The Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) is pleased to invite Houston International Arbitration Club members to to join AIPN for a webinar featuring the authors of the AIPN Research Paper “A Global Review of Joint Operating Agreement Disputes”. Tim Martin, John Gilbert and Martin Gusy previously presented an overview of the AIPN Research Paper and the kinds of disputes that arise under JOAs across the global petroleum industry through two webinars this past October and November.

By popular demand, Tim, John and Martin will return for another webinar, this time in a fireside chat format to answer any “burning” questions that still remain, including specific questions regarding issues and cases that are discussed in their research paper.

Join us for this exciting Q&A webinar!

• • Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2020
  • Time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. CST
  • Virtually Hosted by The Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)

Houston International Arbitration Club members receive complimentary registration. Please email info@houstoninternationalarbitration.org to receive the promotional code.

Further details and webinar instructions to come.

The Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) is pleased to invite Houston International Arbitration Club members to attend a webinar on October 22, 2020 featuring the authors of the newly released AIPN Research Paper “A Global Review of Joint Operating Agreement Disputes”.

Tim Martin, John Gilbert and Martin Gusy will discuss: The background on the AIPN research project and paper; Issues and factors that arise in these disputes across the global petroleum industry; The development of model JOAs, customary industry practice and O&G case law around the world; And give an analysis on a number of JOA arbitral awards in international operations and cases in developed hydrocarbon jurisdictions.

• • Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020
  • Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CDT
  • Virtually Hosted by The Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)

Houston International Arbitration Club members receive complimentary registration. Please email info@houstoninternationalarbitration.org to receive the promotional code.

Further details and webinar instructions to come.

Save the Date for our November presentation titled “Presenting, Persuading and Probabilities: Handling Witnesses in International Arbitration.” Our speaker will be Lucy Greenwood, independent international arbitrator and Founder of Campaign for Greener Arbitrations.

• • Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2020
  • Time: Presentation @12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (CT)
  • Virtually Hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Registration Coming Soon – HIAC members are welcome to invite guests free of charge. Please indicate guest names on your RSVP.

Save the Date for our September presentation titled, “The Standard for Interim Measures in International Arbitration and in Emergency Arbitrations.” Our September speaker will be Jose F. Sanchez (FCIARB), International Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Counsel, Vinson & Elkins LLP.

• Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2020
• Time: Presentation @12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (CT)
• Virtual: Webcast instructions to be provided upon registering.
• Register Here

Objective

• This presentation will focus on the international standard for interim measures and emergency arbitrations as codified in UNCITRAL Model Law, and will address when to apply that standard, its elements, and how to apply each element of that standard. The presentation will focus on the article “Applying the Model Law’s Standard for Interim Measures in International Arbitration” that Mr. Sanchez published in the Journal of International Arbitration in February 2020.

This presentation has been cancelled.

This presentation has been cancelled.

• • Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
  • Location: Virtual 

Time
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CT

Location
The program is available via webcast. Click HERE to register.

Featured Speakers
Steve Andersen, ICDR
Ann Ryan Robertson, Locke Lord LLP
Yanett Quiroz, ICDR

Focusing on integrity, innovation and efficiency, the 2021 ICDR Rules brought important changes to the administration and conduct of arbitrations. Three drafters of the 2021 ICDR Rules will describe some of these key changes.

Save the Date – The ITA, IEL and ICC combine again to present their 8th annual review of the year past and the year ahead in the arbitration of international disputes in the energy industry.

• Date: January 23-24, 2020
• Location: Hilton Houston Post Oak – 2001 Post Oak Blvd., Houston, TX 77056
  • A limited number of rooms are reserved at the special rate of $169/night plus taxes and fees for a Standard King room. The last day for this group discount is Jan 1, 2020 but the hotel is likely to fill up before then so you should make your hotel reservations now. You may make your reservations by calling 1-800-445-8667 or online using the following link.
• Register Here

Program Details

• A world in transition: this year’s conference reflects on the many externalities influencing the industry, the drivers of change in recent years, including in the decade that has passed since Macondo, and explores what role commercial and investment treaty arbitration will play in the years to come. With the insights of in-house counsel, market analysts, experts and private practice lawyers across a wide range of disciplines, the program will address the geopolitical landscape, sanctions, the environment and the management of climate risk, the interplay between long term contracts and an evolving regulatory landscape, amendments to investment treaties and shifts towards a permanent court for investment treaty disputes, and, more generally, the key trends impacting on energy disputes in this important era.

Workshop Highlights

• Keynote: Francisco J. Monaldi, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston
• Energy Arbitration Year in Review presented by Larry Shore (BonelliErede, Milan) back by popular demand
• Effects of the Energy Transition on Arbitration Practice
• International Trade and Sanctions Update
• Oral History Interview of Arthur W. Rovine (Fordham Law School, New York) by the Hon. Charles N. Brower
• An exceptional faculty of leading international arbitration experts including Conference Co-Chairs Sophie Lamb, QC (Latham & Watkins, London), Alberto Ravell (Lead Counsel – Arbitrations, ConocoPhillips, Houston) and Luke Sobota (Three Crowns, Washington, D.C.)

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)

Payment by credit card accepted only at https://apps.hba.org/calendar/
Payments made by credit card are subject to a convenience fee of $3.00.