Moderator:
Mr Paul Tsang (Law Officer [International Law], Department of Justice, Hong Kong SAR)
Speakers:
Mr Matthew Gearing QC (Global Co-Head, International Arbitration Group and Partner, Allen & Overy)
Topic: To assess how to strike a balance between finality and consistency of ISDS awards, with reference to international and domestic experience (including the UK experience)
Professor Albert Jan van den Berg (Partner, Hanotiau & Van Den Berg)
Topic: How the appeal mechanism for ISDS awards would interact with the existing international instruments (e.g. New York Convention and ICSID Convention)
Professor Zhang Yuejiao (Professor of Law, Tsinghua University)
Topic: In light of the experience of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization, whether the introduction of an appeal system for ISDS awards is desirable and alternative ways to ensure the correctness and consistency of awards
Commentator:
Ms May Tai (Managing Partner, Greater China, Herbert Smith Freehills)