10:30 – 11:35

Streamlined Arbitration: Smart Case Management or Procedural Risk?

Moderator:

Prof. Dr. Rimantas Simaitis

Cobalt

Speakers:

Roman Prekop

Barger Prekop (Bratislava)

Luminita Popa

Eversheds Sutherland (Bucharest)

Nora Jox Fredstie

DAC Beachcroft LLP (London)

Piotr Golędzinowski

Wardyński & Partners (Warsaw)

Everyone wants arbitration to move faster and cost less. However, no one wants to argue later that the process moved too quickly and that they were not properly heard. As tribunals take a more hands-on role in managing cases, where is the line between smart efficiency and cutting corners that can undermine the award? This panel will offer a practical, experience-driven look at streamlining techniques that genuinely improve efficiency, and at the moments when those same techniques quietly create risk.