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Norton Rose Fulbright events | October 2024
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Norton Rose Fulbright is proud to host two events during Australian Arbitration Week. Our diverse and experienced panels will explore the key trends we are seeing across Asia’s energy sector and provide insights into how to manage political risk and optimise the value of foreign investments. Together, our events will highlight the dynamic and evolving international arbitration landscape in our region.
Upcoming events
Event 1
Hot Cakes and Hot Takes: Trends and developments in Asia’s energy sector
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Registration 8:00am (AEST)
Event commences 8:15am (AEST)
Speakers
- Matt Lee, (formerly Principal, Burford Capital)
- Shanna Svensson, Team Lead, Global Litigation Asia Pacific, Shell
- Katie Chung, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Singapore
- Dylan McKimmie, Head of Arbitration and Co-Head of Energy, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
- Ananya Mitra, Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
Set your alarm clocks and join an energising breakfast panel discussion on the developments and trends in Asia’s energy sector. We discuss how those developments and trends impact on commercial agreements, and the pressure points that are likely to result in disputes.
The panel discussion will be moderated by Norton Rose Fulbright Australia's Head of Arbitration and Co-Head of Energy, Dylan McKimmie. Joining Dylan will be Shanna Svensson (Team Lead, Global Litigation Asia Pacific, Shell), Matt Lee (formerly Burford Capital), Katie Chung (Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Singapore) and Ananya Mitra (Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia).
Event 2
Once BIT-ten, twice shy, managing political risk and optimising value in foreign investments during turbulent times
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Registration 10:00am (AEST)
Event commences 10:15am (AEST)
Speakers
- Professor Chester Brown, 7 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
- Joe Morris, Managing Partner, Control Risks
- Kyle Williams, Senior Vice President, Political Risk & Structure Credit Leader – Pacific, Marsh
- Jo Feldman, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
- Besma Grifat-Spackman, Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
Please join our experienced panel for an engaging and topical conversation looking at how to manage and mitigate political risk in foreign investments in a time of geopolitical uncertainty. Our panel will explore how businesses investing capital overseas can optimise the value and return of their foreign investments, including upfront risk analysis, investment strategy and structuring, use of political risk insurance and effective use of investment arbitration.
Contact
For more information about these events or if you are experiencing issues with registering, please contact:
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Event 1 Speakers
Matt Lee | (formerly Principal, Burford Capital)
Matt Lee was formerly the Principal responsible for Burford Capital’s investments and operations in Australia. His focus is on assisting Australian businesses with legal finance for high-value commercial arbitrations and litigation as well as enforcement campaigns for legal disputes that are regularly multi-jurisdictional in nature. Prior to joining Burford, Matt was responsible for managing cases in the international dispute resolution team at a global law firm based in New York.
Shanna Svensson | Team Lead, Global Litigation Asia Pacific, Shell
Shanna Svensson is Senior Legal Counsel in Shell’s Global Litigation group and leads the team managing Shell’s material litigation across Asia Pacific. She joined the Shell group in 2016, having managed BG Group’s Australian litigation and arbitration matters since 2013. Prior to moving in-house Shanna practiced in the Construction & Major Projects Disputes team at Allens Linklaters, having graduated from Queensland University of Technology.
Recently she has supported Shell’s Australian QGC LNG, North West Shelf and Prelude integrated gas assets, including successfully defending a number of material international arbitration claims. During her time at Shell, Shanna has also supported litigation in the Europe, Middle East and North Africa region defending some of the most material cases for the Shell group, including in relation to climate change and corporate separateness.
Katie Chung | Partner Norton Rose Fulbright Singapore
Katie Chung is an international disputes and arbitration lawyer based in Singapore. With more than a decade of experience, Katie has advised and represented both private and state-owned clients in international arbitrations conducted under all major institutional and ad hoc arbitration rules. These disputes usually feature an Asian element, and involve a wide range of applicable laws and multijurisdictional parallel court proceedings.
