International Investment and Transnational Litigation:
Challenges of Growing and Expanding Investor State Disputes

February 2, 2007
The University of Pennsylvania Law School
Levy Conference Center
3400 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sponsored by

The University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law

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Featuring:
Richard Hulbert, Senior Counsel at Cleary Gottlieb, New York and Adjunct Professor at NYU Law School:
Whether The US Should Insist On Reciprocity As A Condition To The Enforcement Of Foreign Judgments

William Woodward, Professor at Temple Law School:
The Hidden Architecture of Choice of Court and Arbitration Provisions (and What It Means for Disputants in International Business to Business Transactions)

Susan Franck, Professor at the University of Nebraska Law School:
Integrating Investment Treaty Conflict And Dispute Systems Design

Chris Brummer, Professor at Vanderbilt Law School:
Incongruities in Bilateral and Regional Frameworks with Respect to Termination of Investment Treaties

Gabriel Bottini, Counsel, Office of the Solicitor General, Republic of Argentina:
Issues of Jurisdiction and Merits Arising From the Argentine Litigation at ICSID

Ignacio Suarez Anzorena, Special Counsel, Clifford Chance LLP, London:
Nationality and Investment Disputes

Christopher Ryan, Professor at University of Virginia Law School and Senior Associate at Shearman & Sterling:
Unmet Expectations: Challenges To The Long-Term Legitimacy And Efficacy Of International Investment Law

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Symposium Schedule (PDF)