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DESCRIPTION:The international investment arbitration system has been heavil
 y criticized for its apparent bias towards investors. Come hear what some 
 experts think about these criticisms.  The 9I制作厂免费 Arbitration Society has 
 invited Simon Lester\, Trade Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute鈥檚 Herber
 t A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies\, and Luke Eric Peterson\, Ed
 itor of聽Investment Arbitration Reporter\, to give us their perspectives on
  investor bias and the state of investment arbitration.  The discussion wi
 ll be moderated by 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Professor Fabien G茅linas.  A reques
 t for accreditation by the Barreau du Qu茅bec has been submitted.  RSVP 脿聽m
 cgill [at] arbitrationsociety.ca.  About the panelists  Simon Lester is a 
 trade policy analyst with Cato Institute鈥檚 Herbert A. Stiefel Center for T
 rade Policy Studies. Before joining Cato\, he worked for the trade law pra
 ctice of a Washington\, D.C. law firm\, and also as a Legal Affairs Office
 r at the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Organization. In 20
 01\, he founded the international trade law web site WorldTradeLaw.net. Hi
 s work has appeared in such publications as the Stanford Journal of Intern
 ational Law\, the George Washington International Law Review and the Journ
 al of World Trade. He has taught courses on international trade law at Ame
 rican University鈥檚 Washington College of Law and the University of Michiga
 n Law School. He has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and has been a member 
 of the D.C. Bar since 1996.  Luke Eric Peterson is the editor of Investmen
 t Arbitration Reporter\, a news and analysis service focusing on internati
 onal arbitrations between foreign investors and their host governments. He
  has more than a decade of experience tracking and analyzing the internati
 onal legal and policy regime governing foreign direct investment. He has r
 eported on investment arbitration claims for various media outlets and has
  conducted specialized research on the foreign investment regime for sever
 al agencies of the United Nations (UNDP\, UNCTAD) and for a number of othe
 r non-governmental research organizations. His work has also appeared in a
 cademic and practitioner journals such as the ICSID Review\, Stockholm Int
 ernational Arbitration Review\, and Arbitration International.  Fabien G茅l
 inas teaches and conducts research in the areas of international dispute r
 esolution\, constitutional law and legal theory. Formerly General Counsel 
 of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of 
 Commerce\, he is a member of the Quebec Bar (1990) and acts as arbitrator 
 and as consultant on dispute resolution and legal reform.
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LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (Room 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q
 C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Biased? A Discussion on Investor Bias in Investor-State Arbitration
URL:/law/channels/event/biased-discussion-investor-bia
 s-investor-state-arbitration-225513
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