Arbitrators will be gathering in London’s 12 Bloomsbury Square on 5 April for the CIArb’s lecture, ‘Arbitration in Banking and Finance Deconstructed: The New Deal’. The speaker, Professor Dr Georges Affaki C.Arb, will critically review various arbitration initiatives on banking disputes around the world and analyse the prospects offered by the opening of investment arbitration to financial instruments and to banking claims, including regulatory actions in the EU and internationally. Sir Ross Cranston, former High Court judge, will introduce the topic and the speaker, and Jonathan Wood, General Counsel at Bank of London and the Middle East, will deliver closing remarks. Register at 5.30pm for a 6pm start. A drinks reception will follow. For more details, see here.
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