Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Counsel Enrique Jaramillo will be speaking on a panel collaborating with the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN) on October 23 in Downtown Houston. The event titled “New Energies, Same Changes?”, will be featuring a discussion on hydrogen and its implications for contractual rights, alongside industry experts. This panel will be highlighting the comparative analysis of hydrogen and other energy forms, including traditional oil and gas, LNG, and RNG. The session will explore the implications these differences have on contractual rights and obligations. For more information please visit the link below. https://lnkd.in/esXJnHK5

Curtis is pleased to announce that Latinvex has once again ranked Partner Elisa Botero among the Top 100 Female Lawyers in Latin America in 2024. This is the fourth consecutive year Ms. Botero has been recognized for her work in Arbitration & Litigation, as well as in Corporate/M&A. For more information please visit the link below. https://lnkd.in/e4c5Gups

Partner and Environmental Chair Charlie Howland recently participated as a speaker for the “One Thousand Resilient Communities: An NREL Modeling Tools Solar and Microgrid Training Course,” sponsored by the Center for Strategic Policy Innovation and Arizona State University (ASU). The eight week online training course was developed as part of a pilot project of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) and ASU Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions (LEAPS). The course helps cities, counties, and non-governmental organizations build expertise to facilitate the development of community-based solar energy and energy resiliency/microgrid projects in the U.S. For more information please visit the link below. https://lnkd.in/eZnFGkSp

Partner John Balouziyeh - جون بالوظية will join a panel of experts convened by the International Law Association in New York City on 25 October 2024 to debate the establishment of the Exceptional Chemical Weapons Tribunal (ECWT). Panelists will discuss how such a tribunal would be situated in the current international legal framework alongside the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the ICC. The session will examine how the current international legal framework leaves gaps in international criminal justice and the role the ECWT can play in filling these gaps. For more information on the panel, as well as links to the full program and registration, please click here: https://lnkd.in/ew7v7HXn

This past Tuesday October 8th, Curtis collaborated with the ColCapital - Asociación Colombiana de Capital Privado and Amazon Web Services (AWS), to host an insightful panel discussion at Curtis' offices in New York, to address the challenge of attracting Middle Eastern capital to Latin American funds. A special thank you to the panelists: •Shaun Reader, Partner in the Investment Funds team at Curtis •Jessica Al-Hussaini, Senior Associate at Globivest VC •Kassem Ajineh, Strategic Advisor to family-owned portfolios, Founder and CEO of Cities Group •Astrid Chedid, AIM Regional Director for LATAM Curtis Partner Elisa Botero and Associate Maria Paulina Santacruz Salazar collaborated and hosted this event with around 40 attendees, including ColCapital members, family offices, and institutional investors. For more information visit the link below. https://lnkd.in/dS7wPKBC

This past Tuesday October 8th, Curtis collaborated with ABVCAP (Brazilian Association of Private Equity and Venture Capital) and the TMF Group, to host an insightful panel discussion at Curtis' offices in New York with Brazilian fund managers and family offices. The event featured distinguished panelists: • Daniel Vasquez, Co-Managing Partner at K50 Ventures • Kassem Ajineh Polanco, Founder and CEO of Cities Group, Strategic Advisor to family-owned portfolios • Juan Atuesta, Head of Alternative Investments at Campoverde Capital • Moderated by Elisa Botero, Partner at Curtis Curtis Partner Elisa Botero and Associate Maria Paulina Santacruz Salazar collaborated and hosted this event with around 40 attendees, including ABVCAP members and LATAM family offices. For more information visit the link below. https://lnkd.in/d6JferWp

On October 24th, Counsel Mohannad A. El Murtadi Suleiman, FCIArb will speak on interim measures in international arbitration at the INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CLUB OF NEW YORK. Mr. El Murtadi will discuss forms of interim measures in international arbitrations and the standards arbitral tribunals have applied to decide them. He will also explore the challenges that interim measures pose in international disputes, drawing on the practice and jurisprudence of international arbitrations and proceedings. The event will be held from 12-2pm at Baker McKenzie, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018, both in person and remotely. For more information about the event, click here: https://lnkd.in/g3M5Z6K5

Today, October 15, 2024, partner Irene Petrelli will give a presentation on “Litigating Water through International Investment Arbitration: Where Are We Now?” as part of the webinar on International Law, Food and Water, co-organized by the Italian and Chilean branches of the International Law Association.   The discussion will address the issue of access to water as an internationally recognized human right and investment claims arising out of the right of States to regulate this delicate aspect of human life, as well as the crucial areas of public health and environmental protection. More information is available here: https://lnkd.in/eakKMQ4d   #water #accesstowater #humanrights #investmentarbitration #ISDS

Curtis Italy has been awarded as Law Firm of the Year: Fund Formation at the annual edition of the Legalcommunity.it Real Estate Awards. The award ceremony was hosted on October 10, at Officine del Volo, in Milan. Motivation states: “The firm has gained an increasingly influential presence in the Italian real estate market, with a team capable of operating in all area of expertise; remarkable results have been achieved in fund formation in the past year.” Carmine Gravina, Olja Stojkovska, Sergio Esposito Farber, Pietro Rigo and Ambra Varfi (pictured L – R) attended the evening.

Partner Simon Batifort (New York & Brussels) has been invited to speak on a panel on “Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Climate ‘Policy Chill’” organized by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) , Fair Finance International, and the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO). The panel will take place online on Wednesday, 16 October 2024, and will also feature Kyla Tienhaara (Associate Professor, Queen’s University) and Adam Gillett (Senior Investment Manager, Railpen) and will be moderated by Sarah Brewin (Company Strategist, ACCR). More information and the link to register is available here: https://lnkd.in/e9BQ29U3