12 I SEP I 2025

Vilnius Arbitration Day 2025

HEROES OF ARBITRATION

Great Power
Great Responsibility
Great Opportunity

VILNIUS ARBITRATION DAY 2025

12 I SEPTEMBER I 2025

AGENDA

08:30 – 09:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00 – 09:20

Welcome Speech by Chairman of VCCA Vitalija Baranovienė

09:20 – 09:40

Welcome Speech

09:40 – 09:45

Introduction of Keynote speaker by Vilija Vaitkute Pavan

Partner at Ellex Valiunas

09:45 – 10:20

Keynote Speech by Roland Ziadé Partner,

Global Co-Head of International Arbitration, Linklaters

10:20 – 10:30

Welcome and Logistics Remarks from Organising Committee

10:30 – 11:00

Networking Break and Coffee

Stream 1

“Procedural Questions”

Stream moderator: Renata Beržanskienė

Stream 2

“Substantive Questions”

Stream moderator: Prof. Dr. Solveiga Vilčinskaitė

Stream 1

“Procedural Questions”

Stream moderator: Renata Beržanskienė

11:00 – 12:10

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: granting interim relief in the international commercial arbitration: courts vs arbitral tribunals

Moderator:

  • Associated Professor Albertas Šekštelo (Motieka&Audzevičius)

Speakers:

  • Justyna Szpara, FCIArb (Łaszczuk i Wspólnicy)
  • Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz, M.B.L.-HSG (Pitkowitz & Partners, Vienna International Arbitral Centre)
  • Jan K. Schäfer, LL.M (King & Spalding’s)
  • Dr. Niels Schiersing, LLD (Independent International Arbitrator)
  • Jesper Tiberg (Westerber & Partners)

5 minutes technical break for change of panel

12:15 – 13:25

Nightmares for Heroes: Fighting Inefficiency

Moderator:

  • Ieva Rimavičienė (Sorainen)

Speakers:

  • Dr. Galina Zukova (Zukova Legal)
  • Niuscha Bassiri (ArbBoutique)
  • Dr. Greg Lourie (Schellenberg Wittmer’s)
  • Michael Polkinghorne (White & Case)

13:30 – 14:45

Lunch Break

14:45 – 15:55

Fifty shades of bias: where is the Rubicon of impartiality?

Moderator:

  • Gediminas Dominas, FCIArb (WALLESS)

Speakers:

  • Caroline Falconer (SCC Arbitration Institute)
  • Volodymyr Yaremko (Mayer Brown)
  • Paweł Pietkiewicz (Greenberg Traurig)
  • Jerker Kjellander (Vinge)

5 minutes technical break for change of panel

16:00 – 17:10

Too Much Love Will Kill You: Striking the Right Balance in National Courts’ Role in the Arbitration Process

Moderator:

  • Paulius Docka, FCIArb (QND LEGAL)

Speakers:

  • Julien Maire du Poset (Lead up)
  • Marc Keidan (Keidan Harrison)
  • Shai Sharvit (Gornitzky & Co.)
  • Johan Sidklev (Roschier)

Stream 2

“Substantive Questions”

Stream moderator: Prof. Dr. Solveiga Vilčinskaitė

11:00 – 12:10

Supercharging Heroes in Arbitration: The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence

Moderator:

  • Professor Dr. Rimantas Simaitis, MCIArb (Cobalt)

Speakers:

  • Prof. Dr. Maud Piers (Ghent University)
  • Khayat Dany (Mayer Brown)
  • Ginta Ahrel (Westerberg & Partners)
  • Lucas De Ferrari (White & Case)

5 minutes technical break for change of panel

12:15 – 13:25

The European Love/Hate Affair: Navigating EU Law in Commercial Arbitration

Moderator:

  • Simona Budreikaitė (Ellex Valiunas)

Speakers:

  • Dr. Boris Kasolowsky (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
  • Isabelle Michou (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan)
  • Dr. Paschalis Paschalidis (Arendt & Medernach)
  • Robert Price (Latham & Watkins)
  • Adelina Prokop (Clifford Chance)

13:30 – 14:45

Lunch Break

14:45 – 15:55

Taking Shareholder Disputes to Arbitration: Challenges and Perspectives

Moderator:

  • Gailė Juozapaitytė LL.M. (TGS Baltic)

Speakers:

  • James Herbert (Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes)
  • Ph.D. Michele Potestà (Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler)
  • Ph.D. Jan Markiewicz, LL.M. (CMS)
  • Dr. Phillip Landolt, FCIArb (Landolt & Koch)

