24 June 2016 “4th Annual GAR Live Istanbul- Introducing the ISTAC Rules”

We are proud to announce that the 4th Annual GAR Live Istanbul-“Introducing the ISTAC Rules” will be held on 24 June 2016 at Shangri-La Bosphorus Hotel, Istanbul.

During this prestigious event, the ISTAC Arbitration Rules will be discussed by Dr. Hamid Gharavi, Prof. Dr. Bernard Honatiou, Prof. Dr. Ziya Akıncı, Dr. İsmail Esin, and Celal Savaş.

For further information and registration, please visit GAR web site.

Programme

8.30: Welcome coffee and registration

9.00: Chairs’ opening remarks

Prof. Dr. Ziya Akinci, President, ISTAC Board of Arbitration
Jean-Claude Najar, Lazareff Le Bars

9.10: Session one – An introduction to the ISTAC Rules

This session will unveil and then discuss the Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC)’s rules. It will explain those rules and how they fit in with relevant developments – local and international.

Subjects the panel will discuss include:

• The nature, purpose and operation of the ISTAC Rules
• The agreement to arbitrate under ISTAC Rules: how to draft a standard ISTAC clause, and the use of model clauses
• Commencing arbitration – initial considerations including the option of expedited proceedings
• Constituting the tribunal – the requirement for impartiality and independence
• Controlling time and cost – what timetables are set out within the rules, and how is the tribunals remit defined (terms of reference)?

Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Ziya Akinci, ISTAC Board of Arbitration

Panel:
Ismail Esin, Esin Attorney Partnership/Baker & McKenzie
Hamid Gharavi, Derains & Gharavi
Bernard Hanotiau, Hanotiau & van den Berg
Celal Savas, Siemens Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş

10.30: Coffee break

11.00: Session two – GAR Live symposium

Our espresso version of the popular Tylney Hall format

Moderators:
Reza Mohtashami, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Rachel Thorn, Chadbourne & Parke 

12.30: Networking lunch sponsored by FTI Consulting

14.00: Session three – Investment arbitration: What are the most important developments of the past year from a Turkish perspective?

From Yukos, to mega treaties, to how exactly one enforces an ICSID award in the US: it’s been a year full of developments in investment arbitration. But which of the many developments and decisions should Turkish practitioners be most alive to? In this session, a leading panel will offer a high speed update on the year just gone, and which aspects matter – and why

Developments the panel are expected to discuss include:

• Which cases and other developments will have the greatest impact within Turkey?
• Can investment arbitration help companies affected by regional politics (cancelled contracts etc)? What are the prospects for success?
• What lessons should claimants learn on how to best position themselves for success?

Moderator:
Roland Ziadé, Linklaters

Panel:
Melis Acuner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Utku Coşar, Coşar Avukatlık Bürosu
Jérôme Lehucher, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
Veijo Heiskanen, LALIVE

15.30: Coffee break

16.00: Session four – The use of witnesses in arbitration: Do’s and don’ts

Turkish lawyers don’t deal with witnesses (fact or party-appointed experts) in the ordinary course of things – domestic litigation. So encountering the use of them, in IA, can be a shock – and a challenge.

This session will seek to dispel some misconceptions that novices have when it comes to the use of witnesses in cases, and will then explore best practice including what’s allowed and not allowed – in different legal systems, plus some of the do’s and don’ts that make up the art of cross examination.

Finally, it will examine the value of some new procedural techniques: hot-tubbing etc.

It will open with a short presentation on the ISTAC rules and what they permit when it comes to witness testimony.

Subjects the panel are expected to explore in detail include:

• best practice in cross examination (counsels’ perspective; arbitrators)
• the pros and cons of party appointed expert vs tribunal appointed
• hot tubbing and other innovations intended to make use of party-appointed more efficient

Moderator:
Jean-Claude Najar, Lazareff Le Bars

Panel:
Alex Davie, FTI Consulting
Paolo Michele Patocchi, Patocchi & Marzolini
Anne Véronique Schlaepfer, White & Case
Candan Yasan, Secretary General, Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC) 

17.20: Chairs’ closing remarks

Prof. Dr. Ziya Akinci, President, ISTAC Board of Arbitration
Jean-Claude Najar, Lazareff Le Bars

17.30 onwards: All delegates are invited to attend a cocktail reception hosted by Chadbourne & Parke