Young ICCA Skills Training Workshop: Damages in International Arbitration

Back in Japan for the first time since 2019, Young ICCA is organizing a workshop on damages in international arbitration in Tokyo.

Date: 22 April 2025, 17:30 - 20:30 (UTC+09)                                                                                                                                        

City: Tokyo, Japan

Venue: Freshfields (Akasaka Biz Tower, 36F 5-3-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-6336,  Japan)

Hosted by Freshfields and developed in conjunction with FTI Consulting and Osborne Partners, this interactive workshop is geared towards young practitioners. It aims to provide attendees with not only theoretical knowledge of the salient principles relating to damages issues in international arbitration, but also a flavor of how to approach valuation and the quantification of damages in practice.

This workshop will be split into two sessions to cover both the theoretical and the practical.

The first session on theory will explore, among other things, key principles, common law and civil law approaches, and interesting developments in Japan and other key Asian jurisdictions.

The second session will put the theory into practice. It will use a mock case to illustrate the methodologies used in building (and rebutting) damages claims. Attendees will participate in a guided discussion with the panelists who will dissect and analyze the case in real-time.

The workshop will end with a cocktail reception.

Registration

This event is free of charge and will be held in hybrid format. Please register by 16 April. Due to limited capacity, successful registrants wishing to attend in person will be notified a few days before the event.

Speakers

Welcome remarks: Nicholas Lingard (Partner, Freshfields)

Panelists:

Yoshimi Ohara (Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)

Braden Billiet (Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting)

Oliver Watts (Partner, Osborne Partners)

Samantha Tan (Partner, Freshfields)

Moderator:

Morgane Guyonnet (Associate, Freshfields, and Young ICCA Representative for Japan)