Liz Snodgrass will moderate a panel on “Managing Host Government Relations: Achieving Success through Strategic Collaboration” at Africa Legal’s General Counsel Forum Extractives 2025. Three Crowns is proud to be sponsoring the GC Forum.
The panel will feature legal and industry experts Dr. Abdoul Karim Kabèlè-Camara (Vice-President, Government and External Affairs, Fortuna Mining Corporation), Richard Morgan (Head of Government Relations, Anglo American), Claude de Baissac (Founder and CEO, Eunomix), and Ludo Tema (Head of Legal, Debswana Diamond Company).
Panellists will explore the evolving landscape of government relations, and consider how government affairs and legal teams can effectively navigate these complex regulatory environments, mitigate risks, and foster strong relationships with host governments.
The GC Forum 2025, held alongside the Investing in African Mining Indaba, will focus on the intersection of mining and energy – “The New Power Couple”.
The event will take place on Wednesday, 5th February 2025 at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, with Liz’s panel taking place from 12:45pm – 1:30pm.
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ABOUT LIZ SNODGRASS
Liz, a partner in the Washington, DC office, has more than twenty-five years of experience as an advocate and adviser in international arbitration matters. Her practice is a mix of commercial and investment treaty arbitration, across a range of industry sectors and for clients based in the US and around the world. Liz has particular expertise handling disputes involving States and State entities, including investment treaty cases, fiscal disputes under long-term contracts, and disputes that implicate both contract and treaty protections.
Liz is a member of the International Bar Association, the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, and the North American Users’ Council of the LCIA. Liz holds degrees from the University of Virginia and the University of Oxford. At Virginia, she was an Articles Editor for the Virginia Law Review. She clerked for the Hon. Judge J.H. Wilkinson, then Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Liz regularly speaks and teaches on international arbitration and global disputes, including appointments at University College London (2007-2012), American University’s Washington College of Law (2019-2024), and Georgetown University (2021-2024).