In the third episode of Arbitration Insider, co-hosts Rekha Rangachari, Executive Director of NYIAC, and Olivier André, Client Relationship Advisor at Freshfields, chat with four seasoned New York-based international arbitration practitioners on starting and developing a successful career in international arbitration. This episode features Noiana Marigo (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) as a special guest.

Podcast guests include Deborah Enix-Ross (Senior Advisor, International Dispute Resolution Group at Devoise & Plimpton & President-Elect of the American Bar Association), John Fellas (Independent Arbitrator), Louis B. Kimmelman (Independent Arbitrator & Chair of the New York International Arbitration Center), Dana MacGrath (Independent Arbitrator & President of ArbitralWomen) and Noiana Marigo (Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Head of International Arbitration in the Americas, Co-Chair of the Latin America Practice).

In this second episode, co-hosts Rekha Rangachari, Executive Director of NYIAC, and Olivier André, Client Relationship Advisor at Freshfields, focus on anticipated disputes in 2021 arising out of but not limited to the pandemic, engaging on themes of evolution and dynamism that permeate global disputes practices.

Conversations with outside and in-house counsel and leaders of arbitral institutions spotlight changes within both international commercial and investment treaty arbitration with a look to industry trends and forthcoming disputes allied with arbitral institutional caseloads and rules revisions, each buttressing a broader world view on the state of play.

Podcast guests include Lea Haber Kuck (International Litigation and Arbitration Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP), Hagit M. Elul (International Arbitration Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP), Noah Rubins, QC (International Disputes, Litigation & Arbitration Partner, Freshfields), Patricia Garcia (Senior Legal Counsel, VINCI), Natalí Sequeira(Team Leader & Legal Counsel, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes), and Luis M. Martinez (Vice President, American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution).

In this first episode, co-hosts Rekha Rangachari, Executive Director of NYIAC, and Olivier André, Client Relationship Advisor at Freshfields, focus on the trend towards climate change and arbitration. This topic has become a hot issue over the past few months as the public and private sectors are faced with increased pressure to engage more actively in combating climate change and to reach the targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.  In that context, arbitration is increasingly being used to resolve various climate change related disputes and the international arbitration community itself is embracing various initiatives to reduce its own carbon footprint.

Podcast guests include Lee Rovinescu (International Arbitration Partner, Freshfields), Eric Franco (Disputes Global Expert & General Counsel, Engie Peru), Lucy Greenwood (Independent Arbitrator & Founder of the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations), Christoffer Coello Hedberg (Legal Counsel, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce) and Kiran Sanghera (Special Counsel, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre).