Christopher Petrucci spoke at the Canadian Bar Association's International Law Section' session on how COVID-19 has reshaped international commercial arbitration practice and dispute resolution.
Christopher shared practice insights, recent developments, and his thoughts how international commercial arbitration may be practiced post-pandemic. Specific areas that were discussed included:
- novel issues related to procedural fairness in virtual hearings;
- how to prepare for virtual hearings, and virtual advocacy tips generally;
- drafting arbitration clauses to account for COVID-related concerns; and
- one-year post-pandemic, what have we learned, and what opportunities lay ahead?