2025 Programme Coming Soon
please see below for the 2024 programme
Energy Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in the Middle East and Africa – 30/31 May 2024
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 8:30 – 9:15am | Registration & Coffee | |
| 9:15 – 9:30am | Welcome & Introduction | Brandon Malone, Arbitra International |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Day 1 Keynote Balancing the Scales: Fairness in Economic Distribution in International Arbitration | Funke Adekoya SAN |
| 10:00 – 10:20am | Lecture The Outlook for the Energy Industry in Africa and the Middle East | Stuart Amor, FTI Consulting |
| 10:20 – 10:40am | Key Quantum Issues Arising from Energy Transition Disputes | Paul Cliff, Grant Thornton |
| 10:40 – 11:00am | Break | |
| 11:00am – 12:20pm | Session 1 The Impact of the Energy Transition on Dispute Resolution in Africa | Tunde Fagbohunlu SAN Ruth Byrne KC, King and Spalding Jessica Crow, Arbitra International Steven Finizio, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Peter Cameron, CEPMLP |
| 12:20 – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 2:45pm | Session 2 Best Practice: Trends and Challenges in African ADR | Noreen Kidunduhu, Noreen Law Hamish Lal, Hamish Lal Partners Sean Gibbs, Hanscombe Intercontinental Bill Barton, Barton Legal Michelle Bradfield, Jones Day |
| 2:45 to 3:00pm | Coffee | |
| 3:00 – 4:15pm | Session 3 LNG, Lithium and Hydrogen: the Disputes and their Resolution | Duncan Bagshaw, Howard Kennedy Ana Stanic, EA Law Babatunde Ogunseitan, Ogunseitan Arbitration (Moderator) Olivier Mette, Xodus Paul Sills, Arbitra International |
| 4:15 – 5:30 pm | Session 4 Energy Arbitration in North African states | Professor Dr Mohamed Sameh Amr, Amr and Partners Law Firm Sally El Sawah, El Sawah Law Lady Olga Maitland (Moderator) Gofran Abaoub, Eltumi Partners |
| 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Networking reception | |
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 8:30 – 9:15am | Registration and Networking | |
| 9:15 – 9:30am | Welcome & Introduction | Brandon Malone, Arbitra International |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Day 2 Keynote Reform and cultural shifts in the Middle East: the new centre for dispute resolution? | Sarah Malik, SOL International |
| 10:00 – 10:30am | Lecture | Philipe Fortuit |
| 10:30 – 10:50am | Break | |
| 10:50am – 12:20pm | Session 1 Common Law – Civil Law – Sharia Law – a coming together in the Middle East? Key similarities and differences | Craig Tevendale, Herbert Smith Freehills |
| 12:20 – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 2:45pm | Session 2 Power and Energy: Geopolitics, Natural Resources, and Sustainability | Hugh Fraser, HFI Consulting International, Dubai Khushboo Shahdadpuri, Al Tamimi & Company Hind Al Aissi, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Jamie Trinidad KC, Albertson Solicitors Dr Arman Sarvarian, University of Surrey |
| 2:45 – 3:00pm | Coffee | |
| 3:00 – 4:15pm | Session 3 Spoiled for Choice: Emerging and Established Dispute Resolution options in the MENA Region | Tom Snider, Charles Russell Speechlys, Dubai Antonia Birt, Reed Smith LLP Aysha Abdulla Mutaywea, Mena Chambers Roberto Pirozzi, Pirozzi Lex Lara Hammoud, ADNOC and Arbitra International Daniel Greineder, International Arbitration Practitioner |
| 4:15 – 5:30pm | Session 4 The use of Dispute Boards in Middle East energy infrastructure projects | Saad Hegazy, Resolve International Luis Martinez, AAA/ICDR Jane Davies Evans KC, 3VB Karen Gough, 39 Essex (moderator) Dr Nasser Mehsin M A Al-Adba, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Qatar |
