I Overview

• Date:  Friday, 1 November 2024

• Time: 16:00 - 18:00

• Format: In-person

• Language: English

• Venue: Hearing room no. 1

• Hosts:​​​

I Event Description

Expert testimony is crucial in helping tribunals understand complicated facts, technology, and science in a dispute. Finding, selecting and optimally utilizing experts, and effectively challenging the testimony and opinions of your opponent’s experts, can mean the difference between success and failure in your arbitration. This panel of experienced disputes lawyers and an expert witness will help you develop winning expert strategies in arbitration and litigation.

Topics to be discussed will include identifying issues requiring expert evidence; determining the types of experts needed; selecting non-testifying experts to assist with your understanding of technical issues, case development and strategies vs. finding and utilizing independent testifying experts; strategies and preparation for undermining opposing experts’ opinions and testimony including through cross-examination; use of joint expert statements and witness conferencing; managing time and cost expectations in the use of experts; the importance of the tribunal regulating issues on which expert evidence may be adduced; strategies for approaches to tribunal-appointed experts; due process issues in the hearing and standards for evaluation of expert evidence. 

I Program

This panel discussion is focused on providing strategies and tips to make more effective use of your experts and better challenges to your opponents’ experts in international arbitration. Arbitration practitioners, in-house counsel and arbitrators all will find the program interesting and the information useful.
 

Registration/Networking – 3:30-4:00 pm

Program – 4:00 to 5:30 pm
Reception – 5:30 to 6:00 pm

I Speakers

• Lawrence Teh, Dentons Rodyk, Senior Partner and Global Co-Head of Dentons’ International Arbitration Group.

• Kurt Gerstner, Dentons Lee, Senior Attorney

• John Kim, Dentons Lee, Senior Attorney

• Michele Park Sonen, SIAC, Director & Head, North East Asia

• Braden Billiet, FTI Consulting, Senior Managing Director

I Contact Point

​   Name: Kurt Gerstner / Email: kurt.gerstner@dentons.com

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