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Three Crowns to sponsor the AFSIA Annual Conference 2023

Events 7th June 2023

Three Crowns is proud to be sponsoring this year’s Alumni and Friends of the School of International Arbitration conference, taking place from 1:30 pm on Friday 16 June at the International Dispute Resolution Centre in London.

Encompassing the theme “Make International Arbitration Efficient Again”, the conference will distil recent trends in reducing time and costs in arbitration, including institutional efforts and the use of technology. Stavros Brekoulakis, Professor in International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), will be delivering the keynote speech, and the event will also feature a range of specialist panel speakers, including Three Crowns partner, Manish Aggarwal, and senior associate, Viv Thien, (both alumni or friends of QMUL).

There will be the opportunity for networking from 5:35 pm onwards.

To register, please click here.

ABOUT MANISH AGGARWAL

Manish, a partner in the London office, is a dual-qualified English solicitor and Indian advocate. He has extensive experience of representing clients in both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations across a broad range of sectors and in arbitration-related court litigation. Manish is a Co-Chair of the LCIA’s Young International Arbitration Group and is consistently ranked as a leading practitioner in arbitration and public international law by major legal directories.

ABOUT VIV THIEN

Viv, a senior associate in the London office, is an English solicitor, New York attorney and Hong Kong solicitor. She has acted on numerous high value and complex international disputes across a variety of sectors and regions, with a particular focus on energy, financial institutions, and M&A disputes. Her arbitration practice includes both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, governed by international law, common law and civil legal systems, under a variety of institutional rules, seated variously in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Dubai, and New York.