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Our Team members are speaking at the Paris Arbitration Week 2026

We are pleased to participate in Paris Arbitration Week (PAW) 2026. We have been supporting PAW since its early days in 2016. Benjamin Siino, a founding partner of our firm, has successively served as Board Member and Co-President of the organization.

The Paris Arbitration Week has cemented Paris as one of the world’s leading arbitration hubs, with a vibrant and diverse arbitration community. Our firm fully support PAW’s mission as a major forum for academic debate and knowledge exchange with arbitration practitioners worldwide.

Our lawyers will be speaking throughout the week. The full schedule is below:

 

Monday 23 March

 

10:30 13:30 Colloque – L’arbitrage international dans un monde en fragmentation
Mohamed SHELBAYA
Francarbi >

14:30 17:00 Developments in French arbitration law: a discussion of the draft decree
François BORDES
Pellerin – De Maria – Guerre >

16:30 18:30 The Art of the Deal… and the Dispute: International Arbitration in Latin America
Ximena HERRERA
Compass Lexecon >

 

Tuesday 24 March

 

08:30 10:30 New-Generation BITs: Reform, Rebrand, or Reset? Insights from Key Stakeholders
Marija SOBAT
Wordstone Dispute Resolution AARPI – Paris Investment Arbitration Group – Young EFILA >

08:30 10:30 Cross-Border Disputes: Where Construction Meets Arbitration
Maude LEBOIS
JS Held >

16:30 18:30 Inestabilidad política y económica en LATAM: impactos en el arbitraje internacional
Yael RIBCO BORMAN
Latin American Arbitration Practitioners (LATAP) EU >

 

Wednesday 25 March

 

14:30 16:30 Monetizing the Award: The Emergence of Secondary Markets and ‘Award Flip’ Strategies
Peter GRIFFIN
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Arbitration Centre >

16:30 19:00 Conversations over Cocktails – Key Aspects and Challenges of ADR in the Construction and Energy Sectors
Maude LEBOIS
MASIN >

 

Thursday 26 March

 

10:30 13:00 LLM AWARDS Assas Arbitration Symposium 2026: Construction Disputes and Third Party Funding
Ximena HERRERA
Paris-Panthéon-Assas University >

12:30 14:30 AI In Arbitration: Strategic Weapon, Silent Influencer, Emerging Duty? The next generation’s take on arbitration’s invisible counsel
Youssef DAOUD
Shahid Law Firm >

14:30 16:30 Level Playing Field? FIFA’s NDRCs and the Legitimacy of Sports Arbitration Women in Sports Law Association (WISLaw)
Pierre VIGUIER
Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes >

 

Friday 27 March

 

14:30 16:30 Off the Record: Real Practice Stories from Key Moments in Arbitration PT-VYAP
Youssef DAOUD
Dominican Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (DOVYAP) – India Very Young Arbitration Practitioners Group – Malaysia Very Young Arbitration Practitioners – SG VYAP (Singapore Very Young Arbitration Practitioners) >