Summary of the OGEMID Symposium "Corruption in/on International Arbitration" (January/February 2024)
Published 24 April 2024
Introduction
Dr Petra Butler, January 2024 -- This year's first OGEMID Symposium will discuss the impact of corruption in/on international arbitration. You will all agree that this is an important topic that affects the legitimacy and credibility of arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism.
The schedule of the Symposium is as follows:
- the management of corruption allegation/suspicions by arbitral tribunals: should the arbitrators be proactive?
- the annulment, recognition & enforcement of arbitral awards suspected to give effects to a corruption contract (or to a contract concluded through bribes): how state courts should proceed?
- the corruption of the arbitral tribunal
- asset recovery
- matters of evidence and conclusion
- Olufunke Adekoya, independent arbitrator.
- Martin Kenney, founder and managing partner of Martin Kenney & Co (MKS).
- Sébastien Manciaux is Law Professor (Maître de conferences HDR) at the Université de Bourgogne, Dijon (France), and a member of the Research Centre on Investment and International Trade Law (CREDIMI).
- Cesar Pereira C.Arb FCiarb is a partner at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini, Sao Paulo (Brazil), and co-head of his firm's infrastructure and arbitration practices.
- Rina See, barrister at Bankside Chambers in Singapore.