Author: Sophie Chevron

The Institute of Expertise, Arbitration and Mediation, IEAM, will organize a 6-days training on mediation in CERFRANCE offices, 18rue de l’ Armorique, 15th Paris, on 10 and 11 September, 20 and 21 November and 11 ans 12 December 2014. This training which combines theory and practice, will be provided by Mrs Sylvie ADIJES, mediation specialist lawyer and Mr Gilles DUVERGER-NEDELLEC mediator and professor on mediation at HEC. Download program and registration form.

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The next breakfast debate & discussion “Wake up (with) Arbitration!” will take place on tuesday July 1st, 2014. The question “ Do counsel and arbitrators speak the same language ? ” will be treated, with Eric Teynier and Beatrice Castellane, member of Board of Directors of A.F.A..

Paris, Place d’Arbitrage will hold a conference on the “Duty of loyalty in arbitration” on June 30th, 2014. The conference will cover the duty to act in good in arbitration. Speakers will be : Charles Kaplan, member of A.F.A. Arbitration Committee, Carole Malinvaud, Wolfgang Peter, Matthieu de Boisséson, Peter Goldsmith QC, Marc Henry and Laurent Martinet. Hôtel de ville de Paris starting at 15h. Conference is free of charge – registration by email : saitkaciali@orrick. com Download the invitation.

On Friday, June 27th, 2014, in Paris, the Centre de Médiation et d’arbitrage près la Chambre de Commerce Franco Arabe organizes a one-day symposium on ”Ethics in arbitration“. Mr Bertrand MOREAU, President of the Arbitration Committee of A.F.A ., will present it the Ethical Arbitration Charter of Fédération des Centres d’arbitrage.  Download program and registration form.

June 26th, 2014 from 6 pm to 8 pm, to the Law courts of Paris, will take place the presentation and discussion of the CFA working Group’s report on “Arbitrating banking and finance disputes“. Free participation subject to registration by email to the Comité Français d’Arbitrage. Click here to download the task force report.    

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The A.F.A. which has set the mission of advance the arbitration in the world was consulted by Brunel University of London to support the study and spread in France the survey on the law arbitration in European Union and in Switzerland  requested by the European Parliament. This study will contribute to guide the Parliament in its future decisions with respect to arbitration. We invite you to answer the survey which addresses the arbitration practitioners. Click here to participate in the study.

A.F.A. organizes a new session on in depht formation which will take place over 2 days, on May 26 and 27, 2014 at La Maison du Barreau in Paris. This formation, around a practical case, will allow participants to discover all essential tools necessary to conduct an international arbitration successfully. Download program and registration form.

On Friday, May 16th, 2014, the Francarbi association organizes in association with the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan a one-day symposium on ” The international arbitration and the urgency “. The colloquium will be held in Milan in French and in Italian with a simultaneous translation. Download program and registration form. Click here to register online.

AFA is pleased to invite its members to meet and discuss “Third-party funding : a hidden player” with Mr. Jean-Yves GARAUD, Lawyer Paris Bar, at its annual dinner on Avril 24, 2014 in Paris (Maison du Barreau). Download registration form.

Member Centers of Fédération des Centres d’Arbitrage, founded at the initiative of AFA in 2012, drafted and adopted in general Assembly, December 23rd, 2013, their Ethical Arbitration Charter. Download Ethical Charter and list of the signatory Centers.