Foley Hoag and several of its attorneys will be participating in the 2026 edition of New York Arbitration Week (NYAW). Co‑hosted by the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC) and the New York Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArbNY), NYAW is the premier annual gathering for international arbitration in New York.

On Monday, November 16, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM, Foley Hoag's International Commercial Arbitration practice group will be co-hosting a panel with NYU's Intesa Sanpaolo Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law to present for the first time in the U.S. the results of two empirical studies providing data on how arbitrators exercise their broad discretion to construe contracts, authored by Professors Giuditta Cordero-Moss of the University of Oslo and Michele Miozzo of Columbia University.

Debaters:

• Daniel Schimmel, Partner and Chair, International Commercial Arbitration Practice Group, Foley Hoag
• James Castello, Arbitration Chambers
• Franco Ferrari, New York University School of Law
• Diora Ziyaeva, Dentons LLP

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On Monday, November 16, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Kenneth Figueroa will be speaking on a panel titled "AI vs. Human Expertise in Construction Dispute Review: Which Delivers Better Outcomes?", hosted by BRG.

On Tuesday, November 17, 8:30 – 10:00 AM, our International Commercial Arbitration Practice Group will be co-hosting a panel title "International Arbitration at the Frontlines of AI Infrastructure Boom". This panel will look at the growing number of disputes over the physical infrastructure behind artificial intelligence, including chips, data centers, power, financing and data localization rules, from both a commercial and an investment arbitration perspective, and will offer practical guidance on contract drafting, risk mitigation and dispute prevention for clients investing in that infrastructure.

Moderator:

• Giuseppe De Palo, JAMS Arbitrator and Mediator

 Speakers:

• Sudhanshu Roy, Partner, Foley Hoag
• Oliver Armas, Partner, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
• Daniel García Barragán L., Partner, Garcia Barragan Abogados
• Mark Stadnyk, Regional Legal Counsel, thyssenkrupp nucera
• Binsy Susan, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, New Delhi, India

On Friday, November 20, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM, Foley Hoag's International Commercial Arbitration practice group will be co-hosting a panel titled "$2 Billion or $0? Valuing Damages in a Changing World: Lessons from Capital Markets", with Secretariat and Freshfields. The panel will examine one of the most consequential questions in arbitration: how should tribunals assess damages when the gap between competing valuations can be measured in billions of dollars?

Speakers:

• Christina Hioureas, Partner, Foley Hoag
• Elliot Friedman, Partner, Freshfields
• Tom Sikora, Senior Counsel, Exxon Mobil Corporation
• Sveta Ksenofontova, Managing Director, Secretariat

NYAW brings together practitioners, arbitrators, academics, institutions, and in-house counsel from around the world. New York offers a truly global perspective as a leading venue for international arbitration, consistently selected as the preferred seat in the Americas and the global hub of finance, commerce, technology, media, diplomacy, and culture.

2026 Theme: “Arbitration in a Changing World: The Road Ahead”
After years of unprecedented change—in technology, trade, regulation, and the profession itself—international arbitration stands at an inflection point. NYAW 2026 asks what comes next, exploring how parties, practitioners, institutions, and other stakeholders are adapting and preparing for the future—from AI-driven changes to new institutional rules to a shifting geopolitical landscape to the next generation of voices shaping the field.