PROGRAM

The schedule of classes of the 2024 edition may be downloaded in PDF format at the end of this page. 

The speakers composing the Faculty of the 2024 edition will give the following lectures or conduct the following workshops: 

Apostolos Anthimos

• .eu ADR domain dispute resolution
• Sports arbitration and the 1958 New York Convention

Davide Castagno

• Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) and Forum Shopping in the Digital and Social Media Era. A comparison between the US and the EU
• Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) and Forum Shopping in the Digital and Social Media Era. A comparison between the US and the EU: a case study

Giovanni Chiapponi
Workshop: Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in case of a choice of court agreeement concluded under a special convention in breach of the Brussels I bis regulation

Elena D'Alessandro
Cross-Border Claims to Nazi-Looted Art: A Legal Case Study

Marco Farina
Commercial debts collection in the EU

Francesca Ferrari
Cross-border patent litigation: the first year of the European Patent Court

Pietro Franzina

• Suing corporations over failures to meet human rights due diligence requirements: does jurisdiction matter?
• Fighting fake news in court: some key issues in cross-border cases

Paola Giacalone

EU small claims proceedings: yesterday, today and tomorrow

Valeria Giugliano

When Private International Law meets Intellectual Property Law

Albert Henke
Collective redress in competition law disputes

Anastasia Kalantzi

• The unification of procedural law in the EU: res judicata
• The unification of procedural law in the EU: res judicata. A case study

Michele Angelo Lupoi

• Recasting the recast: which way forward for the Brussels I bis Regulation?
• In or out? The defendant's domicile and the Brussels I bis system

Ilaria Pretelli

• Recognition of judicial decisions: a comparison between the EU system, the Lugano convention and some bilateral conventions
• Interim and provisional remedies in European and conventional private international law

Olga Słomińska

• Is arbitration the best legal solution for disputes in cross-border M&A transactions?
• Is arbitration the best legal solution for disputes in cross-border M&A transactions? A case study

Maja Stanivuković

The appointment of arbitrators in international arbitration based on case studies

Marco Torsello

• The law applicable to the merits in arbitration
• The seat of the arbitration in international arbitration
• The recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards

Anna Wysocka-Bar
Carriage of Goods by Road – Interaction between uniform law and EU private international law

The speakers composing the Roundtable "The role of the new International Commercial Courts in cross-border litigation" are: 

Letizia Ceccarelli

Arbitral institutions and international commercial courts: competitors or partners?

Alberto Malatesta 

Chair 

Edith Nordmann 

Translating Justice: The Role of the Netherlands Commercial Court in International Disputes and the Impact of Diligent Legal Translation on Global Understanding

Edoardo Piermattei

Agreement to Resolve Disputes in Special Economic Zones: Lesson from Asia

 Andrea Spada Jimenez

Particularities of the Commercial Courts in Spain

Salvatore Domenico Zannino

International Commercial Courts : is Italy really on the move?