Save the Date for this presentation by the Honorable Barry Leon, former Presiding Judge of the BVI Commercial Court (2015-2018), and Tina Cicchetti, Chair of ICC Canada.

• Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2019
• Time: Lunch Served @ 11:30 a.m. (CT); Presentation @12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (CT)
• Location: Hogan Lovells LLP, 609 Main St., Suite 4200, Houston, TX 77002 – Get Directions
• Register Here – HIAC members are welcome to bring guests at $25 per person, payable by check at the event. Please indicate guest names on your RSVP.

Objective

• Join us at the December 3^rd meeting of the Houston International Arbitration Club where Canadian independent arbitrators, the Honourable Barry Leon, former Presiding Judge of the BVI Commercial Court (2015-2018), and Tina Cicchetti, Chair of ICC Canada, will lead a discussion on arbitrating in Canada. Tom Sikora, Senior Counsel, International Disputes at Exxon Mobil in Spring, TX will moderate.
• The program will focus on why a Canadian seat and hearing venue is the next best option for Americans if a U.S. seat and hearing venue are not possible or not practical.

Date: November 21, 2019

Time: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to follow

Location: The Houstonian, 111 N. Post Oak Ln, Houston, TX 77024

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Registration: RSVP online with payment by 11/19, or to Joyce Shirley at jshirley@porterhedges.com

• $45 with reservations ($35 for ILS members)
• $45 at the door ($40 for ILS members)

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Save the Date for this presentation by Dr. Richard Kreindler

Date: March 19, 2019

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Presentation begins at noon.

Location: McGuire Woods (Houston) – JPMorgan Chase Tower,  600 Travis Street, Suite 7500.

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Save the Date – A Peek Behind the Curtain: How International Arbitrators Decide Cases (and Why it Matters)

• • Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
  • Time: Lunch – 11:30 am (CT); Presentation – 12:00 – 1:00 pm (CT)
  • Location: Locke Lord LLP, 600 Travis Street, 25th Floor, Houston, TX 77002
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Program Description

Prof. Benjamin Hughes is an independent arbitrator at The Arbitration Chambers in Singapore and Fountain Court Chambers in London. He has been appointed as arbitrator in over 100 international arbitrations worth several billion dollars, and is recognized as a leading arbitrator in various professional publications. An adjunct professor of law at National University of Singapore Law School and National Taiwan University Law School, he now lives in Singapore but grew up just up the road in Conroe, Texas.