10th Annual EFILA Conference

We are delighted to host the 2025 Conference of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA), taking place in London on Tuesday, 29 April 2025.

13 Feb. 2025 Insight London

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We are delighted to host the 2025 Conference of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA), taking place in London on Tuesday, 29 April 2025.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of EFILA, reflected in the Conference's focus on the Next 10 Years of Investment Treaty Arbitration.

The event will take place at HSF's London office. Further details of the conference are below, and tickets can be purchased here.

8:30 - 9:15	Registration and buffet breakfast sponsored by GIDE
9:15 - 9:30	Welcome address by Dr. José Ángel Rueda García (Chairman of the Executive Board of EFILA)
9.30 - 9.40	Welcome address by Andrew Cannon (Partner, Global Co-Head, International Arbitration and Public International Law HSF)
9.40 - 11.00	Keynote: Prof. Dr. Gerard Meijer (Linklaters) “Old Treaties, New Outcomes”
Moderator:	Dr. Piotr Wilinski (Managing Associate (Knowledge), Linklaters)
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee break sponsored by Gibson Dunn
11.30 – 13.00	Panel 1 “European developments – global impacts”
Moderator:	Richard Trinick (Three Crowns/Young EFILA)
Speakers:	Stephanie Collins (Gibson Dunn/Young EFILA chairwoman) Dr Maria Fogdestam Agius (Westerberg) Anya George (Schellenberg Wittmer) Hannah Ambrose (Herbert Smith Freehills)
13.00 – 14.30	Lunch sponsored by Schellenberg Wittmer and Ashurst
14.30 - 16.00	Panel 2 “International Panel”
Moderator:	Prof. Loukas Mistelis (Clyde & Co LLP)
Speakers:	Alexander Leventhal (Quinn Emanuel) Saadia Bhatty (Gide) Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky (Baker Hostetler) Aakash Brahmachari (Control Risks)
16.00 - 16.30	Coffee break sponsored by TGS Baltic
16.30 – 17.15	Roundtable discussion the impact of the new US Administration’s trade & investment agenda for Europe and beyond
Moderator:	Iana Dreyer (Founder & Editor of Borderlex)
Speakers:	James Boykin (Hughes Hubbard & Reed) Prof. Dr. Solveiga Vilčinskaitė, MCIArb (TGS Baltic) Arne Fuchs, LL.M. (GWU) (Ashurst) Marie Talasova (Wolf Theiss)
17.15 – 17.30	Presentation of Kluwer arbitration tool Eleanor Taylor (Senior Product Manager, Wolters Kluwer, International Group, Legal & Regulatory)
17.30 – 17.45	Closing & 10 Years EFILA 2024 Essay Prize giving ceremony
17.45 – 20:00	Drinks sponsored by Hughes Hubbard & Reed

About EFILA

EFILA is a Brussels-based thinktank that seeks to promote knowledge of all aspects of EU and international investment law, including arbitration. EFILA tracks and analyses the scope and use of investment arbitration, especially from a European perspective, and endeavours to foster objective debate about the current system of investment arbitration.

EFILA’s Executive Board includes Andrew Cannon, Global Co-Head of the International Arbitration and Public International Law practices at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP.

Key contacts

Andrew Cannon

Partner, Head of International Arbitration, London, Paris, India Group, Nordic Group, Africa Group, Kazakhstan Group, Ukraine Group and Central Asia Group

Hannah Ambrose

Partner, London, Ukraine Group and Africa Group

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