Arbitration Insider: What disputes can we expect in 2021?

Arbitration Insider is a podcast series focusing on international arbitration produced by the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. 

In this second episode, co-hosts Rekha Rangachari, Executive Director of NYIAC, and Olivier André, Client Relationship Advisor at Freshfields, focus on anticipated disputes in 2021 arising out of but not limited to the pandemic, engaging on themes of evolution and dynamism that permeate global disputes practices.

Conversations with outside and in-house counsel and leaders of arbitral institutions spotlight changes within both international commercial and investment treaty arbitration with a look to industry trends and forthcoming disputes allied with arbitral institutional caseloads and rules revisions, each buttressing a broader world view on the state of play.

Podcast guests include Lea Haber Kuck (International Litigation and Arbitration Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP), Hagit M. Elul (International Arbitration Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP), Noah Rubins, QC (International Disputes, Litigation & Arbitration Partner, Freshfields), Patricia Garcia (Senior Legal Counsel, VINCI), Natalí Sequeira (Team Leader & Legal Counsel, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes), and Luis M. Martinez (Vice President, American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution).

Reference materials:

• Freshfields’ International Arbitration in 2021: Illuminating Top Trends
• Hughes Hubbard Reed COVID-19 Resource Center
• VINCI Airports – Traffic 2020 Press Release
• ICSID Rules and Regulation Amendments – Working Papers
• ICSID-UNCITRAL Code of Conduct for Adjudicators in International Investment Disputes
• ICDR 2021 International Rules Amendments