III INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CONFERENCE
Arbitration Court of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is organising the third international arbitration conference in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Court of Arbitration of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and to discuss on topics concerning the current status of arbitration.
Language: simultaneous interpretation in Estonian and English.
The first part of the conference will introduce the legal regulation of/and for arbitration in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Finland and Sweden through the experience of arbitration institutions of these countries.
The second part of the conference introduces and analyses the requirements arising from the public law for court of arbitration proceedings and recognition as well as execution of the rulings of the court of arbitration, including requesting preliminary rulings from the European Court of Justice, securing an action in cross-border disputes and collecting cross-border evidence.
Legal advisors, managers of companies, legal advisors, lawyers, judges, trustees in bankruptcy, bailiffs, arbiters are welcome to participate.
Conference Agenda
| 9.00 | Registration, welcome coffee |
| 9.30 | Mait Palts – Director General of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| 9.35 | Urmas Reinsalu – Ministry of Justice |
| 9.40 | Peeter Jerofejev – Justice of the Supreme Court, Member of the Council of the Court of Arbitration of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| First Part of the Conference: 25 Years of Court of Arbitration in Estonia and the Current Status of the Court of Arbitration Proceedings in Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden and the Russian Federation. Moderator: Reet Teder, Deputy Chair of the Council of the Court of Arbitration of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Advisor of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
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| 9.45 | 25 Years of Court of Arbitration in Estonia – Court of Arbitration of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as the first permanent arbitration court in Estonia Asko Pohla, Chairman of the Council of the Court of Arbitration of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Partner at Pohla & Hallmägi Law Office, Member of the International Court of Arbitration of ICC, Member of the ICSID Panels of Conciliators and Arbitrators |
| 10.15 | Arbitration proceedings in the Russian Federation, activities of the Court of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and judicial practice related to court of arbitration. Representative of the Court of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation |
| 10.45 | Arbitration proceedings in Latvia, activities and practice of the Court of Arbitration of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce. Edmunds Stankevičs, Member of the Council of the Court of Arbitration of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce |
| 11.15 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 | Arbitration proceedings in Sweden, current activities of the Arbitration Institute of Stockholm and judicial practice related to court of arbitration. Anja Håvedal-Ipp, Legal Adviser of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce |
| 12.00 | Arbitration proceedings in Finland, current activities of the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce and judicial practice related to court of arbitration Toomas Vaher, partner at Ellex Raidla Law Office, Member of the Board of the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce (FAI), Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Member of the Board of the Estonian Bar Association |
| 12.30 | Arbitration proceedings in Lithuania, about the activities of the Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration and court practice related to the court of arbitration. Professor Vytautas Nekrošius, President of the Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| Second Part of the Conference: Public Law Requirements for the Court of Arbitration Proceedings. Cooperation Between the Court and the Court of Arbitration in the European Union. Execution of the Decisions of the Court of Arbitration. Moderator: Villu Otsmann, Member of the Council of the Court of Arbitration of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Partner at Trinity Las Office |
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| 14.00 | Public law requirements for the court of arbitration proceedings – pros and cons. Kai Härmand, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice |
| 14.30 | Exequatur and execution of the decisions of the court of arbitration in Estonian courts. Villu Kõve, Chairman of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court |
| 15.00 | Execution of the decision of the court of arbitration in the execution proceedings in Estonia |
| 15.30 | Coffee break |
| 15.45 | Exequatur and enforcement of the decisions of the domestic and foreign rulings in the Russian Federation. Victor Dumler, Partner, Dumler and Partners Law Offices (St Petersburg) |
| 16.15 | Cooperation between the court and court of arbitration in the European Union. Carry Ginter, Partner, SORAINEN Law Office and Maria Pihlak, attorney-at-law, SORAINEN Law Office |
| 16.45 | Discussion and closing of the Conference |
| 17.00 | Reception and coctails |
Language:
The working languages of the conference will be Estonian and English, simultaneous interpretation provided.