Bucharest Arbitration Days

𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 | 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕

We are pleased to announce that the next edition of 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 will take place on 𝟑–𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 at the InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest.

Following another successful edition, we look forward to welcoming practitioners, academics, in-house counsel and arbitrators back to Bucharest for two days of thought-provoking discussions, knowledge sharing and professional exchange.

Mark your calendars — more details on the programme, speakers and registration will be announced in the coming months.

📍 InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest
📅 3–4 June 2027

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How much can procedural rules really improve the way evidence is handled in arbitration?

Panel 6 will explore the various tools and procedural mechanisms for efficient and proportionate taking of evidence in arbitration — under the DIS Rules, but also in comparison with approaches under other institutional rules and widely used soft-law instruments.

The panel aims to move beyond theory and open a practical conversation — among speakers and with the audience — about what an arbitral institution can realistically do — through rules, guidance, templates — to help tribunals and parties conduct evidence-taking efficiently, without undermining due process or the parties’ right to present their case.

𝐃𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥
𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝: 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬

🎤 Moderator: Stefan Kröll (Bucerius Law School)

✨ Speakers: Alessandro Covi (Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB) | Rafal Morek (CMS) | Galina Zukova (ZUKOVA Legal) | Ileana Smeureanu (Pinsent Masons)

📍InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest | 5 June

Learn more & register: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/

Damages are the ultimate battleground in Investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS). While liability attracts headlines, valuation evidence decides outcomes.

Panel 5 explores how tribunals assess damages claims: the methodologies, evidentiary burdens, and credibility of expert evidence that underpin billion-dollar awards. It will consider how legal standards interact with economic analysis, how tribunals distinguish robust valuations from speculative ones, and what evidentiary trends are shaping the evolving practice of quantum in ISDS. Recent work by UNCITRAL Working Group III has brought renewed focus to the evidentiary foundations of damages and valuation in ISDS.

𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

🎤 Moderator: Luciana Ricart (Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, C**t & Mosle LLP)

✨ Speakers: Julien Fouret (HFW) | Ramūnas Audzevičius (Motieka & Audzevičius) | Sophia Von Dewall (Vanguard International Dispute Resolution) | Catalin Alexandru (Filip & Company)

📍InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest | 5 June

Learn more & register: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/

As arbitration continues to bridge diverse legal traditions and face digital-era challenges, tribunals are increasingly called upon to balance fairness, consistency, and integrity in evidentiary matters.

Panel 4 explores the evolving standards governing what evidence may be admitted and how it should be handled ethically in international arbitration.

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥: 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

🎤 Moderator: Jurgita Petkutė (KNOETZL)

✨ Speakers: Alejandro I Garcia (Stewarts) | Naomi Briercliffe (Squire Patton Boggs) | Genevieve Poirier (LALIVE) | Mihnea Galgotiu-Sararu (Reff & Associates SPRL | Deloitte Legal)

📍InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest | 4 June

Learn more & register: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/

Behind every edition of Bucharest Arbitration Days stands a wider community that helps bring the conference beyond the stage itself. Their involvement strengthens the international dialogue around arbitration and contributes to the growing visibility of Bucharest within the regional arbitration community.

We would like to thank this year’s Supporting Partners and Media Partners for being part of BArD 2026.

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬:

Asociația Municipiilor din România
Arbitra International
Global Arbitration Review
Campaign for Greener Arbitrations: The Green Pledge
Jus Mundi
OGEL Energy Law / Transnational Dispute Management (TDM)
YRAP - Young Romanian Arbitration Practitioners

𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬:

BizLawyer
JURIDICE.ro
Nine O’Clock
Radio Romania International
Radio Romania
TVR Romania

We are grateful for their support and collaboration and look forward to welcoming the arbitration community to Bucharest on 4–5 June.

With the continued involvement of our partners and supporters, Bucharest Arbitration Days is growing year by year as a regional meeting point for international arbitration in Europe.

Register here 👉 https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/

Expert evidence lies at the heart of modern international arbitration, particularly in complex disputes involving quantum, valuation, construction, engineering, or environmental issues.

This panel examines the evolving standards governing expert testimony - from selection and independence to cross-examination, hot-tubbing, and the ethical duties of experts and counsel. It explores how tribunals assess expert credibility, weigh competing methodologies, and ensure procedural fairness while maintaining efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥: 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲

🎤 Moderator: Dorothee Schramm (Independent Arbitrator)

✨ Speakers: Alfonso Iglesia (Cuatrecasas) | Xavier Favre-Bulle (Lenz & Staehelin) | Michael Tonkin (HKA) | Franz Schwarz (WilmerHale)

📍InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest | 4 June

Learn more & register: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/

As Bucharest Arbitration Days 2026 approaches, we would like to acknowledge the firms supporting this year’s edition and contributing to the continued growth of the arbitration community in the region.

✨Gold Partners:
Filip & Company
LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU - LDDP
Reff & Associates SPRL | Deloitte Legal

💫 Silver Partners:
Eversheds Sutherland
Muşat & Asociaţii
Neagu Dinu Partners
NNDKP
Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii
STOICA & ASOCIAȚII
Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații
Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners

Their support helps create a platform that brings together practitioners, arbitrators, academics and institutions from across jurisdictions for substantive discussions on international arbitration.

With the continued involvement of the arbitration community and its partners, Bucharest is steadily strengthening its position as a regional hub for international arbitration in Europe.

Thank you!

Document production remains one of the most debated stages of international arbitration. While it is designed to ensure fairness and access to relevant evidence, it can also become costly, time-consuming, and strategically manipulated.

This panel explores how tribunals manage document production between differing legal traditions, how the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence have shaped modern practice, and how technology and ethical expectations are transforming disclosure in arbitral proceedings.

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥: 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞

🎤 Moderator: Noradele Ghubril Radjai (LALIVE)

✨ Speakers: Alexandre Vagenheim (Jus Mundi) | Cristina Martinetti (ELEXI Studio Legale) | Agis Georgiades (CGA) | Utku Cosar (Arbitration Chambers) | Professor Crenguta Leaua (LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU - LDDP)

📍InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest | 4 June

Learn more & register: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/

In an era of efficiency drives, soft law harmonization, and digital case management, some practitioners question whether traditional evidentiary debates still hold relevance in international arbitration. This panel reaffirms that evidence remains the backbone of arbitral reasoning and procedural legitimacy, shaping outcomes, ensuring due process, and maintaining confidence in the arbitral process.

The discussion explores how arbitral tribunals weigh, test, and interpret evidence, and why evidentiary standards remain essential to the integrity of the process, even in a system designed for flexibility and party autonomy.

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝟏: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

🎤 Moderator: Leon Kopecky (Schoenherr Attorneys at Law)

✨ Speakers: Daniel Levy (Enyo Law LLP) | Michelangelo Cicogna (De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani) | Myung-Ahn Kim (Yoon & Yang LLC) | Therese Isaksson (Westerberg & Partners)

📍InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest | 4 June

Learn more & register: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/

With one month to go until Bucharest Arbitration Days 2026, we are pleased to announce the second keynote:

Prof. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes

Arbitrator, Matrix Chambers | Professor em., University of Geneva

📆 June 4 | 16:45 – 17:20 (EEST)

Her keynote sits at the core of this year’s theme, which revisits evidence as the link between fact, law, and persuasion. The 2026 edition looks at admissibility, privilege, and proof across legal traditions, alongside emerging issues such as digital and AI-assisted evidence, sustainability, and data integrity.

🔗 If you haven’t registered yet, make sure you don’t miss your chance to be part of the conversation—places are limited: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026