 2018, Vienna
• Damages in International Arbitration
24./25. May 2018, Vienna
• ICC Austria Trade Finance Week
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