Global Arbitration Trends: Insights from High-Value Commercial & Investor-State Cases Across Latin America and Africa

Presentation

Join us for an in-depth discussion of emerging issues in contract and investment disputes across multiple sectors, drawing on recent multi-billion-dollar cases handled under ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, PCA, and regional chambers. This panel will feature diverse expert perspectives and highlight lessons learned from complex disputes in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Among other topics and themes, we will address:

- Geopolitical and regulatory shifts: resource nationalism, ESG pressures, sanctions, and the rise of new arbitral institutions.

- Procedural trends: emergency measures, bifurcation, disclosure, and cost control in mega-claims and portfolio disputes.

- Case insights: learnings from recent multi-billion investor-state disputes and repeat commercial portfolios in sectors such as energy, manufacturing, retail, and infrastructure.

- Choice of valuation methodologies in high-stakes cases: discounted cash flow (DCF), sunk cost, technical approaches, and market-based benchmarks.