As part of the 9th edition of the Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”), the Dutch Arbitration Association (“DAA”) and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR”), co-organised an event entitled “Transatlantic Views on Med-Arb/Arb-Med: Convergence or Chasm?”
The panel was moderated by Marcio Vasconcellos (King & Spalding LLP), and composed of Vanessa Alarcon Duvanel (King &
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