Samuel Pape

Solicitor, Latham & Watkins

Samuel Pape is an associate in Latham & Watkins' London office. He is a solicitor advocate and member of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice. His practice focuses on international arbitration, public international law, and complex litigation in England and overseas.

Mr. Pape was ranked as a “Next Generation Lawyer” and “Rising Star Lawyer” by Legal 500 in 2018 and 2019, and is recognized as a “well-regarded associate” for International Arbitration. His cases have featured in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of the Year.

He has appeared as an advocate in both commercial and investor-State arbitrations, and his experience includes representing companies and sovereigns across a range of industry sectors including energy and natural resources, banking, pharmaceuticals, private equity, telecommunications, and aviation. His cases have included disputes concerning joint ventures, post M&A matters, company law, banking law, environmental issues, public international law, and human rights law. His arbitration experience also includes acting as tribunal secretary in ICC proceedings.

In addition to his arbitration practice, Mr. Pape has extensive experience acting in complex commercial litigation, including transnational tort class actions and company law litigation.

Mr. Pape is the UK Chair of Young Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) and a member of the Executive Committee of the Asia-Pacific Forum for International Arbitration (AFIA). He is also managing editor of the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review. He is also co-author of a book chapter on procedural issues related to damages in international arbitration.

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Procedural order for a remote online hearing in international arbitration

Precedents

This Precedent Procedural Order is intended for use and adaptation by parties, counsel and arbitral tribunals establishing the terms and requirements for a hearing by video-conference in arbitration proceedings (sometimes referred to as a virtual or remote hearing). The Precedent assumes that all attendees will be in separate remote locations (a fully remote hearing), but may be adapted if some attendees are to be present in person in the same location (which is sometimes referred to as a hybrid hearing, partially remote hearing or semi-virtual hearing). This Precedent may be used by practitioners on a standalone basis or for incorporating in a more general Procedural Order, including the first such order in any proceedings. This Precedent may be particularly useful for those attempting to mitigate the effects of, for example, a pandemic on arbitral hearings intended to be heard in person. However, the Precedent may be used and adapted for any remote hearing in international arbitration. This document may be referred to as a sample, model or template procedural order for an online, remote, virtual or video conference arbitration hearing.

Arbitration