Katie has extensive contentious experience in commodities, oil and gas, renewable energy and the power sector, and regularly advises on technology related disputes. She has also practised in Hong Kong and was seconded to an international oil major in Hong Kong. Katie acts as lead counsel in international arbitrations, and regularly sits as an arbitrator, having accepted appointments in institutional arbitrations seated in Singapore or Hong Kong under the ICC, SIAC and HKIAC Rules. She is on the reserve panel of arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the List of Arbitrators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), the Panel of International Arbitrators of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) and the Panel of Arbitrators of the Thailand Arbitration Centre (THAC).
Dylan McKimmie | Head of Arbitration and Co-Head of Energy, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
Dylan McKimmie is an arbitration partner with a national and international practice focussing on the energy sector, particularly the oil and gas sector where he works with several global oil and gas majors. With his in-depth understanding of both his clients and the industries in which they operate, Dylan provides reliable, technically-astute and commercially-focussed advice on issues across both upstream and downstream operations.
Described by clients as "pragmatic and outcome-driven" and "exceptional in terms of providing commercial advice, understanding business and understanding that everyone is trying to look for ways to reduce exposure to risks", Dylan's practice covers a wide range of commercial disputes, and he is the leader of NRFA’s "very capable and well-regarded arbitration team". Dylan has appeared as counsel in the High Court of Australia in one of the leading cases about international arbitration, and is ranked by Chambers, and by Best Lawyers in litigation (2013-2024), alternative dispute resolution (2014-2022), international arbitration (2016-2024) and competition law (2017-2024).
Ananya Mitra | Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
Ananya Mitra is an international arbitration lawyer based in Sydney and is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb). Her practice includes complex commercial arbitration with a focus on the energy sector (piped gas, LNG, renewables). Ananya has acted for clients in Asia and Europe in a number of high value energy disputes including price reviews.
Event 2 Speakers
Professor Chester Brown | 7 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Chester is Professor of International Law and International Arbitration at the University of Sydney Law School, a barrister at 7 Wentworth Selborne Chambers, Sydney, and an Overseas Member of Essex Court Chambers, London. His practice focuses on international arbitration, and encompasses advisory work and appearances in court and before arbitral tribunals. He has particular expertise in disputes which raise issues of public and private international law, and he is presently engaged in a number of disputes arising under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties.
Joe Morris | Managing Partner, Control Risks
Joe Morris is the Managing Partner leading Control Risks’ Australia-Pacific business, overseeing the delivery of solutions and services to clients
He supports companies as they look to enter new markets, manage critical business issues, and strengthen their resilience.
Kyle Williams | Senior Vice President, Political Risk & Structured Credit Leader – Pacific, Marsh
Kyle leads Marsh’s Political Risk and Structured Credit team in the Pacific region. Kyle has overall responsibility for supporting Marsh’s client base across banks, non-bank financial institutions, institutional investors and corporates. The role encompasses strategic client engagement and support, transactional origination and structuring, advisory, (re)insurer engagement, risk placement, transaction execution, portfolio management and client support / advisory in claims and work-outs. Kyle has over 29-years of experience in the insurance industry specialising in Political Risk and Structured Credit.
Jo Feldman | Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Jo Feldman is a dispute resolution partner who has represented clients in commercial and treaty arbitrations. She has worked for governments and claimants, on some of the largest arbitrations in the world including the tobacco plain packaging disputes against Australia, Ukraine and sanctions disputes, human rights and environmental disputes, resources arbitrations in Asia and Africa, the Boeing and Airbus disputes in the World Trade Organization, utilities disputes in Eastern Europe, and IP disputes against China. Jo has also negotiated or advised on all of Australia's investment and trade treaties, including with the US, UK, EU, Canada, Chile, Mexico, China, Japan, South Korea, India, ASEAN, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Jo is co-Chair of the Australian Law Council Trade and Business Law Committee, is recognised by LawDragon 500, and sits on the Australian Expert Advisory Committee for UNCITRAL.
Besma Grifat-Spackman | Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright
Besma Grifat-Spackman is a Senior Associate in the arbitration team of NRF. She has over 9 years’ experience advising and representing international corporations and foreign governments in complex and high value matters under the rules of various international arbitration institutions (ICSID, UNCITRAL, HKIAC, ICC, LCIA) and the laws of multiple jurisdictions (including France, England & Wales and Australia).
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