Press Release

José Miguel Júdice, the head of PLMJ Arbitration, and MLGTS partner, António Pinto Leite, have organised the fourth edition of the largest arbitration meeting to take place in Portugal. The fourth edition of the Coimbra International Arbitration Meeting will take place on 9, 10 and 11 October at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. This year’s programme once again brings together a group of leading Portuguese and international arbitration specialists to debate a range of arbitration related topics.

PROGRAM

CT. 9 - FACULTY OF LAW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA
UNDER-40S MEETING (15H00 - 19H00)
Coordinated by Miguel Olazabal de Almada, Filipa Cansado Carvalho, Filipe Vaz Pinto and António Júdice Moreira
ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARIES
Moderator:
- Sofia Ribeiro Mendes (Partner at Ribeiro Mendes Advogados, Lisbon)
Debaters:
- Leona rdo Campos Melo (Associate at Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Advogados, S. Paulo)
- Débora Visconte (Partner at José Carlos de Magalhães Advogados Associados, S. Paulo)
- Gustavo Scheffer da Silveira (Deputy Counsel, ICC, Paris)

CROSS EXAMINATION
Moderator:
- Joaquim Shearman de Macedo (Partner at CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut, Lisboa)
Debaters:
- John Adam (Associate at Latham & Watkins, Paris)
- Jose Manuel Garcia Represa (Partner at Dechert, Paris)

15 YEARS OF INVESTMENT ARBITRATION: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Keynote Speaker:
- Ignacio Torterola (International Counsel, Foley Hoag, Washington D.C.)

OCT. 10 - FACULTY OF LAW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA
(9H00 - 18H00)

1ST PANEL
ASSUMPTIONS OF CIVIL LIABILITY AND ARBITRATION– GOOD FAITH, LOSS OF CHANCE, “SPLIT THE BABY”,
“CIVIL LAW” AND “COMMON LAW” PERSPECTIVES
Chair:
- José Manuel Sérvulo Correia (Partner at Sérvulo and Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon)
Speakers:
- Judith Martins-Costa (Partner at Martins-Costa and Professor at the University of S. Paulo)
- António Pinto Monteiro (Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra)
- Paulo Mota Pinto (Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra)
- Maurício Almeida Prado (Partner at L.O. Baptista, SVMFA Professor at the Faculty of Law of Fundação Getúlio Vargas, S. Paulo)

2ND PANEL
QUANTIFICATION OF LOSSES IN ARBITRATION – HOW DO MANY ARBITRATIONS FAIL
Chair:
- Carlos Alberto Carmona (Partner at MRTC Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of S. Paulo)
Expert witnesses:
- Eduardo Sampaio (Senior Managing Director of FTI-Consulting, S. Paulo) and Jean-Luc Guitera (Partner and coordinator at KPMG Forensic, Paris)
Arbitrators:
- Manuel Conthe («Of Counsel» at Bird & Bird, Madrid) and Juan Fernández-Armesto (Partner at Armesto & Asociados, Madrid)

3RD PANEL
ARBITRATION IN CORPORATE LAW
Chair:
- Pedro Siza Vieira (Partner at Linklaters and President of the Portuguese Arbitration Association, Lisbon)
Speakers:
- Pedro Batista Martins (Partner at Batista Martins Advogados and Head Professor of the Postgraduate Course in Arbitration at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro)
- Hermes Marcelo Huck (Partner at LHOC and Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of S. Paulo)
- Pedro Maia (Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra)

4TH PANEL
ARBITRATION AND CRIMINALITY
Chair:
- José Alexandre Tavares Guerreiro (Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of S. Paulo)
Speakers:
- Eduardo Grebler (Partner at Grebler Advogados and Professor at the Faculty of Law of PUC in Minas Gerais)
- José Ricardo Feris (Deputy Secretary General of the ICC, Paris)
- Pedro Metello de Nápoles (Partner at PLMJ, Lisbon)
- Rui Patrício (Partner at MLGTS, Lisbon)

GALA DINNER AT QUINTA DAS LÁGRIMAS HONOURING TWO ARBITRATORS (BRAZILIAN AND PORTUGUESE)
PROF. HERMES MARCELO HUCK AND PROF. SÉRVULO CORREIA
OCT. 11 - QUINTA DAS LÁGRIMAS (10H00 - 13H00)
Hot Topics:
Coordination: Pedro Batista Martins and Carlos Alberto Carmona
- Civil liability of arbitrators: should arbitrators have insurance and what alternatives exist in the market?
- Selection of the arbitrator to win the case: what are the criteria to select the best tribunal for your case?
- Psychology of the arbitral decision? What factors, conscious and unconscious, rational and irrational, influence decisions?

Informations and/or registration by 3 October: [email protected]