This event will explore the ICC’s latest work on Expedited Procedure Provisions (“EPP”), including the ICC Report: Expedited Procedure Provisions – Eight Years On, the ICC Toolkit for Arbitrators in Expedited Procedures, and the ICC EPP Factsheet. Drawing on the experience of more than 800 expedited arbitrations administered since 2017, the discussion will examine emerging procedural practices, strategic considerations for parties and arbitrators, and practical tools for conducting efficient proceedings while safeguarding due process and the quality of awards. Participants will gain practical insights into the management of expedited arbitrations, the effective use of procedural discretion, and the advantages and challenges of fast-track dispute resolution under the ICC Rules.
Mission and activities of the ICC Italia Arbitration and ADR Commission
The ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR is ICC’s unique think tank enabling thought leadership in the field of dispute resolution by pooling expertise and raising awareness and understanding around practical and legal issues in arbitration and ADR.
To adapt to the latest legislative and technological developments and to meet the evolving needs of practitioners and businesses everywhere, the commission provides input on proposed modifications of dispute resolution rules applied in ICC Dispute Resolution Services prior to their submission to the Executive Board for approval.
In its research capacity, the commission studies legal, procedural and practical aspects of arbitration and ADR in the interest of access to justice and efficient and cost-effective dispute resolution. Carrying out specific projects in Task Forces or Working Groups, its work results in concrete guidance and useful tools, recommendations or model clauses often shaped or included in practical reports and guides published in free booklets and electronic format on the ICC website or in the ICC Bulletin nouvelle fenêtre.
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Barbara Triggiani | Senior Policy Manager ICC Italia.
Yasmine Lahlou | Partner, Chaffetz Lindsey
Yasmine Lahlou is a partner with New York-based boutique Chaffetz Lindsey and has over 20 years of experience in international arbitration and litigation. She is fluent in English, French and Italian. Trained in Paris and admitted in New York, Yasmine is experienced in civil and common law systems. She has overtime gained extensive experience in the energy, construction, pharma, space, food and retail sectors. Yasmine has been named one of 23 “Global Elite Thought Leaders” in North America & the Caribbean – a title reserved for the top 2.5% of ranked practitioners considered the “very best by peers and clients, achieving the highest number of recommendations in the research” – by Who’s Who Legal 2024 Arbitration report. Yasmine is among others a Co-editor of the ICCA project “Does a Right to a Physical Hearing Exist in International Arbitration?” and a co-editor-in-chief of the ICC’s Dispute Resolution Bulletin Editorial Board. She has been elected as a member of the ICC Court for the mandate 2024-2027.
Cristina Martinetti | Partner, Elexi
Cristina Martinetti is specialised in transnational trade law (University of Turin). Member of the ICC Institute Council (ICC Paris) and past President of the Task Force on International Contracts. Member of the ICC Arbitration Commission and Coordinator of the ICC Italia Commission of Arbitration and ADR. Member of the Piedmont Chamber of Arbitration Council. Former Chair of the IBA International Sales Committee.
She deals with domestic and international commercial contracts (corporate M&A, joint ventures, international construction, sales, distribution, franchising) and corporate consulting (extraordinary transactions, directors’ liability).
She represents companies in domestic and international litigation in the same areas, in particular as counsel in arbitration proceedings.
She has in-depth experience as arbitrator, appointed by institutions or colleagues, in national and international disputes.
Laura Opilio | Partner, CMS
Laura Opilio is head of the Dispute Resolution Department and Insurance practice at CMS. She first joined the Rome office in 1989 and became a Partner in 1994.
During her career, Laura has acquired vast experience and significant knowledge of national and international civil and arbitral litigation, with a specific focus on disputes relating to commercial law, distribution agreements, manufacturer liability, energy, insurance law and life sciences.
Laura is an expert in arbitration, both domestic and international, acting both as defence counsel and arbitrator.
Laura assists numerous insurance companies in Italy on regulatory issues, distribution, localization of policy and disputes (in particular, proceedings covering professional liability as relating to P.I. and P.O. claims, directors and auditors, public officers, bond guarantees, industrial incidents and product liability) and reinsurance.
Laura is also currently member of the Legal Practice Division Council Co-Chair of the International Bar Association (IBA) and member of the Italian Arbitration Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Giacomo Rojas Elgueta | Head of International Arbitration, Chiomenti
Giacomo Rojas Elgueta is an Associate Professor of Private Law at Roma Tre University Law School, and Of Counsel and Head of International Arbitration at Chiomenti. He is actively involved in commercial and investment arbitration as counsel, expert witness and arbitrator. He has acted as sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in various arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and under the rules of the ICC, Swiss Arbitration Centre and CAM, with seat in different countries. He is Co-editor of the ICCA project “Does a Right to a Physical Hearing Exist in International Arbitration?” and Co-Chair of the Focus Group “Construction Arbitration” of the Italian Association for Arbitration. A dual qualified lawyer (Rome and New York), he earned an LL.M. with distinction and an S.J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and he was a Visiting Scholar at Yale Law School. He is a member of the ICSID Panel of Conciliators since 2023 (appointed by the Italian Government), President of the ICC Italia Commission on Arbitration and ADR and a Delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR (2024-2027).