Yas Banifatemi, Founding Partner at Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, will be participating in Columbia Arbitration Day 2026. This event will take place at Columbia Law School in New York from 30 to 31 March 2026.

Columbia Arbitration Day is an annual event that brings together leading practitioners, academics and students for discussions on key developments shaping international arbitration worldwide.

Alongside August Reinisch, Carolyn Lamm and Sabina Sacco, Yas will participate in the Fireside Chat taking place on Tuesday, 31 March 2026, celebrating George Bermann’s 50th anniversary at Columbia Law School. The session will be moderated by George Bermann.

The Columbia Arbitration Day 2026 program highlights key developments in the field through panels such as “Government Panel,” “Arbitration Without Signatures: The Non‑Signatory Paradox,” “The French Arbitration Reform,” “Arbitration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Efficiency, Ethics, and Oversight,” and “The Arbitrator’s Mission: Applying the Law or Shaping Justice?” on Day 1. Day 2 continues with “Privilege and Cross‑Border Issues,” “EU and Public Policy in Arbitration: How to Resolve the Crisis,” “Judicial Intervention and Party Autonomy: The Evolving Role of Anti‑Suit Injunctions,” and “Conflicts and Arbitration,” with both days concluding in keynote fireside chats featuring leading experts.

Please register here. Further details can be found here.