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Scots to speak at Middle East and Africa arbitration conference as ICEA nominated for award

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Scots to speak at Middle East and Africa arbitration conference as ICEA nominated for award

The London Centre of International Law Practice (LCILP) is hosting a conference to address the challenges in the Middle East and Africa marked by political instability and a drop in oil prices.

The main themes include:

  • An overview of the energy arbitration system

  • The Middle East and Africa context: economic factors, market and security issues;

  • Practical considerations when arbitrating

  • Specific issues arising at the stages of exploration, extraction, refinement and distribution process

  • Impact of renewable energy development

  • Impact of investment by state actors

    • Brandon Malone, co-director of the International Centre for Energy Arbitration, chairman of the Scottish Arbitration Centre and principal of Brandon Malone & Co (pictured above) is directing the event.

    The Scottish Arbitration Centre and ICEA are supporting the event, and there are a number of Scottish speakers, including Mr Malone himself, Peter Cameron of CEPMLP and Craig Tevendale of Herbert Smith Freehills.

    In addition the ICEA has been nominated for the “Innovation” award at theGlobal Arbitration Review Awards which will be announced at the GAR dinner on March 2 in Shanghai.

    The ICEA received its nomination for its research on dispute resolution in the energy sector, notably its publication of the initial report on Dispute Resolution in the Energy Sector; a report which sets out the dispute resolution preferences of the sector, with a view to establishing a set of bespoke arbitration rules in future.

    Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre (pictured right), said: “This will be the second year in a row that our energy project has been recognised at this high profile awards ceremony, as the Scottish Arbitration Centre was previously nominated for the GAR Guide to Regional Arbitration award for up and coming regional arbitral institution last year partly for its work on ICEA.

    “Again we face stiff competition for senior individuals and established institutions from around the world, including London, Switzerland, the USA, Hong Kong and China, but we welcome this opportunity to promote Scotland and our work on energy arbitration.”

    Voting is open and votes can be cast here. Polls will close at 8am tomorrow.

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