When arbitration meets crime
31 Jan - 2 Feb 2024
America do Sul room - floor E2
Session information
Is crime the solution? Criminal issues as artillery against arbitral awards
Friday 2 February (1130 - 1300)
America do Sul room - floor E2
Description
This panel will discuss issues such as: (1) the use of criminal law as a tactic to disrupt arbitral proceedings and to vacate awards; (2) attacks to arbitrators, to the proceedings and other issues raised as grounds to challenge unfavourable awards; (3) criminal behaviour that may jeopardise the arbitration; and (4) the consequences of the annulment of awards by fraud.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Eduardo Damiao Goncalves | Mattos Filho, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Fabyola Emilin Rodrigues | Demarest Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Latin American Regional Forum Liaison Officer, Criminal Law Committee |
Speakers
| Eliane Cristina Carvalho | Machado Meyer Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Robert Cleary | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, New York, New York, USA |
| Marta Saad | Huck Otranto Camargo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Thierry Tomasi | Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Paris, France |