Jonathan W. Fitch
Speakers Jonathan W. Fitch Founder and Managing Partner | Fitch Law Partners LLP (Boston, MA) Link Linkedin Jonathan W. Fitch is founder and managing partner of Fitch Law Partners LLP, a cost-conscious, client focused litigation boutique listed in Best Law Firms in America. He is an arbitrator and advocate in complex international and domestic arbitrations […]
Martina Polasek
Speakers Martina Polasek Deputy Secretary-General | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (Washington, D.C.) Link Linkedin Martina Polasek is Deputy Secretary-General for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). She joined ICSID in September 2001. Previously, she worked as an attorney with the law firms of Jeantet & Associés in Paris, France […]
Patrick W. Pearsall
Speakers Patrick W. Pearsall Partner | Allen & Overy LLP (Washington, D.C.) Link Linkedin Patrick Pearsall has extensive experience representing parties in international disputes and providing strategic advice on asset protection, global investment and commercial contracts. He served in the U.S. State Department for nearly a decade, working on economic and natural resource diplomacy, and […]
Alejandro A. Escobar
Speakers Alejandro A. Escobar Partner & Chair, Public International Law | Baker Botts LLP (London, UK) Link Linkedin Alejandro Escobar practices in public international law and arbitration. He advises businesses and states in disputes arising out of investment protection treaties and in arbitrations arising out of project agreements. He has handled numerous claims of expropriation and […]
Christina L. Beharry
Speakers Christina L. Beharry Partner | Foley Hoag LLP (Washington, D.C.) Link Linkedin Christina L. Beharry is a Partner in Foley Hoag’s International Litigation and Arbitration Department in Washington, D.C. Her practice focuses on public international law, international investment and commercial arbitration, and trade and investment policy. She has represented clients across the globe in […]
Diane Desierto
Speakers Diane Desierto Professor of Law and Global Affairs | University of Notre Dame Law School (Notre Dame, IN) Link Linkedin Diane A. Desierto joined the University of Notre Dame Law School in January 2021 as Professor of Law and LL.M. Faculty Director, with a joint appointment at the Keough School of Global Affairs. Desierto teaches, […]
Baiju Vasani
Speakers Baiju Vasani International Arbitrator | Twenty Essex (London, UK) Linkedin Baiju Vasani is an international arbitration lawyer and arbitrator based in London. After leaving Ivanyan & Partners, where he served as Managing Partner and Global Head of International Arbitration, Vasani accepted a tenancy at Twenty Essex. For over two decades, Vasani has served as […]
Jeremy K. Sharpe
Speakers Jeremy K. Sharpe Independent International Arbitrator and Consultant (Ottawa, Canada) Link Linkedin Jeremy K. Sharpe is an international arbitrator, international law consultant, and Lecturer in Law and Senior Fellow at the International Claims and Reparations Project (ICRP) of the Columbia Law School. He previously was a partner in Shearman & Sterling’s International Arbitration and Public […]
Chiara Giorgetti
Speakers Chiara Giorgetti Professor of Law | University of Richmond School of Law (Richmond, VA) Link Linkedin Chiara Giorgetti is Professor of Law at Richmond Law School, immediate past Chair of ITA’s Academic Council, Vice-President of the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) and elected member of the American Law Institute. She is […]
Claudia Frutos-Peterson
Speakers Dr. Claudia Frutos-Peterson Managing Partner | Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP (Washington, D.C.) Link Linkedin Dr. Frutos-Peterson’s practice focuses on arbitration, international law and international investment law, where she works primarily with governments and state entities. She has represented foreign states in investor-state arbitrations under the arbitration rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes […]