The Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Center (CIMAC) is organizing the fourth round of arbitration days in Casablanca on November 29 and 30, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Business dispute resolution actors gather at this prestigious annual event.
The Casablanca Arbitration Days of the International Center for Mediation and Arbitration are an indispensable date for actors, specialists and experts in conflict resolution in Africa and around the world. Casablanca becomes a continental facade of arbitration every year thanks to this forum of more than 300 participants.
This year will be an opportunity for CIMAC to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of an international legal instrument of reference for arbitration: the 1958 New York Convention (Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards).
This meeting is an opportunity for the participating experts to examine this historic text, which has contributed to the strengthening of international trade relations and makes Casablanca a central international space in the field of dispute settlement.
“The Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Center is an international and African arbitration institution that is a leading player in the settlement of international disputes and links Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The new institutional presentation, in line with international standards, and the inclusion of leading arbitrators in the Court of Arbitration and Mediation are all elements of the strong qualities of the Casablanca Mediation and Arbitration Center.
Several experts, including Anna Gobin-Brett, Secretary-General of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Paul Jean-le-Cano, Legal Adviser (ICSID) and the International Center for the Settlement of International Disputes (ICSID) investment, and Levy Kaufman’s partner Laurent Levy, will participate in the session. Kohler, president of the CIMAC Arbitration Court, Jalal Al-Ahdab (partner of Bird & Bird, vice-president of the CIMAC Court of Arbitration) and Mr. Ezzedine El Kettani (partner of Kittani Le Ferme, member of the CIMAC arbitration tribunal).
CIMAC offers arbitration and mediation rules that reflect international best practices. It strongly encourages its partners to include the terms of arbitration and mediation in their contracts or in any other form of obligation.
The parties also have the opportunity to clarify the settlement of their dispute between mediation and arbitration through the Med / Arb clause.
International arbitrations are now possible in Casablanca. Another agreement of this type will be concluded with the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) during this session.
