CUArb Lecture series

Cambridge Arbitration Society (CUArb) was established in 2019 as a registered society at the University of Cambridge. The establishment of the society was a response to Cambridge students’ demands to have exposure to the current arbitration scene.

CUArb aims at promoting the study of international commercial and investment arbitration amongst students, academics, alumni and law practitioners. It seeks to serve as both an educational and networking platform to facilitate discussions on emerging topics in international arbitration and connect students with practitioners.

The CUArb runs a few projects including annual conferences, annual lectures series, preparatory seminars for the Vis Moot competition, educational workshops on arbitration and an arbitration lap. Membership of CUArb is open to all members at the University of Cambridge and individuals interested in the study and practice of international commercial and investment arbitration.

Where permission has been given by the speaker, recordings are available at: https://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/lecture-recordings

Lent Term 2026

Thursday 5 February - 'Enforcing Arbitral Awards in the Digital Age: Strategy and Pitfalls under the New York Convention' - Katrina Limond, Godwin Tan, Andrew Hashim, A&O Shearman's International Arbitration & Public International Law Group

Thursday 29 January - 'Transnational Orders through Arbitration: Basketball Arbitral Tribunal and Ex Aequo et Bono Decision-Making' - Dr Velimir Zivkovic, University of Warwick

Friday 23 January - Tales from the Arbitral Tribunal: A conversation with José Emilio Nunes Pinto

Michaelmas Term 2025

Monday 24 November 2025 - 'The New Arbitration Act 2025: A Timely Evolution, or a Missed Opportunity?' - Andrew Cannon and Hannah Ambrose, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Tuesday 4 November 2025 - 'Sanctions, Counter-Sanctions and the Jurisdictional Battles with Russia following the 2022 Invasion of Ukraine' - Charles Claypoole, Partner, Latham & Watkins

Tuesday 14 October 2025 - 'Investment Treaties under fire - Infrastructure Services v Spain' - Patrick Green KC, Barrister, Henderson Chambers

Friday 3 October 2025 - 'Where is Arbitration Going? A talk on reform, anxieties and potential solutions' -  Cesar Pereira C.Arb FCIArb, Deputy President of Ciarb and President-elect for 2026 and Dr Crina Baltag, Queen Mary University of London

Lent Term 2025

Wednesday February 2025 - 'Costs of Arbitration and Third-Party Funding’ – Sachin Trikha, Clifford Chance

Wednesday 26 February 2025 - 'Parallel Proceedings' - Salim Moollan KC, Brick Court

Wednesday 12 March 2025 - 'Investor-State Dispute Settlement' - Audley Sheppard KC, Twenty Essex

Wednesday 26 March 2025 - 'Risk of Abuse in Arbitration' - Paula Hodges KC

Lent Term 2024

20 March 2024 - Functus officio as a matter of jurisdiction - A potentially problematic charactisation in complex international arbitrations - David Brynmor Thomas KC

Easter Term 2023

11 May 2023 (in-person event) 'Evidentiary proceedings in arbitration: Lessons from practice' - Patrick Taylor & Aimee-Jane Lee, Debevoise & Plimpton

5 May 2023 (in-person event) 'Taxation and International Investment Arbitration' - Audley Sheppard KC, Clifford Chance LLP 

26 April 2023 (in-person event) 'Sanctions in International Arbitration' -  Andrew Cannon, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills & Hannah Ambrose, Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills 

Lent Term 2023

15 March 2023 - (webinar) - 'The Intersection between IP rights and the Protection Afforded by Investment Treaties' - Alejandro Garcia (Stewarts)

15 February 2023 - (webinar) - 'Irreconcilable Differences? The Approaches of the English and French Courts to the Law Governing the Arbitration Agreement' - Gisele Stephens-Chu

26 January 2023 - (in-person event) - 'Evidence in International Arbitration: Comparing Civil and Common Law Perspective' - Kabir Duggal, Amanda Lee 

Michaelmas Term 2021

25 November 2021 - 'The future of oil and gas arbitration'

28 October 2021 - 'Third Party Funding: Looking at the Past and Projecting the Future'

Easter Term 2021

12 May 2021 - 'Investment Structuring (and Re-structuring) and Treaty Protection'

26 May 2021 - 'Soft Law and International Arbitration: an Interactive Q&A on the Key Instruments and Developments'

9 June 2021 - 'Multiple courts and tribunals: forum competition, fragmentation or complementarily'

16 June 2021 - 'Maritime arbitration, the LMAA and the Suez Canal/Ever Given case study'