Natural Resource International Arbitration and Advocacy Skills
Who is it for?
This 5 day course is designed for professionals interested in commercial and investment arbitrations relating to the natural resource (oil/gas/mining) industry, including:
- inhouse counsel in international natural resource companies dealing with international disputes
- lawyers specialising in international natural resource dispute resolution
- arbitrators interested in developing expertise in natural resource dispute resolution
- commercial directors/commercial managers &contracts managers and executives who administer natural resource contracts and disputes
- representatives of government national natural resource entities, agencies & ministries that directly and indirectly regulate natural resource development and facilities
- staff of international institutions that focus on natural resource regulation and disputes
The course:
- provides specialised insights and training on the advocacy of claims and defenses in international natural resource arbitration
- looks in-depth at the application of investment and commercial arbitration to the complexities of the international natural resource industry
- identifies the key issues of arbitration procedures as they interrelate with discrete issues arising in the natural resource industry
- highlights the pitfalls that can arise due to the subtleties of arbitration law and the complexities of natural resource contractual provisions and disputes, and ways to avoid them
- explores how to exploit the arbitration, mediation and other dispute resolution processes to your clients' best advantage
- assesses when and why you might want to consider revising certain standard or customary natural resource contractual provisions to avoid potential pitfalls in arbitration
- analyses the rules of the game, which ones matter and which can be altered by agreement.
Learning Outcomes
- Pick up tips on how to use different dispute resolution processes to your advantage
- Advance your knowledge of domestic and international arbitration law
- Gain familiarity with the arbitration process and its application to the natural resource industry
- Acquire insights to issues in international commercial arbitration.
