Scott Vesel will speak on a panel “Hot Topics in International Investment Treaty Arbitration”. The panel hosted by The Georgetown International Arbitration Society will explore the tension between a State’s Right to Regulate and Foreign Investor’s Rights.
Scott will speak alongside Kristen Young (Boies Schiller Flexner LLP), Pablo Nilo Donoso (Foley Hoag LLP). The event will feature closing remarks by Georgetown University Law Center’s Professor Anne Marie Whitesell, with GIAS Vice President Laura Lamo Blanco as the moderator.
This panel will take place tomorrow, Thursday 14 November at 6:00 pm in Hotung 2001, Georgetown University Law Center. A cocktail reception will follow.
To find out more and to register, click here.
ABOUT SCOTT VESEL
Scott, a partner in the Washington, DC office, has a decade and a half of experience handling complex international investment and commercial arbitrations in the oil and gas, construction, energy, mining, gaming, defence, technology, and agribusiness sectors.
In addition to his private practice in international arbitration, he has served as an attorney-advisor at the U.S. Department of State and at an international organisation. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a course on advocacy in international arbitration.
Who’s Who Legal has recognised him every year since 2016, noting that clients singled him out as “one of the smartest lawyers I have ever worked with”, describing him as “a thoughtful and well-regarded practitioner”, and praised his “impressive pre-hearing preparation and his advocacy”. He is listed in The Legal 500’s 2019 UK Arbitration Powerlist and recommended in The Legal 500 UK where he “attracts praise for his ability to ‘master complex issues’”.