Bucharest Arbitration Days

How much can procedural rules really improve the way evidence is handled in arbitration?

Panel 6 will explore the various tools and procedural mechanisms for efficient and proportionate taking of evidence in arbitration — under the DIS Rules, but also in comparison with approaches under other institutional rules and widely used soft-law instruments.

The panel aims to move beyond theory and open a practical conversation — among speakers and with the audience — about what an arbitral institution can realistically do — through rules, guidance, templates — to help tribunals and parties conduct evidence-taking efficiently, without undermining due process or the parties’ right to present their case.

𝐃𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥
𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝: 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬

🎤 Moderator: Stefan Kröll (Bucerius Law School)

✨ Speakers: Alessandro Covi (Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB) | Rafal Morek (CMS) | Galina Zukova (ZUKOVA Legal) | Ileana Smeureanu (Pinsent Masons)

📍InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest | 5 June

Learn more & register: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/

Damages are the ultimate battleground in Investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS). While liability attracts headlines, valuation evidence decides outcomes.

Panel 5 explores how tribunals assess damages claims: the methodologies, evidentiary burdens, and credibility of expert evidence that underpin billion-dollar awards. It will consider how legal standards interact with economic analysis, how tribunals distinguish robust valuations from speculative ones, and what evidentiary trends are shaping the evolving practice of quantum in ISDS. Recent work by UNCITRAL Working Group III has brought renewed focus to the evidentiary foundations of damages and valuation in ISDS.

𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

🎤 Moderator: Luciana Ricart (Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, C**t & Mosle LLP)

✨ Speakers: Julien Fouret (HFW) | Ramūnas Audzevičius (Motieka & Audzevičius) | Sophia Von Dewall (Vanguard International Dispute Resolution) | Catalin Alexandru (Filip & Company)

📍InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest | 5 June

Learn more & register: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/

Behind every edition of Bucharest Arbitration Days stands a wider community that helps bring the conference beyond the stage itself. Their involvement strengthens the international dialogue around arbitration and contributes to the growing visibility of Bucharest within the regional arbitration community.

We would like to thank this year’s Supporting Partners and Media Partners for being part of BArD 2026.

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬:

Asociația Municipiilor din România
Arbitra International
Global Arbitration Review
Campaign for Greener Arbitrations: The Green Pledge
Jus Mundi
OGEL Energy Law / Transnational Dispute Management (TDM)
YRAP - Young Romanian Arbitration Practitioners

𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬:

BizLawyer
JURIDICE.ro
Nine O’Clock
Radio Romania International
Radio Romania
TVR Romania

We are grateful for their support and collaboration and look forward to welcoming the arbitration community to Bucharest on 4–5 June.

With the continued involvement of our partners and supporters, Bucharest Arbitration Days is growing year by year as a regional meeting point for international arbitration in Europe.

Register here 👉 https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/

Expert evidence lies at the heart of modern international arbitration, particularly in complex disputes involving quantum, valuation, construction, engineering, or environmental issues.

This panel examines the evolving standards governing expert testimony - from selection and independence to cross-examination, hot-tubbing, and the ethical duties of experts and counsel. It explores how tribunals assess expert credibility, weigh competing methodologies, and ensure procedural fairness while maintaining efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥: 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲

🎤 Moderator: Dorothee Schramm (Independent Arbitrator)

✨ Speakers: Alfonso Iglesia (Cuatrecasas) | Xavier Favre-Bulle (Lenz & Staehelin) | Michael Tonkin (HKA) | Franz Schwarz (WilmerHale)

📍InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest | 4 June

Learn more & register: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/