Todd Wetmore and Ilija Mitrev Penushliski will speak at Vilnius Arbitration Day 2024, organized by the Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration.
Todd will speak on the panel, “States and State Entities in International Arbitration”, alongside Barton Legum (Honlet Legum), Dr. Crina Baltag (Stockholm University), and Markus Burgstaller (Hogan Lovells). The session will be moderated by Dr. Eglė Zemlytė (Miliauskas, Zemlytė ir Lauraitytė).
Ilija will speak at the session on “Investor‘s Liability under International Public and Investment Law: Mission (im)Possible?”, alongside Professor Dr. Nikos Lavranos, LL.M. (European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration), Professor Dr. Jan Kleinheisterkamp (London School of Economics), and Dr. Wojciech Sadowski (Queritius). Professor Dr. Solveiga Vilčinskaitė, MCIArb (TGS Baltic) will moderate the discussion.
The conference will be held on Friday 13 September at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius, and Ilija’s and Todd’s panels will take place from 11:55 am to 12:55 pm.
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ABOUT TODD WETMORE
Todd Wetmore, a founding partner of Three Crowns, is based in Paris, where he has handled complex international commercial arbitration cases for over 25 years. As counsel, he represents clients in high-stakes disputes around the world in diverse sectors including high-tech manufacturing, automobile distribution, aviation, oil and gas, electricity, and mining. He has deep experience with disputes presenting challenging financial and technical issues, such as those arising from banking operations, teaming arrangements, supply and M&A deals, and gas pricing, under both common law and civil law systems. Todd is also a recognised specialist in infrastructure and construction disputes and has led teams handling some of the largest construction disputes in arbitration.
ABOUT ILIJA MITREV PENUSHLISKI
Ilija is a partner in the Paris office. Ilija has represented clients in international arbitrations conducted under all major arbitration rules. His practice focuses on complex investment and commercial arbitrations, particularly in the energy sector. He has extensive experience with proceedings for the annulment and enforcement of arbitral awards in numerous jurisdictions.
Ilija has also advised clients in relation to the renegotiation of bilateral investment treaties and on public international law issues.
Ilija is featured in Who’s Who Legal 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 – Arbitration as a Future Leader, which hails him as “one of the most outstanding legal minds of his generation”, someone who “knows the cases inside out”, and a “truly remarkable’ arbitration lawyer who has an impressive ability to manage very complex cases and to develop strategy”. One client notes “I was most impressed with the depth of Mr Mitrev Penusliski’s knowledge across various areas of public international law”.