ICC / DRBF Regional Conference: Practical Issues in Construction Dispute Resolution and Dispute Avoidance

ICC and DRBF join forces to provide insights by some of the best experts in construction disputes.

Description

The event will focus on the practicalities in thethe various stages of a construction dispute and will include a seminar on Dispute Boards and a mock construction dispute. Speakers will share their experience on different mechanisms and techniques for dispute resolution and dispute avoidance.

Who should attend?

Any practitioner involved in international construction contracts and disputes: engineers, contractors, in-house lawyers from construction companies, arbitrators, counsel, mediators, experts, contract managers, contracting authorities in procurement

Programme

Day 1 – 27 September

08:30-09:00 Registration

09:00-10:30 Workshops, Part 1

• Workshop A: Dispute Boards (Intermediate Level) – Serdica Conference Room
• Workshop B: Delay and Disruption in construction claims (introductory level) – Rila Conference Room

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-13:00 Workshops, Part 2

• Workshop A: Dispute Boards (Intermediate Level) – Serdica Conference Room
• Workshop B: Delay and Disruption in construction claims (introductory level) – Rila Conference Room

13:00-14:30 Lunch

14:30-14:45 Welcome Address

14:45-15:05 Key Note Speech

15:05-16:00 Session 1 ICC Point of View

• The ICC Court point of view on appointment of arbitrators, scrutiny of the awards, and bifurcation of cases

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30-17:30 Session 2 Arbitration Trends in Central and Eastern Europe

17:30-17:45 Summary, Q&A

18:30-21:00 Cocktail at KVADRAT 500 Art Gallery with classical music and curated walk through two of the gallery’s halls

Day 2 – 28 September

08:30-09:00 Morning Coffee

09:00-10:30 Session 3 Dispute avoidance/adjudication under the FIDIC 2017 Edition

• DAAB and dispute resolution clauses under the new FIDIC rules
• Challenge of DAAB before ICC under the new FIDIC rules

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 Session 4 Enforcement of DAB decisions and arbitral awards in the CEE region

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:00 Session 5 A Real-Life Mock Case

• Construction Dispute Resolution – A Journey through Three Stages
• A step by step enactment from a party‘s dissatisfaction with a Dispute Board decision to ICC arbitration appointment and beyond. This will include the role of ICC; timescales for Notices of Dissatisfaction; emergency arbitrator process and much more

16:00-16:30 Summary, Q&A, Close of Conference

Speakers

Assen Alexiev - Partner, Sabev & Partners Law Firm, Sofia

Metodi Baykushev - Secretary General ICC Bulgaria, Managing Partner at Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. Law Firm, Sofia

Charles Blamire-Brown - Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP, London

Anthony Albertini - Partner, Clyde & Co, London

Simon Fegen - Director at Leach Group, Bath, United Kingdom, Chartered Surveyor (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), Fellow of the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa), Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a CEDR Accredited Mediator

Maria Fisentzou - Delay Expert, Forensic Delay Analyst

Levent Irmak - Founder & Managing Director of MC² MODERN CONSTRUCTION CONSULTING, Istanbul; President of DRBF Region-2 Board of Directors, MSc. Civil Engineer

Maciej Jamka - Managing Partner, K&L Gates Jamka Sp.k.

Dr. Moritz Keller - Partner, Clifford Chance Deutschland LLP

Ulrich Kopetzki - Counsel of the Eastern European team, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Crenguta Leaua - Managing Partner at LDDP – LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU, Bucharest, Assoc. Prof. Dr. with the Academy of Economic Studies and Visiting Associate Professor Dr. with the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest, Vice-President of the Romanian Society of Construction Law

Boyana Milcheva - DRBF Country Representative, Bulgaria, Partner at Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. Law Firm, Sofia

Miloš Olík, Ph.D., LLM, FCIArb - Partner, ROWAN LEGAL, Czech Republic; Chairman of the Council of Arbitrators of Football Association of the Czech Republic

Lindy Patterson Q.C. - Queen’s Counsel, Chair of the domestic arbitral appointment sub-committee of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, President-Elect of the Dispute Resolution Board Federation (DRBF), Region 2, Adjudicator with TeCSA and RICS, Member of LCIA Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors

Dimitar Smilenov - ICC Court Member, Attorney-at-law, Arbitrator

Adriana Spassova - Partner and Managing Director of EQE Control, company of ABS Group, Sofia, DRBF Region 2, Member of Board of Directors

Cosmin Vasile - Regional ICC YAF Representative for Romania, Managing Partner, Zamfirescu Racoti & Partners, Bucharest

Eugenio Zoppis - Salini Impregilo S.p.A., Milano, Project Manager of Gibe III site in Ethiopia

Dr. Sarwono Hardjomuljadi - DRBF Region 2, Member of Board of Directors

Lisa Beisteiner - Partner, zeiler.partners, Austria

Sebastian Mahr - Partner, PHH Prochaska Havranek Rechtsanwälte, Austria

Logistical notes

Venue
Sofia Hotel Balkan
pl. “Sveta Nedelya” 5, 1000 Sofia Center
Sofia, Bulgaria

Cocktail venue
KVADRAT 500 National Art Gallery
1, 19th February St., St Alexander Nevsky Sq., 1000 Sofia Center
Sofia, Bulgaria

Travel and accommodation
Travel and hotel expenses are not included in the registration fee. ICC Bulgaria has negotiated preferential room rates with the Sofia Hotel Balkan. The complete information will be sent upon registration enabling participants to make their reservations directly.

Registration

To register, please use the following links:

Registration in English

For more information, please contact

Metodi Baykushev
+359 2 421 4201
Secretary General ICC Bulgaria, Managing Partner at Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. Law Firm, Sofia
metodi.baykushev@dpc.bg

Ann Russo
+1-980-265-2367
Executive Director at DRBF
arusso@drb.org

Elena Ivanova
+359 2 421 4201
Marketing coordinator
elena.ivanova@dpc.bg