Your YAAP January Newsletter

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Dear Members and Friends,

We hope you had a joyous holiday season and a great start to the New Year. The new year also brings news for the YAAP crew:

First and foremost, we would like to thank Patrizia Netal (KNOETZL) for her unparalleled commitment and the countless hours she dedicated to YAAP over many years. Patrizia’s term ended at the close of 2018. We will sorely miss her – but trust she will be around for one or the other future YAAP event.

On the bright side, we are happy to welcome Yoanna Schuch (WilmerHale) to the team. Whilst Yoanna will join the Advisory Board, Lisa Beisteiner (zeiler.partners) will replace Patrizia as YAAP Co-Chair. Lisa is looking forward to her new task of shaping this YAAP year together with Co-Chair Filip Boras. Also, we are excited to work with Yoanna and can’t wait to exchange new ideas and new impetus from London.

Enjoy reading and see you on 7 February at our first 2019 Round Table with Flavio Peter from Wenger & Vieli or another YAAP event!

Yours,
Lisa & Filip
 
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YAAP Round Table, in Vienna, at Gustl Kocht, 7 February 2019

Mark your calendars for the first YAAP Round Table in 2019, offering a talk on "The Arbitral Secretary – When playing the Games of Thrones" – a topic which is highly relevant for many of us. Flavio Peter, LL.M. of Wenger & Vieli Rechtsanwälte (Zurich) will start off the New YAAP year, guiding us through the must-knows and offering insights into the workings of "the fourth arbitrator" over drinks and dinner. Given his prior experience, Flavio is uniquely positioned to answer all questions you ever had on arbitral secretaries. The event will be held at "Gustl kocht" – a modern Viennese "Gasthaus" which has become second home to the Austrian arbitration scene. Arbitration is coming!

Date: Thursday, 7 February 2019, 7 pm

Venue: Gustl Kocht, Erdbergstraße 21, 1030 Wien (subway U3 Rochusgasse)

As always, no need to register and free of charge. We are looking forward to seeing you there!


Vienna Arbitration Days 2019

We would like to invite you to the Vienna Arbitration Days 2019. Over the years, the Vienna Arbitration Days have become the leading arbitration conference in Austria. Once again we welcome participants from numerous jurisdictions around the globe for two days of discussion on leading topics in international arbitration.
 
The Vienna Arbitration Days 2019 will take place
from 1 - 2 March 2019
at Palais Niederösterreich, Herrengasse 13, 1010 Vienna

 
The topic of the VAD 2019 is „Sciences and Innovation in Arbitration”. Catherine A. Rogers has confirmed to hold the keynote speech. On Friday expert panels will discuss the topics “Perception and Reality: Psychology in Arbitration”, “Mathematics and Economics in Arbitration”, and “Impact of Sciences on Arbitral Proceedings”. On Saturday, participants will have an opportunity to further explore related topics in the well-established World Café format.
YAAP offers a special rate for YAAP members, who register and pay the registration fee on or before 1 February 2019.

So be quick and register here.


VIAC/YAAP/Arb|Aut/University of Vienna Master Class on 21 March 2019
 

VIAC, Arb|Aut and the University of Vienna, together with YAAP are hosting a series of workshops and seminars for young practitioners: the Vienna Master Class. Tailored for the younger generation breaking into the field of international arbitration, it provides practical insights and hands-on trainings delivered by seasoned practitioners, this time on "effective dispute resolution". All attendees will receive a certificate of participation. Please see more information below:
 
"Effective Dispute Resolution: From Setting the Stage to Starting the Process Dispute Resolution Clauses and Initial Submissions"
, by Anne-Karin Grill (Vavrovsky), Elisabeth Vanas-Metzler (VIAC) and Smaranda Miron (Energy Community)
 
Date
: 21 March 2019, 4.00 – 7.15 pm
 
Venue: Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), Room B4 2, Wiedner Hauptstraße 63, 1045 Vienna
 
Costs: EUR 150.00 including refreshments
 
Registration: Please apply to office@viac.eu
 
 
Save-the-date: ICC-YAF-YAAP-Conference, Vienna, 13 April 2019
 

Save-the-date for this YAAP event co-organized with the the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum at the occasion of the VIS Moot. Details follow in your next newsletter.
 
 
The German Arbitration Institute DIS is hiring a Counsel
 

The DIS Case Management Team administers more than 200 pending arbitrations. Being part of the DIS Case Management Team is a great opportunity for young practitioners to gain experience from a large number of cases with a leading arbitration institution. For more information please visit: http://www.disarb.org/en/45/joboffers/dis-counsel-m-w-id23
 
 
Looking back: YAAP Anniversary Conference, 5 December 2018
 

On 5 December 2018, at the occasion of the 60th anniversary of arbitration’s magna charta, the YAAP Anniversary Conference kicked off with a lively discussion on whether it is "Time to rejuvenate the New York Convention?", moderated by Professor Dr. Christian Koller (University of Vienna). Dr. Reinmar Wolff from the University of Marburg delivered an illuminating key note on the topic, highlighting the challenges and complexities in today’s application of the convention, followed by Natascha Tunkel (KNOETZL), who shared her practical experience on enforcing arbitral awards, and Benjamin Siino (Shearman & Sterling, Paris), passionately promoting the French model of enforcement of awards which had been set aside at their origin. We never imagined that enforcement of awards can be so much fun: Apart from being highly educative, the speeches proved unexpectedly entertaining and managed to engage the audience in a vibrant discussion. The well-attended YAAP Conference was preceded by the YAAP and Arb|Aut Annual Meetings. Afterwards, discussions on the New York Convention continued until long over cocktails hosted by YAAP.
 
 
Review of our last YAAP Round Table of 2018, Prague
 

On 13 December 2018, on the eve of the official launch of the Prague Rules, YAAP held its first Round Table in Prague, co-organized jointly with our Czech friends. The Round Table was well attended by arbitration practitioners from the Czech Republic, Austria, Russia, and Belarus. In the relaxed atmosphere of the Prague coffeehouse Anthill, a panel comprising Martin Hackl (Konrad&Partners, Vienna), David Seidl (Squire Patton Boggs, Prague) and Kristina Bartoskova (Baker & McKenzie) discussed the enforcement of awards in both jurisdictions. The panel was followed by a controversial Oxford style debate on the motion "By 2030, the Prague Rules will have replaced the IBA Rules in almost all Continental European international arbitration." Dimitra Tsakiri, KNOETZL, and Desiree Prantl, Freshfields, argued in favour of the motion, while Rene Cienciala and Ondrej Cech argued against it, with Rostislav Pekar moderating the debate. The public vote taken by the floor at the outset of the debate established that, but for the Russian "delegation", practitioners were united against the motion. After the speakers had delivered their oral advocacy, the moderator engaged the floor in a lively debate, concluded by a final vote in which at least some formerly critical participants had apparently lost their firm views on the Prague Rules (and were left undecided on the proposition). Contrary to the martial language encountered in some legal writing on the subject, the event ended on a conciliatory note, expressing hopes for a peaceful co-existence and cross-fertilization of the two sets of Rules.
 
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