Contemporary issues in International Arbitration

September 12, 2013February 16, 2015 JUDr. Martin SvatosPosted in Lectures, NezařazenéTagged Conferences and Lectures, International Arbitration

Dr. Svatos gave a lecture within the 55th Seminar of European and Comparative Law, organized by Urbino European Legal Studies Center of the University Carlo Bo in Urbino (Italy).

It was entitled “Les questions contemporaines dans le domaine de l’arbitrage international : modèle standard et déviations dans la région de l’Europe centrale” and it concerned the contemporary issues in International arbitration, especially the issue of independence and impartiality of arbitrators.

The lecture was followed by an exam held in English, French or Italian.

The powerpoint presentation of the lecture can be downloaded here.

Martin is one of the leading Czech mediators and arbitrators. He has acted in more than 200 both international and domestic cases in mediation (listed by the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic and by the Energy Community). His experiences in alternative dispute resolution were appreciated when he became the President of the Working group of the ICC Czech Republic for mediation. Martin has acted in several arbitrations both as chairman, member of the tribunal and of counsel (listed as arbitrator by the VIAC, Arbitration Court of the Czech Football Association, Czech Arbitration Court and Czech Commodity Exchange Arbitration Court). Martin lectures at the Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) and at the Seminar of European and Comparative Law in Urbino (Italy). He has been visiting professor at the University of the French West Indies in Guadeloupe. He also gave a course at the Faculté Libre de Droit Institut Catholique de Toulouse, at the Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia), at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law and at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (both PRC), Georgetown University (USA) and many others. In 2016, he acted as a member of the Czech delegation to the UNCITRAL WG II. He publishes and gives speeches at international conferences on regular basis. He is one of the co-editors of the EU Mediation Handbook (Kluwer International, 2017). As a speaker, he attended many international conferences all around the globe (the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres, the IBA Annual Conference, the German Arbitration Institute Annual Conference, the Conference of the Mediators’ Institute of Ireland (Dublin) and YIAG conferences (Istanbul, Warsaw)...