- Friday, 23 October 2026
- 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Jakarta Time, Indonesia
- Format: In-Person Executive Workshop
- Program Fee: USD 450
- Includes: BIAMC Certificate of Completion
Overview
The global energy and mining sector continues to face increasing regulatory, geopolitical, and commercial complexity. Disputes arising from resource projects today frequently involve overlapping issues of state intervention, investment protection, environmental obligations, licensing regimes, contractual risk allocation, and sustainability considerations.
Against this evolving landscape, arbitration has become one of the most significant mechanisms for resolving high-value disputes within the resource sector.
Major energy and mining disputes are rarely determined solely at the arbitration hearing. They are often shaped much earlier — through project structuring decisions, concession frameworks, government measures, investment protections, contractual drafting, and operational risk management.
This one-day executive workshop is designed to provide legal, commercial, and industry professionals with a sophisticated and practical understanding of how disputes within the energy and mining sector are approached, argued, and resolved in modern arbitration.
An executive-level programme examining arbitration challenges at the intersection of energy, investment, and regulatory risk.
The programme will examine both investor-state and commercial arbitration dynamics, with particular focus on the strategic interaction between investment treaty protection, sovereign measures, ESG obligations, and contractual dispute exposure across cross-border resource projects.
Through comparative analysis, tribunal perspectives, and practical case studies, participants will gain deeper insight into how arbitration frameworks operate within the evolving global resource economy.
Participants Will Gain Insight Into
• The interaction between investment treaty arbitration and commercial arbitration
• State intervention, licensing instability, and regulatory measures affecting long-term resource investments
• ESG obligations, environmental liabilities, and sustainability-driven dispute exposure
• Case studies involving coal mining operations and power plant arbitration disputes
• Comparative analysis of ICSID proceedings and commercial arbitral mechanisms
• Risk allocation, stabilisation clauses, and dispute management in energy and mining contracts
• Cross-border investment protection and sovereign risk considerations
• Tribunal approaches in complex disputes involving governments, investors, and multinational corporations
Who Should Attend
This workshop is structured for senior-level decision-makers and professionals, including:
• Law Firm Partners
• Arbitration Counsel
• Heads of Legal / Legal Directors
• Mining Companies
• Energy Corporations
• Investors in the Resource Sector
• Government Regulators involved in resource-sector contracts and disputes
• Contract & Claims Managers
• Project Directors
• In-House Counsel
• Energy & Mining Consultants
• CEOs and Senior Executives in the Energy and Infrastructure Sector
• Academics and Arbitration Practitioners
Participants will receive a BIAMC Certificate of Completion recognising their participation and professional exposure to arbitration practice within the energy and mining sector.
Agenda
| Time | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 09:30 AM | Registration and morning coffee |
| 10:00 AM | Session I |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch break |
| 1:00 PM | Session I (continued) |
| 2:20 PM | Coffee break |
| 2:40 PM | Session II |
| 6:00 PM | Workshop ends |
Programme Fee: USD450
This is not a general seminar.
It is a focused executive programme for professionals who want to think earlier, judge more clearly, and position themselves more effectively in complex disputes.
If this is relevant to your work or direction, you would be most welcome to join.
Rebecca James, SFBiAm
Rebecca James, SFBiAm is an international arbitration practitioner at Linklaters, bringing more than 16 years of experience across Singapore, England, and Australia. Her practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration, together with public international law, with particular experience across the Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
She advises on complex cross-border disputes across a broad range of sectors, including energy, infrastructure, technology, finance, telecommunications, industrials, and aerospace. Rebecca has acted in both institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, advises on enforcement and risk in emerging-market transactions, and also accepts appointments as arbitrator.
Dual-qualified in England & Wales and Victoria, Australia, Rebecca has been recognised by leading legal directories including Chambers Asia-Pacific, Lexology Index, and Legal 500 for her work in international arbitration and public international law.
Rob Palmer, SFBiAm
Rob Palmer is an International Arbitration Partner in the Singapore office of global law firm Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, with more than two decades of experience working across Southeast Asia. Since relocating to the region in 2003, he has built a distinguished practice advising on complex cross-border disputes and is recognised as one of the region’s leading international arbitration practitioners.
His experience spans a wide range of international and regional arbitration proceedings, including complex disputes conducted under the rules of leading arbitral institutions across Asia and beyond. In addition to acting as counsel in significant international disputes, Rob also serves as an arbitrator and is empanelled with several prominent institutions, including SIAC, KCAB, DIAC, THAC, AIAC, and BANI.
Rob is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, and the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration. His standing in the field has been consistently recognised by prominent legal directories, including Chambers, Legal 500, Lexology, and Best Lawyers, reflecting his depth of experience, strong regional insight, and established reputation in international dispute resolution.
