Ekim 23, 2025 Perşembe,8:00 AM

7th ICC Africa Conference on International Arbitration

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The 7^th ICC Africa Conference on International Arbitration is taking place in Lagos on 1-2 June 2023!

ICC’s annual Africa conference is the key forum for understanding international commercial arbitration in Africa. A prime networking opportunity, this conference provides an indispensable update on developments in the region and is fast becoming the most important gathering for the African arbitration community.

An ICC Institute Advanced Level Training on Catch Me If (And While) You Can: How To Navigate Interim Measures in International Arbitration will take place on 31 May 2023.

Who should attend?

• Practicing lawyers
• Arbitrators, mediators
• Corporate counsel
• Academic
• Professionals interested in and/or involved in international arbitration in Africa

08.30 – 09.00	Registration and welcome coffee
09.00 – 09.10	Welcoming address, introduction and presentation of the ICC Institute of World Business Law
09.10 – 10.10	Strategic considerations and procedures: When, how and to whom to request interim measures? Concept: must be temporary Powers of the ICC arbitral tribunals Role of the lex arbitri When can/should request for interim measures be made? To whom can/should interim measures be requested: emergency arbitrator, arbitral tribunal, national courts (concurrent jurisdiction) ICC procedure and statistics: Art. 28 ICC Rules Specific measures: security for costs, escrow accounts, stop payment orders relating to first demand bank guarantees, and counter-guarantees
10.10 – 10.40	Mock Case
10.40 – 10.55	Coffee Break
10.55 – 11.40	Practical considerations: The counsel’s perspective Burden of proof Types of measures that can be requested: a very broad range, but with limitations Ex-parte requests Discovery requests before national courts in aid of international arbitration (e.g., 28 USC 1782 requests) Most common defenses against requests for interim measures
11.40 – 12.45	Mock Case
12.45 – 13.45	Lunch
13.45 – 14.15	Practical considerations: The arbitrator’s perspective Information with the parties (especially at the outset of the case) Urgency and due process (can an arbitrator award ex parte measures?) Risks: prejudgment, awarding or denying measures may have a permanent effect (e.g., where one of the parties risks liquidation, where assets may disappear, etc.) Can/should arbitrators Asymmetric take a more active role (e.g., escrow accounts managed by tribunals; order counter-security)
14.15 – 15.10	Case scenarios and Q&A
15.10 – 15.25	Coffee Break
15.25 – 15.55	Compliance, enforcement and other issues arising after interim measures are ordered/awarded “Order” v. “Award” of interim measures Enforcement considerations: what can the parties do? What can arbitrators do faced with a party’s refusal to comply with interim measures? Relevance of civil v. common law jurisdictions
15.55 – 16.50	Case scenarios and Q&A
16.50 – 17.00	Concluding remarks