Meredith Connell, together with the New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law and The New Zealand Initiative, invites you to a discussion with Gary Born.

Gary Born is widely regarded as the world’s preeminent authority on international commercial arbitration and international litigation. While in New Zealand he will discuss his recent initiative: a Bilateral Arbitration Treaty regime. This is aimed at addressing the difficulties businesses face when a dispute arises because of the structure of the international litigation system, which is often time-consuming, expensive and inefficient. Gary’s proposed Bilateral Arbitration Treaty regime would replace international litigation as the default dispute resolution process and use neutral principles of international arbitration to create a pragmatic framework for resolving international commercial disputes.

About the speaker

Gary Born is the chair of WilmerHale’s International Arbitration Practice Group. He has been ranked for the past 20 years as one of the world’s leading international arbitration practitioners and the leading arbitration practitioner in London.

Date: Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Time: 5.30 PM - 7.30 PM 
Location: Meredith Connell, Level 17, Forysth Barr Tower, 55 Shortland St, Auckland

Date: Friday, 8 May 2015
Time: 12.15 PM - 1.30 PM
Location: Victoria University of Wellington, Law Buildings, Salmond Room, GB219, Level 2, Old Government Buildings, 55 Lambton Quay, Wellington