Investment arbitration in Latin America: Reflections on favorable awards to Colombia

Location: Webinar
Date: June 10, 2021
Time:
Organized by Carola

Georgetown Law and the Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas (CAROLA)ย Invite you to:

The Future of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America:ย 

What Can We Learn from Recent Awards Favorable to Colombia?

June 10, 2021 6:00 – 7:30 PM EDT

(This webinar will be conducted in Spanish Only)

In this panel, speakers will analyze and discuss the impact of the four favorable arbitral awards that Colombia has received during 2021 in light of the future of the Investment Law Regime in Latin America.ย  What are the lessons learned that could be applied to ongoing efforts of systemic change of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System (ISDS) in the region? What are the effects of these awards on domestic regulatory efforts? Which legal and fiscal regulatory efforts should countries explore to strengthen their capacity to mitigate potential damages? The panel will include the participation of Latin American government officials and academic experts in international investment arbitration. It will be conducted in Spanish. No English translation will be available.

Moderator

  • รlvaro Santos (CAROLA โ€“ Georgetown Law)

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Panelists

  • Mariana Lozza –ย Director of International Disputes, Treasury Attorney Generalโ€™s Office of Argentina (Argentina)

  • Ana Marรญa Ordรณรฑez-ย Head of International Defense at the National Agency for the Legal Defense of the State (ANDJE) (Colombia)

  • Nicolรกs Perroneย –ย Research Associate Professor of International Law at Universidad Andrรฉs Bello, (Chile).

  • Rene Urueรฑa –ย Associate Professor and Director of the International Law Program atย Universidad de Los Andesย (Colombia)

  • Jorge Kaufmann- Senior Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (Washington, D.C.)

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El Futuro del Arbitraje de Inversiรณn en Amรฉrica Latina:

Reflexiones sobre los laudos favorables a Colombia

Este panel discutirรก el impacto a futuro en el Derecho Internacional de la Inversiรณn Extranjera en Latinoamรฉrica de los cuatro laudos internacionales a favor de Colombia en 2021. ยฟQuรฉ lecciones deja este resultado frente a los esfuerzos de cambio sistรฉmico en el sistema de controversias inversionista-Estado en la regiรณn?, ยฟCuรกles son los efectos de estos laudos en la actividad regulatoria del Estado? y, ยฟCuรกles son las medidas que los paรญses podrรญan tomar para fortalecer su capacidad para prevenir una afectaciรณn en sus esfuerzos fiscales y regulatorios? El conversatorio contarรก con la participaciรณn de funcionarios pรบblicos y acadรฉmicos expertos en arbitraje internacional de inversiรณn en Amรฉrica Latina y serรก realizado รบnicamente en idioma espaรฑol. No se ofrecerรก traducciรณn simultรกnea al inglรฉs.

Fecha: 10 de junio de 2021.

Hora: 6 p.m. (Washington, D.C.)

Duraciรณn: 90 minutos.

Moderador:

  • รlvaro Santos (CAROLA โ€“ Georgetown Law)

Panelistas:

  • Ana Marรญa Ordรณรฑez (Agencia Nacional Defensa Jurรญdica del Estado, Colombia)

  • Mariana Lozza (Procuraciรณn Nacional del Tesoro, Argentina)

  • Rene Urueรฑa (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)

  • Nicolรกs Perrone (Universidad Andrรฉs Bello, Chile)

  • Jorge Kaufmann (Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C.)

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