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9-10 October 2025, Tbilisi, Georgia
GIACARBITRATION DAYS
Registration opens on July 1, 2025. Stay tuned for more details, including agenda highlights and speaker announcements.
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GIAC Arbitration Days is the premier arbitration conference in Georgia. Building upon ten successful annual editions since 2014, we are delighted to welcome participants from around the globe to the Annual International Arbitration Conference in Tbilisi.

This year’s conference will feature distinguished panels of renowned arbitrators, practitioners, counsel, and experts, who will engage in lively discussions on cutting-edge topics in international arbitration. Each panel will conclude with an interactive Q&A session, offering attendees an opportunity for direct engagement and insightful dialogue.

Join us for this exceptional event to stay informed on the latest arbitration trends, expand your professional network, and experience the charm of Georgia, including its celebrated wine traditions, dating back thousands of years.

Agenda

- Corporate Disputes in Arbitration
- Labor and Employment Disputes
- Intellectual Property Disputes
- Insolvency and Arbitration

- Excessive Written Submissions: Managing Volume Without Losing Substance
- Document Production Disorder: Can Discovery Be Disciplined?
- Witnesses Statements: (who prepares the statement, show witness should act)
- Late-Blooming Claims: Addressing New Issues in Reply Submissions
- ⁠The role of arbitral Institutions in balancing length, cost and efficiency

- Parallel Proceedings and Anti-Suit Measures - Domestic Courts as Gatekeepers or Disruptors?
- Judicial Review of Investment Awards - A Check on Arbitral Power or a Threat to Finality?
- Domestic Law in Investment Arbitration - Deference, Interpretation, and the Tribunal-Court Divide
- State Liability for Judicial Conduct - Denial of Justice and Beyond

- Evolving Contract Structures: EPC, EPCM, and Multi-Party Scenarios
- Dispute Resolution Pathways: From Technical Experts to Arbitration Tribunals
- Categories in Construction Disputes: (dispute whish shall not end up in arbitration)
-Disputes where arbitration is inevitable

- Geopolitical Turbulence and New Frontiers of Investment Claims
- Counterclaims and Defensive Strategies: The New Normal
- The investor’s rights and obligations in ISDS
- Procedural Innovations: Streamlining Investor-State Arbitration

Speakers
Ketevan Betaneli
Paris-Based, New York Qualified Independent Arbitrator
https://betaneliarbitration.com
Niamh Leinwather
Secretary General, Vienna International Arbitration Centre
https://www.viac.eu/en/about-viac/structure-at-a-glance/viac-secretariat
Noor Davies
Partner, White&Case
http://whitecase.com/people/noor-davies
Anders Junker-Nilsson
Partner, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes
https://www.gbsdisputes.com/team/anders-nilsson
Oleg Shaulko
Partner, Kennedys
https://kennedyslaw.com/en/our-people/people/london/oleg-shaulko
Dr. Patricia Nacimento
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
https://www.hsfkramer.com/our-people/d/dr-patricia-nacimiento
Nino Bakakuri
Law Professor at Caucasus International University (Georgia), Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia (ret.)
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Zakaria Shvelidze
Of Counsel, EY Georgia
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Zena Prodromou
Partner, Milberg London
https://milberg.co.uk/team/zena-prodromou/
Registration

Early Bird Registration Now Open!

Register by September 1, 2025, to benefit from our special early bird rates.

General
$150.00
ALFG, GAA, MAG, GBA Members
$100.00
Public Servants and Academics
$50.00
Students
$20.00
Gala Dinner
$70.00
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