Contract Drafting and International Arbitration

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This event will take the form of a panel discussion among current and former transactional lawyers, involved in drafting, negotiating, and deciding on international commercial contracts. Following the panel discussion, there will be ample time for a Q&A session involving the audience.

The purpose of the discussion is to contribute material and experience regarding contract clauses, the construction of which has proven to raise issues: clauses that are meant to be interpreted literally, clauses that are likely to be read in light of the governing law, etc. The panelists will discuss, among othet things, the circumstances under which these clauses are drafted and the expectations of the drafters when they insert them into the contract. 

The event is part of a series of workshops organized around the world including in Oslo, Rome, Paris, London, Sao Paulo, and Singapore. It is part of an empirical research project. which analyzes whether international contracts are construed uniformly in arbitration, or whether legal traditions playa role even where the framework is an international one.

Panelists: Gregory Classon, Myrna Barakat Friedman, Richard Gray, Lisa D. Love
Moderator: Giudita Cordero-Moss
Closing Remarks: Franco Ferrari