Construction disputes

Vienna, Austria

14 October 2021 - 16 October 2021

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Construction disputes

Thursday 14 October 2021

16:00 » 17:00 Registration at Steigenberger Hotel Herrenhof
Address: Herrengasse 10, 1010 Wien
18:00 » 20:00 Registration and welcome cocktail at Palmenhaus
Address: Burggarten 1 – 1010 Vienna

Important note: You have to enter the garden (Burggarten) to enter the Palmenhaus
20:00 Optional dinner
Not included in the registration fee, payable locally

Friday 15 October 2021

08:00 » 09:00 Registration at Steigenberger Hotel Herrenhof
Address: Herrengasse 10, 1010 Vienna
09:00 » 09:15 Welcome address by AIJA President - Anna WYRZYKOWSKA
09:15 » 09:45 Keynote presentation: Inside Man – War stories and experiences with lawyers from a customer's perspective
Krishnapriya Devarbhavi, Sandvik Group, India/Austria

Krishnapriya has 32 years of work experience in Project & Product Management, Sales as well as Business development and strategy. Among these 32 years of extensive experience, 27 are with Sandvik.

Since 2017, as a part of divestment of the mining project business in Sandvik, Krishnapriya is working exclusively on remaining contract closures and related liabilities and also closure of ongoing disputes project and labour related worldwide. He greatly values the need of feeding in various data points to the counsels who fight the companies' cause in a dispute.
09:45 » 10:30 Catch Me If You Can: How to nail down the cause and the causer of delays

Moderator:  Agnieszka Buksa, Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr, Poland

Speakers:
  • Bruno Stroobants, Lydian, Belgium
  • Emma Niemisto, Merilampi, Finland
  • Thomas Seeber, Kunz Wallentin, Austria
10:30 » 11:15 Fight Club: Concurrent delays in construction projects

Speakers:
  • Eric Johnson, Cederquist, Sweden
  • Herve Le Lay, BrownRudnick, France
  • Nils Hanfstingl, FTI Consulting, Germany
  • Roxanne de Jesus, Pitkowitz & Partners, Austria
11:15 » 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 » 12:15 Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Back to back clauses - friend or foe?

Moderator: Catrice Gayer, Herbert Smith Freehills, Germany

Speakers:
  • Bernd Hauck, Kellerhals Carrard, Switzerland
  • Johannes Meyer-Myklestad, Selmer, Norway
12:15 » 13:00 Public Enemies: PPP - do's and don'ts

Moderator: Mads Fuglesang, Selmer, Norway

Speakers:
  • Katarzyna Kuzma, Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka, Poland
  • Laurynas Lukosiunas, Sorainen, Lithuania
13:00 » 14:15 Lunch
14:15 » 15:00 Batman vs Superman: Experts and the battles they fight. Supporting role: the judge/arbitrator

Moderator: Silvia Dahlberg, Vinge, Sweden

Speakers:
  • Andres Alva, Berkely Research Group, USA
  • Lukas Fellmann, Walder Wyss, Switzerland
  • Tobias Zuberbühler, Lustenberger, Switzerland
15:00 » 15:45 Mission Impossible: Do I have to prove it all? Standards of evidence

Moderator: Lukas Peissl, CMS Reich Rohrwig, Austria

Speakers:
  • Cristiana Gheorghe, Enjoy Legal, Romania
  • Elena Rodriguez, Niederer Kraft Frey, Switzerland
  • Wajma Mangal, GSK, Germany
15:45 » 16:15 Coffee break
16:00 » 16:45 Quantum of Solace: Bonds in construction disputes - the ultimate weapon?

Speakers:
    • Keith Newman, Mason Hayers & Curran, Ireland
    • Nikolaus Vavrovsky, Vavrovsky Heine Marth, Austria
    • Tino Schneider, Lalive, Switzerland
17:00 » 17:30 Erin Brockovich: Environmental concerns and new circularity concerns in construction projects

Moderator: Alizee Verboogen, Loyens Loef, the Netherlands

Speakers:
  • Joséphine Jeanclos, Hertslet Wolfer & Heintz, France
  • Pablo Cubel, Cuatrecasas, Spain/China
20:00 Dinner at Salon Plafond
Address: Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna

Saturday 16 October 2021

08:30 » 09:30 Registration at Steigenberger Hotel Herrenhof
Address: Herrengasse 10, 1010 Vienna
09:30 » 10:30 Horrible Bosses: When principals extend, reduce or amend the scope of works

Moderator: Gunnar Pickl, DORDA, Austria

Speakers:
  • Jean-Rodolphe Fiechter, Kellerhals Carrard, Switzerland
  • Roland Haring, bauwirtschaft.consulting, Austria
  • Tero Kovanen, Borenius, Finland
10:30 » 11:15 Horrible Bosses 2: Substituting or terminating contractors

Speakers:
  • Cinzia Catelli, Bär & Karrer, Switzerland
  • Eoin Cassidy Mason, Hayes & Curran, Ireland
  • Henning Jensen, bnt, Latvia
  • Philip Exenberger, DORDA, Austria
11:15 » 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 » 12:15 My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Procedural aspects of multi-party constellations in renewable energy projects

Moderator:  Oksana Karel, Arzinger, Ukraine

Speakers:
  • Aline von Düring, Von Düring Group, Switzerland
  • Raphael Butz, Vischer, Switzerland
12:15 » 13:00 The Counselor: How to lead your party into and through a construction dispute

Moderator: Stefan Gäumann, Homburger, Switzerland

Speakers:
  • Florian Haugeneder, KNOETZL, Austria
  • Hendrik Puschmann, Farrer & Co, United Kingdom
  • Michelle Lindholm, Pestalozzi, Switzerland
13:00 » 14:00 Lunch
14:30 » 16:30 Optional city tour
Included in the registration fee
20:00 Optional dinner at Grand Ferdinand
Address: 8thfloor of Grand Ferdinand, Schubertring 1010, Vienna

Not included in the registration fee, payable upon registration