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Towards the end of arbitrability? About Achmea, Komstroy, PL Holdings, et al.

Wednesday, January 19, 2022 11:30to12:45
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Free.

Join us for the 2022 John E.C. Brierley Memorial Lecture, which will be given by Professor Giuditta Cordero-Moss, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo.

Kindly RSVP with your full name and affiliation to pjrl.law [at] mcgill.ca. Connection details will be provided by email closer to the event.

About the speaker

Giuditta Cordero-Moss is a Professor in the Department for Private Law, University of Oslo, Norway, in charge of International Commercial Law, International Commercial Arbitration and Private International Law. She lectures in the fields of contract law, private international law and arbitration. Formerly a corporate lawyer, she practiced the law of international contracts for nearly 20 years, primarily within commercial and industrial cooperation, financing, project financing, international litigation and transactions in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Professor Cordero-Moss joined Oslo University in 2003. She is a legal adviser within her fields of specialization and an arbitrator. She is a Member of the ICC Court of Arbitration (since 2018); a Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law (since 2019); and President (2017-20) and Judge (2007-2020) of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Administrative Tribunal.  

The John E.C. Brierley Memorial Lecture

This Brierley lecture series on arbitration commemorates the life and work of John E.C. Brierley, who was Professor and Dean of Law at McGill. Brierley was a prominent figure in the discipline of comparative law internationally and the leading Canadian expert on arbitration.

The annual lecture is presented by McGill Law and its Research Team on Private Justice and the Rule of Law, with the participation of the Canadian Bar Association (Québec branch). The lecture is made possible by the John E. C. Brierley Memorial Lecture Fund established by L. Yves Fortier and the sponsorship of Woods LLP.

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This event is eligible for inclusion as 1 hour of continuing legal education as reported by members of the Barreau du Québec.

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