Milbank LLP International Arbitration partner Viren Mascarenhas will moderate a panel entitled, “Procedural Toolkit for Efficient and Cost-Effective Arbitration,” at Columbia Arbitration Day (CAD) 2024 on March 1.
The panel will consider a recurring issue in arbitration proceedings: inefficient conduct that increasingly frustrates the expectation of cost-efficient proceedings. The panelists will explore the procedural techniques that parties and tribunals can employ to make arbitration smoother with the aim of reducing costs and duration. The purpose is to increase client satisfaction, make arbitration accessible to entities that otherwise could not afford it (e.g., SMEs) and open it up to smaller claims that might not otherwise be brought.
Mr. Mascarenhas teaches arbitration at Columbia Law School and received his J.D. from Columbia University. He has nearly two decades of experience and specializes in international arbitration (commercial, construction and investment arbitration), public international law and business and human rights.
CAD is the first student-organized arbitration event in the US. Every year, attorneys, arbitrators, judges, experts and academics from all over the world gather to discuss pressing arbitration topics at Columbia Law School. Learn more about CAD here.