5 minutes technical break for change of panel

16:00 – 17:10

Arbitrability in Times of Insolvency: Navigating Stays and Enforcement

Moderator:

  • Evaldas Pocevičius (Triniti Jurex)

Speakers:

  • Dr. Ioana Knoll-Tudor (Addleshaw Goddard)
  • Ben Sigler (Stephenson Harwood)
  • Krzysztof Ciepliński (Gide Loyrette Nouel)
  • Dr Barbara Maucher, FCIArb (Noerr PartG)
  • Daniel Lander (Cirio)

11:00 – 12:10

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: granting interim relief in the international commercial arbitration: courts vs arbitral tribunals

Moderator:

  • Associated Professor Albertas Šekštelo (Motieka&Audzevičius)

Speakers:

  • Justyna Szpara, FCIArb (Łaszczuk i Wspólnicy)
  • Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz, M.B.L.-HSG (Pitkowitz & Partners, Vienna International Arbitral Centre)
  • Jan K. Schäfer, LL.M (King & Spalding’s)
  • Dr. Niels Schiersing, LLD (Independent International Arbitrator)
  • Jesper Tiberg (Westerber & Partners)

11:00 – 12:10

Supercharging Heroes in Arbitration: The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence

Moderator:

  • Professor Dr. Rimantas Simaitis, MCIArb (Cobalt)

Speakers:

  • Prof. Dr. Maud Piers (Ghent University)
  • Khayat Dany (Mayer Brown)
  • Ginta Ahrel (Westerberg & Partners)
  • Lucas De Ferrari (White & Case)

5 minutes technical break for change of panel

12:15 – 13:25

Nightmares for Heroes: Fighting Inefficiency

Moderator:

  • Ieva Rimavičienė (Sorainen)

Speakers:

  • Dr. Galina Zukova (Zukova Legal)
  • Niuscha Bassiri (ArbBoutique)
  • Dr. Greg Lourie (Schellenberg Wittmer’s)
  • Michael Polkinghorne (White & Case)

12:15 – 13:25

The European Love/Hate Affair: Navigating EU Law in Commercial Arbitration

Moderator:

  • Simona Budreikaitė (Ellex Valiunas)

Speakers:

  • Dr. Boris Kasolowsky (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
  • Isabelle Michou (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan)
  • Dr. Paschalis Paschalidis (Arendt & Medernach)
  • Robert Price (Latham & Watkins)
  • Adelina Prokop (Clifford Chance)

13:30 – 14:45

Lunch Break

Ground floor Vilnius Town Hall

14:45 – 15:55

Fifty shades of bias: where is the Rubicon of impartiality?

Moderator:

  • Gediminas Dominas, FCIArb (WALLESS)

Speakers:

  • Caroline Falconer (SCC Arbitration Institute)
  • Volodymyr Yaremko (Mayer Brown)
  • Paweł Pietkiewicz (Greenberg Traurig)
  • Jerker Kjellander (Vinge)

14:45 – 15:55

Taking Shareholder Disputes to Arbitration: Challenges and Perspectives

Moderator:

  • Gailė Juozapaitytė LL.M. (TGS Baltic)

Speakers:

  • James Herbert (Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes)
  • Ph.D. Michele Potestà (Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler)
  • Ph.D. Jan Markiewicz, LL.M. (CMS)
  • Dr. Phillip Landolt, FCIArb (Landolt & Koch)

5 minutes technical break for change of panel

16:00 – 17:10

Too Much Love Will Kill You: Striking the Right Balance in National Courts’ Role in the Arbitration Process

Moderator:

  • Paulius Docka, FCIArb (QND LEGAL)

Speakers:

  • Julien Maire du Poset (Lead up)
  • Marc Keidan (Keidan Harrison)
  • Shai Sharvit (Partner, Herzog Fox & Neeman)
  • Johan Sidklev (Roschier)
  • Malgorzata Surdek-Janicka (SURDEK Arbitration, Vice-President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration)

16:00 – 17:10

Arbitrability in Times of Insolvency: Navigating Stays and Enforcement

Moderator:

  • Evaldas Pocevičius (Triniti Jurex)

Speakers:

  • Dr. Ioana Knoll-Tudor (Addleshaw Goddard)
  • Ben Sigler (Stephenson Harwood)
  • Krzysztof Ciepliński (Gide Loyrette Nouel)
  • Dr Barbara Maucher, FCIArb (Noerr PartG)
  • Daniel Lander (Cirio)

17:10- 17:30

Networking Break and Coffee

17:30 – 18:00

Closing Session, Moderator Duel and Wine

20:00 – 01:00

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