The Fourth Emmanuel Gaillard Debate is scheduled to take place during the 2025 Session of the Arbitration Academy on Tuesday, 8 July 2025.
The 2025 Debate is titled “Precedent in international arbitration: for whom do arbitrators write?” and will feature Michael E. Schneider, Senior Counsel and Founding Partner of Lalive (Geneva) and Professor Luca G. Radicati di Brozolo, Founding Partner of ARBLIT (Milan) and Tenant of Fountain Court Chambers (London).
The event, sponsored by Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, will take place on the Diamant Bleu yacht, Port Debilly Trocadéro, 75116 Paris. A map showing the exact location of the yacht will be shared in the coming days.
The agenda of the event is as follows:
- 18.00–18.30: Registration
- 18.30–20.00: Debate
- 20.00–22.00: Cocktail reception while cruising on the Seine
- 23.00: Return to the dock
Please click here to register with the Secretariat of the Arbitration Academy. Registration is open until 6 July 2025.
Recordings of previous Emmanuel Gaillard debates can be viewed here:
The first Debate was held on 12 July 2022 on the topic of “Arbitrator’s Jurisdiction: Who decides?”, between Dr. Yas Banifatemi, Founding Partner of Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, and Professor George A. Bermann of Columbia Law School.
The second Debate took place on 12 July 2023. Professor Andrea Bjorklund of McGill University Faculty of Law, and Mohamed Shelbaya, Founding Partner of Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, exchanged their views on “Shareholder claims: What’s wrong with them?”.
The third Debate was held on 26 June 2024 and focused on “Is the finality of arbitral awards an essential attribute of international arbitration?”. The debaters included Shane Spelliscy, Director General of the Trade Law Bureau of the Government of Canada, Deputy Legal Adviser at Global Affairs Canada, and Chairman of the UNCITRAL Working Group III on Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform, and Benjamin Siino, Founding Partner of Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes.
We look forward to welcoming you to the 2025 Emmanuel Gaillard Debate.
