Prague Arbitration Day 2025

Insights from Europe and the USA on Modern Arbitration and ADR

Prague Arbitration Day is an annual one-day conference organised in the heart of Central & Eastern Europe that focuses on topical issues in arbitration. The event builds on previous successful conferences in 2018, the event has been again co-organized by the ICC Czech Republic and the ICC Dispute Resolution Services. As the title of the 2025 edition suggests, our speakers who will provide their valuable insights on the below topics will include professionals with both European and American backgrounds. 

Venue:

Martinický palác, Hradčanské náměstí 67, Prague 1

Programme:

9:00 - 9:30 Registration

9:30 - 9:35 Moderator

• Viktor Glatz • Associate at PRK • Secretary of the Commission on International Arbitration at ICC Czech Republic • CZ

9:35 - 9:45 Opening speech

• Marek Procházka • Partner at PRK • Vice-Chairman of the Commission on International Arbitration at ICC Czech Republic • CZ

9:45 - 10:00 Keynote speech

• Sarah Vasani • Partner • Co-Head of International Arbitration and Head of Investor State Dispute Resolution at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP - Alternate Member • ICC International Court of Arbitration • USA

10:00 - 11:15 Practice as arbitrator in a large firm and as independent practitioner in a boutique firm - conflict of interest and other challenges

• Christopher Chinn • Partner at Chinn Arbitration • USA / FR
• Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz • Senior Partner at Gessel • PL
• Dušan Sedláček • Partner at Havel & Partners • CZ
• Lucia Raimanová • Co-Managing Partner of Bratislava at A&O Shearmann • SK / UK

11:15 - 11:45 Coffee break

11:45 - 13:00 Challenging and enforcement of awards

• Olena Perepelynska • Partner at Integrites • UKR
• Ulrich Kopetzki • Acting Director for Europe • ICC Dispute Resolution Services • AUT
• Marie Talašová • Counsel at Wolf Theiss • CZ
• Petr Polášek • Partner at White & Case • CZ / USA

13:00 - 14:15 Lunch break

14:15 - 15:30 Evidence taking and document production

• Sarah Lemoine • Senior Associate at Clifford Chance • CAN / GER
• Chloe Mears • Legal Director at DLA Piper • UK
• Flavio Peter • Partner at Peter & Kim • SUI
• Matej Pustay • Partner at Squire Patton Boggs - ICC YAAF Representative • SK / CZ

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 - 17:15 ADR / Mediation

• Chris Clements • Partner at Deloitte • UK / UAE
• Aisha Nadar • Partner at Advokatfirman Runeland AB • EGY / SWE / USA
• Leon Kopecky • Partner at Schönherr • AUT / CZ
• Anne-Karin Grill • Founder and Principal at AKG Advisory • AUT

17:15 - 17:20 Closing remarks

• Jitka Haubová • Executive Board member at ICC • Chair at ICC Czech Republic • Chief Operations Officer at Komerční banka • CZ

17:30 - 18:30 Walking tour / free time

18:30 - 22:00 Evening cocktail

General information:

Conference will commence at 9:30 at Martinický Palác

During the approx. 1 hour gap between the conference and the evening cocktail reception, guests will have the option to join a guided tour of a historic site

Cocktail reception will commence at 18:30 and will be held in the restaurant situated at the venue of the conference, with access to the terrace

Language: English (no interpretation will be provided by organizers)

Fees:

Early Bird Conference Fee (until 6 January 2025) - 6,500 CZK / 250 EUR incl. VAT per personRegularConference Fee (from 7 January 2025) - 7,500 CZK / 290 EUR incl. VAT per person

The price includes conference fee, two coffee breaks, lunch and conference materials.

Cocktail Reception Fee - 2,500 CZK / 100 EUR incl. VAT per person

Cocktail reception has to be ordered and paid separately.
Standard discounts for members of the ICC Czech Republic apply.

Who shold attend:

An audience not only from the CEE region but from the rest of Europe as well, with a special focus on in-house counsels, as well as lawyers (legal counsels), arbitrators, and representatives of national and international chambers (banking, insurance, etc.).

Sponzors:

Allen Overy Shearman Sterling (Czech Republic) LLP, organizační složka
BBH, advokátní kancelář, s. r. o.
Clifford Chance Prague LLP, organizační složka
Deloitte Advisory s.r.o.
DLA Piper Prague LLP, organizační složka
HAVEL & PARTNERS s.r.o., advokátní kancelář
PRK Partners s.r.o. advokátní kancelář
ROWAN LEGAL, advokátní kancelář s.r.o.
Squire Patton Boggs s.r.o., advokátní kancelář
Urban & Hejduk s.r.o., advokátní kancelář
Wolf Theis Rechtsänwalte GmbH organizační složka