It was a great pleasure to be at the 7th Meeting of Lusophone Arbitralists yesterday, to talk about “Arbitration, Crime and Criminal Proceedings”, reflecting on the responsibility of lawyers and arbitrators.

The event program, which is part of Paris Arbitration Week, was full of excellent interventions, which encourage us to reflect more on this topic:

OPENING: Yves Derains (Derains & Gharavi, Paris)

PANEL I: THE CRIME RELATED TO EVIDENCE IN ARBITRATION
Moderator: Ana Serra e Moura (CCI, Paris)
Panelists: Carlos González-Bueno FCIArb (González-Bueno, Madrid/Lisbon) Orlando 奥兰多 Cabrera (Hogan Lovels, Ciudad de México) Silvia Julio Bueno de Miranda (MAMG, São Paulo) Telma Pires de Lima (PLMJ, Lisbon) 5:30 pm – 6:25 pm .

PANEL II: CRIMINAL PROCEDURES PARALLEL TO ARBITRATION
Moderator: Eduardo Silva da Silva (Dispute Resolution Office, Porto Alegre)
Panelists: Daniel Levy (Enyo Law, London) Luis Fernando Guerrero (Lobo de Rizzo Advogados, São Paulo) Natália Mizrahi Lamas (Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Advogados, Rio de Janeiro) and Sofia Vale (SV Arbitration, Luanda)

I am very grateful to Ana Gerdau de Borja Mercereau, Yves Derains and Eduardo Silva da Silva for inviting me to speak about “the state of the art” of arbitration in Angola.