{"id":315,"date":"2015-03-23T16:13:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T16:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp2008.ius.bg.ac.rs\/bac2012\/?p=315"},"modified":"2016-02-26T13:28:11","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T13:28:11","slug":"vii-belgrade-arbitration-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp2008.ius.bg.ac.rs\/bac2012\/2015\/03\/23\/vii-belgrade-arbitration-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"VII Belgrade Arbitration Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

The traditional gathering of world experts in the field of arbitration took place in Belgrade this spring. University of Belgrade Faculty of Law hosted the seventh Belgrade Arbitration Conference on 20 March 2015, an ever-growing trademark event of our law school with a constantly increasing number of participants. The conference panels this year discussed a selection of emerging topics in international arbitration law (see Conference Program<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The opening ceremony commenced with the warm welcome by the Dean of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Professor Dr. Sima Avramovi\u0107, who expressed the great satisfaction for the fact that the Faculty of Law is organizing such a prestigious gathering once again, underlining the success the conference had in the previous years. The conference participants were also greeted by the President of the Organizing Committee, Professor Dr. Mirko Vasiljevi\u0107, the acting President of the Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (the oldest arbitral institution in the region) who singled out series of efforts invested by the Faculty of Law in promotion of arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism. On behalf of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS), an honored partner in organization of the Belgrade Arbitration Conference, the participants of the conference were welcomed by Ms Caroline Bechtel who expressed her satisfaction with the cooperation with the host institution on organization of the Belgrade Arbitration Conference. Dr. Miroslav Paunovi\u0107, President of the Serbian Arbitration Association, emphasized how highly important this event is for the legal community and the Association, and informed the participants of the recent developments in the field of arbitration in Serbia and the activities of the Serbian Arbitration Association in promotion of ADR. Finally, on behalf of the traditional partner in the organization of the Belgrade Arbitration Conference, GIZ Open Regional Fund for SEE, Mr. Slobodan \u0160aric expressed both his satisfaction that the cooperation has been so fruitful in the past and hope that the joint ventures of this kind will continue in the years to come.<\/p>\n

The work of the first panel \u2013 discussing some of the \u201cburning\u201d topics in arbitration \u2013 was chaired by Steven Finizio, partner in the London office of WilmeHale. The panelists discussed recently enacted IBA Guidelines on Party Representation, <\/em>presented by Dr Stefan Riegler, partner in the Vienna office of Baker & McKenzie, issues of Security for Costs<\/em>, presented by Dr Friedrich Rosenfeld from Hanefeld Attorneys at Law from Hamburg, issues of the role and authority of emergency arbitrators with examples from practice presented by \u017diva Filipi\u010d, legal counsel from ICC in Paris while the questions of Challenge of Interim Decisions were covered by Anna Masser, attorney from the LALIVE Zurich office.<\/p>\n

The second panel focused on the issues of arbitral process and multi-party scenarios, including selected issues of multi-contract, joinder, non-signatory and post M&A disputes \u2013 and was chaired by Dr. Jelena Perovi\u0107, Full Professor at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics. The discussions evolved around presentations on tactic consent to arbitration by Milan Lazi\u0107, partner in Karanovi\u0107\/Nikoli\u0107 law office from Belgrade, issues of jurisdiction in multiple-contract scenarios presented by Dr Florian Mohs, attorney in Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law Ltd from Zurich, topic of joinder and consolidation covered by Luka Kri\u0161tovi\u0107 Bla\u017eevi\u0107, counsel in White & Case LLP, Paris and post M&A disputes and accounting presented by Christoph Lindinger, partner in Schoenherr Vienna.<\/p>\n

The conference gathered more than 250 participants from 30 different countries. As in the previous years, the organizing committee of this year\u2019s arbitration conference was consisted of Professor Dr. Mirko Vasiljevi\u0107, Professor Dr. Vladimir Pavi\u0107, Assistant Professor Dr. Milena \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 and Assistant Professor Dr. Marko Jovanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n

The organization of the conference was supported by GIZ Regional Open Fund for South East Europe, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, German Institution of Arbitration (DIS), Serbian Arbitration Association, law offices WilmerHale from London, White & Case LLP from Paris and local law offices from Belgrade – Morav\u010devi\u0107, Vojnovi\u0107 & Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr and Karanovi\u0107\/Nikoli\u0107.<\/p>\n

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