Improving Diversity in International Arbitration

London, England

Thursday, March 15, 2018 | 5:45 p.m.
Cleary Gottlieb | 2 London Wall Place
London EC2Y 5AU, England

We are pleased to invite you to an evening of networking and discussion in connection with recent initiatives and ongoing challenges regarding diversity in international arbitration, co-sponsored by ArbitalWomen.

The evening will begin with a Speednet (women only) networking session, to be followed by a debate open to all, with a panel of speakers bringing perspectives from law firms, clients, arbitral institutions, and arbitrators, and addressing concrete ways to improve gender diversity as well as regional and generational diversity in international arbitration.

Please RSVP by 9 March 2018 and/or send any questions to Gretchen Oldham at goldham@cgsh.com or +33 140 746 800.

Program Agenda

5:45–6:15 p.m. Registration (Speednet)

6:15–7:00 p.m. Speednet (Women only)

7:00–7:15 p.m. Registration

7:15–8:30 p.m. Panel Discussion

Moderator: Claudia Annacker,
Partner, Cleary Gottlieb

Lise Bosman,
Senior Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration;
Executive Director, ICCA

Juliet Blanch,
Arbitrator, Arbitration Chambers;
Member, Steering Committee of the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge

Eva Kalnina,
Counsel, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler