Contractual and Conventional Tools for the Protection of Foreign Investors and State’s Regulatory Power

Introduction

The international contractual commercial and investment relation is witnessing a considerable evolution reflecting the search for a balance between the parties involved.
On the one hand, international investment agreements are designed to protect only the investment against the action of the host State. These instruments are now enriched by treaty provisions reaffirming the right of the State to regulate for general interest and in areas such as health, the environment and human rights, regulation likely to have an impact on the rights of the investor and considered however not to be in violation of the international investment agreement.

On the other hand, recommendations for the investor, relating to environmental, societal and governance requirements.

This new approach, which allows for a better balance between the parties, is also accompanied by the search for greater security for private investors in the face of the State’s exercise of its regulatory powers.

The aim of this conference is to examine in detail the issues relating to the substance, procedure, and enforcement of the award rendered by an arbitral tribunal, in an approach that will enable us to understand security tools at the level of international commercial contracts and investment contracts.

Agenda Format & Structure

Registration
03:00 - 04:00

Arrival to CRCICA and Registration

Inaugural Session
04:00 - 05:00

- Dr. Ismail Selim, Director of CRCICA

H.E. Coun. Mahmoud Fawzi, Minister of Parliamentary and Legal Affairs and Political Communication

- Counselor Abdel Razak Shoaib, President of the Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority 

- Mr. Gonzalo Flores, Deputy Secretary-General ICSID 

Ms. Ashwita Ambast, Senior Legal Counsel at the PCA 

Dr. Pascale Accaoui Lorfing, Associate Researcher at CREDIMI – Univ. Burgundy, & Affiliated Professor at ESCP Business School – Paris 

Panel 1: Substantive Issues
05:00 - 06:00

Moderator: Counselor Amr Arafa, (MIDS) LL.M., Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority (ESLA)  

Speakers:

Dr. Pascale Accaoui Lorfing, Associate Researcher at CREDIMI – Univ. Burgundy, & Affiliated Professor at ESCP Business School – Paris

Ms. Yulia Levashova, Associate Professor at Nyenrode Business University and Director of Dispute Prevention at the Asia Pacific FDI Network, who will focus on conventional tools for the protection of foreign investors 

Break
06:00 - 06:15

Networking Coffee Break

Panel 2: Procedural Issues
06:15- 07:15

Moderator: Dr. Fatma Salah Riad, professor of law at the School of Law, Cairo University Managing Partner of Riad & Riad Law Firm  (Confirmed)

Speakers:

Counselor Fatma Khalifa, Foreign Disputes Department, Egypt State Lawsuit Authority 

 Judge Mohammed Khalil, Member of the General Department for Arbitration and International Disputes at the Egyptian Ministry of Justice

 Ms. Fatma Ibrahim, Mediation Advisor & Consultant 

Panel 3: Enforcement and Challenges of Arbitral Awards
07:15 - 08:15

Moderator: Dr. Mohamed Abdelraouf, Partner and Head of the International Arbitration Group at ABDEL RAOUF LAW FIRM 

Speakers:

Dr. Ahmed Weshahi, Senior Partner, ALC-Alieldean Weshahi & Partners 

Counselor Mahmoud El- Kharashy,Vice President of the International Arbitration & Foreign Disputes Department
Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority (“ESLA”)

Closing Remarks
08:15 - 08:30

Closing Remarks

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