| 5:30pm | Close and Networking reception | |
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 8:30 – 9:15am | Registration & Coffee | |
| 9:15 – 9:30am | Welcome & Introduction | Brandon Malone, Arbitra International |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Day 1 Keynote Balancing the Scales: Fairness in Economic Distribution in International Arbitration | Funke Adekoya SAN |
| 10:00 – 10:20am | Lecture The Outlook for the Energy Industry in Africa and the Middle East | Stuart Amor, FTI Consulting |
| 10:20 – 10:40am | Key Quantum Issues Arising from Energy Transition Disputes | Paul Cliff, Grant Thornton |
| 10:40 – 11:00am | Break | |
| 11:00am – 12:20pm | Session 1 The Impact of the Energy Transition on Dispute Resolution in Africa | Tunde Fagbohunlu SAN Ruth Byrne KC, King and Spalding Jessica Crow, Arbitra International Steven Finizio, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Peter Cameron, CEPMLP |
| 12:20 – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 2:45pm | Session 2 Best Practice: Trends and Challenges in African ADR | Noreen Kidunduhu, Noreen Law Hamish Lal, Hamish Lal Partners Sean Gibbs, Hanscombe Intercontinental Bill Barton, Barton Legal Michelle Bradfield, Jones Day |
| 2:45 to 3:00pm | Coffee | |
| 3:00 – 4:15pm | Session 3 LNG, Lithium and Hydrogen: the Disputes and their Resolution | Duncan Bagshaw, Howard Kennedy Ana Stanic, EA Law Babatunde Ogunseitan, Ogunseitan Arbitration (Moderator) Olivier Mette, Xodus Paul Sills, Arbitra International |
| 4:15 – 5:30 pm | Session 4 Energy Arbitration in North African states | Professor Dr Mohamed Sameh Amr, Amr and Partners Law Firm Sally El Sawah, El Sawah Law Lady Olga Maitland (Moderator) Gofran Abaoub, Eltumi Partners |
| 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Networking reception | |
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 8:30 – 9:15am | Registration and Networking | |
| 9:15 – 9:30am | Welcome & Introduction | Brandon Malone, Arbitra International |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Day 2 Keynote Reform and cultural shifts in the Middle East: the new centre for dispute resolution? | Sarah Malik, SOL International |
| 10:00 – 10:30am | Lecture | Philipe Fortuit |
| 10:30 – 10:50am | Break | |
| 10:50am – 12:20pm | Session 1 Common Law – Civil Law – Sharia Law – a coming together in the Middle East? Key similarities and differences | Craig Tevendale, Herbert Smith Freehills |
| 12:20 – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 2:45pm | Session 2 Power and Energy: Geopolitics, Natural Resources, and Sustainability | Hugh Fraser, HFI Consulting International, Dubai Khushboo Shahdadpuri, Al Tamimi & Company Hind Al Aissi, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Jamie Trinidad KC, Albertson Solicitors Dr Arman Sarvarian, University of Surrey |
| 2:45 – 3:00pm | Coffee | |
| 3:00 – 4:15pm | Session 3 Spoiled for Choice: Emerging and Established Dispute Resolution options in the MENA Region | Tom Snider, Charles Russell Speechlys, Dubai Antonia Birt, Reed Smith LLP Aysha Abdulla Mutaywea, Mena Chambers Roberto Pirozzi, Pirozzi Lex Lara Hammoud, ADNOC and Arbitra International Daniel Greineder, International Arbitration Practitioner |
| 4:15 – 5:30pm | Session 4 The use of Dispute Boards in Middle East energy infrastructure projects | Saad Hegazy, Resolve International Luis Martinez, AAA/ICDR Jane Davies Evans KC, 3VB Karen Gough, 39 Essex (moderator) Dr Nasser Mehsin M A Al-Adba, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Qatar |
| 5:30pm | Close and Networking reception | |
