Among the Conference speakers were both rising stars of the Russian arbitration and world-class specialists. Significant efforts at the selection and preparation of the speeches made by the moderators and speakers allowed to provide the highest level of the Conference.

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RAD 2019 Programme:

Session 1. Investment Arbitration.

• Arbitral Reform and Legal History: the Blank Piece of Paper?
• Judgment of the European Court of Justice in Slowakische Republik V Achmea BV Case and the Future of Investment Arbitration in Europe.
• Cherry-Picking or Cherry-Biting? The Res Judicata Doctrine and the Limits of Permissible Parallel and Consecutive Proceedings in Investment Arbitration.
• Law as a Promise: Legitimate Expectations and Municipal Legislation.

Session 2. General Issues in Arbitration.

• Oaths and Perjury in International Arbitration.
• Fighting Goliath: Reconsidering the Effect of Extraterritorial Unilateral Sanctions on the Conduct of International Arbitration.
• Applying the Lex Mercatoria in Arbitration: The Search for a ‘Natural Connection’.
• Unresolved Issues of International Tax Arbitration Reform.

Session 3. Procedural issues in arbitration.

• Common Law vs Civil Law in International Arbitration: The Beginning or the End?
• Assistance of State Courts in the Appointment of Arbitrators. Kaysin D. Document Production as a Separate Stage of International Arbitration.
• Arbitrability of Matrimonial Disputes.
• Combination of Arbitration and Mediation During the Resolution of Commercial Disputes (Based on the Example of arb-med-arb).

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