15th Baltic Arbitration Days & White Nights in Riga and Jurmala
Sunday, 14 June – Monday, 15 June 2026
Friday, 12 June: Pre-conference wine reception
Saturday, 13 June: Fringe Event: BAD Young Arbitrators Forum
Sunday, 14 June: Conference Opening / Key Notes / Festive Dinner
Monday, 15 June: Conference Main Day / River Boat Tour
2026 Focus regions:DACH+ (DE/Austria/CH/Liechtenstein) & Central/Eastern Europe
Keynotes by:
Prof. Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Levy Kaufmann Kohler, Geneva
Prof. Anne van Aaken, University of Hamburg
Registration now open – The program is available below.
Expert Panels:
Cross-Border Transactions
Investment Arbitration Update
Construction & Energy
Investigations & Enforcement
Legaltech & IT
Contact us for proposals for expert presentations & expressions of interest for sponsorships!
Baltic Arbitration Days is an international forum for arbitration practitioners and academics that takes place every June in the Latvian cities of Riga and Jurmala. During the course of the event, which consists of two days of lectures and social functions, participants are able to discuss and engage with a wide range of important international-commercial- and investment-arbitration issues. While the focus is on Central and Eastern Europe, experts from other countries and regions of the world regularly join the proceedings to speak as well.
2026 Speakers (the list is being updated): • Prof Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, LKK Arbitration Ltd, Geneva
• Prof Anne van Aaken, University of Hamburg, Hamburg
• Dr Avi Zamir, A. Gabrieli & Co./Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
• Dr Ilze Mikulana, Riga
• Dr Max Oehm, Baker McKenzie, Frankfurt/Main
• Jacob Enoch, FIRON, Tel Aviv
• Dr Zoltán Novák, Taylor Wessing, Budapest
• Dr Balz Gross, Homburger, Zurich
• Hjordis Birna Hjartardottir, ICC, Paris
• Prof Steffen Hindelang, Uppsala University, Uppsala
• Robin Oldenstam, Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm
• Dr Christoph Riechmann, Frontier Economics, London
• Dr. Lisa Beisteiner-Matz, Zeiler, Vienna
• Dr Greg Lourie, Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich
• Dr Joseph Schwartz, WAGNER Arbitration, Berlin
• Dmitry A. Pentsov, MLL Legal, Geneva
• Aku Sorainen, Crespect/SORAINEN, Tallinn
• Marion Ehmann, Venturis Consulting Group, Stockholm
• Dr Anna Meyendorff, Bates White, Washington D.C.
• Joachim Knoll, Lalive, Geneva
• Dr Ekaterina Lohwasser, FTI, Munich
• Dr Markus Burgstaller, Hogan Lovells, London
• Alison Fitzgerald, Bennett Jones, Ottawa
• Tim Rauschning, Luther, Hamburg
• Jessica Joly Hébert, Savoie Arbitration, Paris
• Dr. Hannes Arnold, Gasser Partner, Liechtenstein
• Valle-Veikko Eronen, Avance, Helsinki
• Yolanda Besleaga, Stoica & Asociatii, Bucharest
• Sarah Monnerville Smith, Eversheds Sutherland, Paris
