4th World Conference on International Arbitration - Second Session - Day One

Second Session:
Arbitration, investment, and the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the State of Qatar
Moderated by: Eng. Saad Hegazy
B.Eng, MSc, LLM, FCIArb, MRICS, MAE (Partner at Resolve, Expert and Arbitrator - Board Member CIArb Qatar)
Speakers:
Lord. Gold Smith
(UK former - Attorney General & Chair of European and Asian Litigation at Debevoise & Plimpton)
Arbitration based on Investment Treaty and their impact on achieving a satisfactory environment for investment
Professor. Loukas Misteils
(Professor of Transnational Commercial Law and Director of the QMUL-UNIDROIT Institute of Transnational Commercial Law - Queen Mary Law School)
Recent international trends regarding the nullity of foreign arbitral awards
Dr. Susan L. Karamanian
(Dean of HBKU’s College of Law- Qatar)
Qatar Arbitration Law and the New York Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 1958)
Professor. Wael Shalan
(Associate Professor of Procedural Law - Al Azhar University - Legal Consultant at the Ministry of Justice - Qatar)
The Qatari judiciary’s approach on the application of the New York Convention’s provisions