Hosted events

London Arbitration Week 2026

Penningtons Manches Cooper is proud to support London Arbitration Week 2026, taking place from 30 November to 4 December 2026. Drawing together arbitrators, legal practitioners, business leaders and industry professionals from around the world, the programme provides a forum for discussion of developments, challenges and opportunities across the international arbitration landscape.

As part of this year’s programme, we will be hosting a number of events in our London office. Further details are provided below.

Tuesday 1 December

Energy, commodities and arbitration: managing risk in an era of geopolitical fragmentation

Date: Thursday 1 December
Time: 10:30 – 12:00

Energy and commodities businesses are operating in the most volatile risk environment since perhaps the 1970s. Every geopolitical shock now has the potential to become an arbitration claim.

Trends and developments: George Mingay, Partner, PMC London (15 mins)
The client perspective and managing exposure: Anna Owen-Davies, Senior In-house Lawyer (15 mins)
The European market perspective: Bernardo Ruiz Lima, Partner PMC LLP, Madrid (15 mins)
The expert witness perspective: Neil Ashton, Partner, Stoneturn (15 mins)
Panel session & questions (20 to 30 mins)

Speakers

Bernardo Ruiz Lima, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper
George Mingay, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Neil Ashton, partner, StoneTurn
Anna Owen-Davies, consultant

Venue: Penningtons Manches Cooper, 125 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7AW

For more information and to register, click here.

Enforcement of arbitration awards: from concept to commercial reality in a global context

Date: Thursday 1 December
Time: 16:30 – 18:00

International arbitration speaks the language of autonomy, consent, and internationalism. Yet when an award debtor refuses to pay, the system ultimately returns to its oldest truth: arbitration is only as powerful as the national courts standing behind it.

Speakers

Kamran Rehman, partner, head of commercial disputes, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Tariq Baloch, KC, Essex Court Chambers
David Dearman, senior managing director, Ankura
Faris Nasrallah, head of international arbitration, Crescent Petroleum
Ayse Yazir, managing director, Bench Walk Advisors

Venue: Pennington Manches Cooper, 125 Wood St, London, EC2V 7AW

For more information and to register, click here.

Thursday 3 December

A tale of two arbitration cities: London / Abidjan

Date: Thursday 3 December
Time: 10:30 – 12:00

Is London still the forum of choice for African-related disputes? Can the CCJA-OHADA Arbitration Centre become a forum of choice for common law disputes? Perspectives from practitioners across the globe.

Speakers