The Washington Foreign Law Society
is pleased to announce its upcoming event
Raising Red Flags: Addressing Claims of Corruption in Arbitration
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
From 5:30 to 6:30 PM ET
The event starts with a short reception at 5:00 pm. The discussion starts at 5:30 pm.
Arnold & Porter LLP, 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001
Allegations of corruption and related misconduct are becoming increasingly common in international arbitrations. However, these claims present unique challenges, including differences between domestic and international legal frameworks and difficulties in obtaining and presenting evidence. This panel discussion will address the complexities of dealing with allegations of corruption and misconduct in international arbitration.
Join the Washington Foreign Law Society (WFLS) for an engaging conversation with panelists Lucinda Low (LKDR) and Aloysius Llamzon (King & Spalding), moderated by Katelyn Horne (Arnold & Porter)
Please register below. Note that this event will also be hybrid -- a Zoom link will be provided to all virtual registrants upon registration.
Ticket Prices:
WFLS Members: Free
General Admission: $ 10
If you are not yet a member of the WFLS, please join here.
Lucinda Low brings her decades of experience in international trade, investment, and other complex international business matters in a wide range of industries. She has been a leader in the legal profession and in private law practice. Her arbitration experience includes significant work as counsel, expert, and adjudicator. At a time when disputes are becoming ever more complex, and with the growth of international regulatory compliance issues, Lucinda’s background equips her with the knowledge, judgment, and experience to address and resolve transnational disputes and challenges fairly and efficiently.
Dr. Llamzon was previously a corporate finance associate at a leading international law firm’s Hong Kong office, and an associate at a large firm in Manila. He is admitted in the Philippines, New York and D.C. Louie was also a Senior Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague. There, he was Registrar and Tribunal Secretary in inter-State, treaty, and contract arbitrations involving States. His public international law experience includes disputes involving land and maritime boundaries, treaty interpretation, the environment, and transnational pipelines.
Louie holds J.S.D. and LL.M. degrees from Yale Law School, and A.B. and J.D. degrees from Ateneo de Manila University. He publishes widely and is a research professor and former lecturer at law schools in Manila and The Hague. His book “Corruption in International Investment Arbitration” (Oxford, 2014), is the leading treatise in the subject. His article “Investor Wrongdoing in Investment Arbitration” won the 2017 Smit-Lowenfeld Prize. He is a frequent speaker, including at the biennial ICCA Congress and the annual meetings of ASIL and the ICC Institute of World Business Law. He is a member of ASIL’s Executive Council.
Louie has been recognized annually in Who’s Who Legal Future Leaders – Arbitration since 2017, which has described him as a “star”, “an expert in international corruption matters relating to disputes,” “a top emerging name in the arbitration space” who “possesses ‘a rare combination of strong theoretical and academic knowledge with top lawyering and advocacy skills”, with a “fantastic Asia practice.”
Moderator: Katelyn Horne advises sovereign States, State-owned entities, private companies, and prominent individuals in relation to international arbitration, public international law, and other disputes. She represents sovereign States in investment treaty arbitrations concerning a variety of industries and economic sectors, including national infrastructure, oil and natural gas, banking and financial institutions, and intellectual property. She also provides counsel to sovereign States with respect to maritime boundaries and entitlements, sovereign immunity, and international human rights law; represents private entities in international commercial disputes; and advises individuals on issues of sovereign and diplomatic immunity. Her experience includes disputes brought before international tribunals (administered by various arbitral institutions), the International Court of Justice, the United Nations Human Rights Committee, and the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. She also has experience in US litigation.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Horne served as an associate legal officer to His Excellency Judge Hisashi Owada of the International Court of Justice in The Hague. She received the David M. Berger Memorial Prize in International Law and was a member of Columbia Law School's two-time national championship Jessup International Law Moot Court team. Ms. Horne previously served in the Executive Branch of the US Government, including as a political appointee at the US Department of Homeland Security and in positions at the White House, the US Department of State, and the Office of the US Trade Representative.