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Our Agenda, as always, is packed with current topics delivered by an impressive array of experts:

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16TH       
4.00pm - 5.00pm  Delegate Registration 
7.00pm - 8 .00pm            
Welcome Cocktail Reception 
                                                     Sponsored by:  


MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH       
7.30AM - 8.30AM Breakfast
8.30AM - 9.00AM  Delegate Registration 
9.00AM - 10.30AM
PANEL 1:        
Drafting the International Agreement : Jurisdiction and Choice of Law

Moderated By:   Dr Trevor Carmichael QC, Chancery Chambers, Barbados


9.00am - 9.30am: 


9.30am - 10.00am: 

Drafting the International Agreement: Jurisdiction
and Choice of Law — Special Construction
Industry Issues.

10.00am - 10.30am:


Professor Janet Walker, Osgoode law School of York University, Toronto, Canada

Andrew Stephenson, Holland & Knight LLP, Washington DC


Jeffrey Elkinson, Conyers Dill & Pearman, Bermuda
10.30AM - 10.45AM -    Coffee Break
10.45AM - 12.15PM
PANEL 2:         The Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards in Contractual Disputes

Moderated By: 
Mark Brantley, Daniel, Brantley & Associates, Charlestown, Nevis

10.45am - 11.15am

11.15am - 11.45am:
Enforcing Foreign Judgments In The U.S. And Beyond - A Practitioner's Perspective.

                             

11.45am - 12.15pm: 
Of Fool's Gold and Black Holes - Getting Results in Multi-Jurisdiction Litigation.
                      

Professor Winston Anderson, Caribbean Law Institute Centre, UWI,  Cave Hill Campus, Barbados

Dave Kissoon, Cozen O'Conner, New York, USA

 

Frank Walwyn, WeirFoulds LLP, Toronto, Canada

12.15PM - 1.30PM - LUNCH
1.30PM - 2.30PM
PANEL 3:       Drafting the International Agreement and the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards: The Latin American Experience

Moderated By:  Professor Ralph Carnegie, Faculty of Law, UWI, Cave HIll Campus, Barbado


1.30pm - 2.00pm: 
Drafting the International Agreement: Jurisdiction and Choice of Law: The Latin American Experience

Giancarlo Angelucci, Lexincorp, San Salvador, 
El Salvador

 

2.00pm - 2.30pm: 
The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Contractual Disputes: The Latin American Experience
Gonzalo Biggs, Figueroa, Valenzuela y Cia, Santiago, Chile
2.30PM - 4.00PM
PANEL 4:     The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Offshore Financial Services Industry in the Caribbean

 

2.30pm - 3.00pm: 
The Challenges and Prospects for International Financial Centres after the International Financial Crisis:

  • The Implications of the G20 Summit

  • US Legislative and Executive Initiatives: Options for Small Offshore Financial Centers

  • The Regulatory and Diplomatic Imperatives: The need for More Carrots & Less Sticks - Their Strategic Options

Bruce Zagaris, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP, Washington DC. 

 

3.00pm - 3.30pm: 
Tax Havens and Anti-Money Laundering Rules in Latin America: the Impact on Offshore Companies
Renata Emery, Xavier,Bernades, Braganca Sociedade de Advogades, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3.30pm - 4.00pm: 
The G20 and International Tax Issues

David Spencer, Tax Justice Network, New York, USA


TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH       
7.30AM - 8.30AM Breakfast
9.00am - 10.00am: 
The Impact of the Global Crisis on the Financing of Major Projects in the Caribbean

9.00am - 9.40am: 
Peter Darrow, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, USA

9.40am - 10.15am: 
Mr A Keith Tuomi, Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto, Canada

 

10.15AM - 10.30AM -    Coffee Break  
10.30am - 11.45am: 
Infrastructure Renewal and Development in the Caribbean

10.30am - 11.10am: 
Bradley McLellan, WeirFoulds LLP, Toronto, Canada

11.10am - 11.45am: 
Daniel Ferguson, WeirFoulds LLP, Toronto, Canada

11.45am - 12.25pm: 
International Sources of Funding
 

 


For registration information please contact:
Ms. Lorna Payne, 
University of the West Indies, Faculty of Law, Cave Hill Campus, Cave Hill, St. Michael  Barbados, W.I.
Tel: (246) 417 4220     Fax: (246) 424-1788  Email:  lorna.payne@cavehill.uwi.edu

© 2009. Caribbean Commercial Law Workshop. Produced by the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies.