Law Department - Transnational Law Project
Date: Wednesday 23 May 2012
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Professor Pierre Mayer, Professor Jan Paulsson
Chair: Johnny Veeder QC
The 3rd LSE Arbitration Debate will confront Pierre Mayer and Jan Paulsson over the question whether international arbitrators can consider some otherwise applicable laws to be unlawful , as argued by Paulsson in his 2009 Lalive lecture and challenged by Mayer in an article in the Revue de l'arbitrage.
Pierre Mayer is Professor of Private International Law at the University Pantheo Sorbonne - Paris I and a partner at Dechert LLP in Paris.
Jan Paulsson is the co-head of the international arbitration and public international law groups of Freshfields LLP.
Johnny Veeder QC is a Barrister at Essex Court Chambers.
This event is free and open to all but registration is required by email to Law.TL.Project@lse.ac.uk. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries contact Dr Jan Kleinheisterkamp by email J.Kleinheisterkamp@lse.ac.uk or phone 0207 955 7256. For further information visit the Transnational Law Project website.
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