Milbank LLP International Arbitration partner Viren Mascarenhas will speak at the International Law Association’s annual International Law Weekend (ILW) meeting on October 20 in New York. Mr. Mascarenhas is a panelist on the ABILA-ASIL Roundtable on Cooperation & Compliance Through International Law & Institutions.
The panel discussion will examine the duty of states to cooperate with the obligation of states to comply with international law and the expectation that, should states fail to do so, mechanisms exist to bring about compliance. The roundtable also will discuss the “Change Within Our Lifetimes Campaign,” encouraging attendees to answer: “How do you think cooperation and compliance through international law and institutions might change within your lifetime? How do you think it should change within your lifetime?”
Mr. Mascarenhas will focus his remarks on recent developments in the area of investor-state arbitration, including reforms proposed at UNCITRAL Working Group III. Mr. Mascarenhas specializes in international arbitration, specifically construction, commercial, and investor-state arbitration. His investment arbitration and commercial arbitration experience includes advising or representing energy and mining companies in investment treaty and commercial claims against Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Timor-Leste, Uruguay, and Venezuela. He has represented Turkey in five investment arbitration matters and has advised governments about measures to take to avoid or settle potential investment arbitration disputes.
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