Hamid Gharavi will give the keynote speech on “Keeping the beat: lawyers as guardians of the rule of law” at the Vienna Arbitration Days 2026 “Arbitration unplugged: under pressure” on 20 November 2026 in Vienna, Austria.
Hamid Gharavi will speak at the UNESCO conference dedicated to “The Role of the Manifesto of Cyrus the Great in the Formation of Modern Human Rights and Cultural Diversity” on 1 June 2026 in Paris.
Hamid Gharavi will deliver the keynote speech on September 17 at the 2nd Edition of the Istanbul Arbitration Days on the topic of “The fléau of arbitrator bias and plea for standing tribunals”.
The 2nd Edition of Istanbul Arbitration Days will be from September 16-19, 2025, in Istanbul.
Hamid Gharavi will speak at the 6th Athens International Arbitration Forum dedicated to Construction Contracts and International Arbitration. He will chair the session on “Construction Arbitration and States / States Entities”. The event will take place in Athens, Greece, on 27 November 2025.
Hamid Gharavi will speak at the 2nd edition of the GAR Live: Civil Law Summit on “Mind the gap: rethinking contract interpretation and advocacy” which will take place in Madrid at the Centro Internacional de Arbitraje de Madrid – Centro Iberoamericano de Arbitraje (CIAM-CIAR) on 10 and 11 September 2025.
Hamid Gharavi will give the keynote speech “Arbitration as a safeguard of democratic values” during the CIARB London Branch’s Annual General Meeting. The event will take place in London on 23 April 2025.
As part of Paris Arbitration Week (PAW), Derains & Gharavi will co-host with the Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC) the following conference : “Access to justice: common concerns and remedies of Western and sanctioned parties”. The event will take on 7 April 2025 in Centre de Conférence Etoile Saint-Honoré from 9:30 am to 12pm. Please register with the Paris Arbitration Week website for this event.
Hamid Gharavi gave lectures on international arbitration: “Introduction to Arbitration and Differences between Commercial and Investment Arbitration” and “Recent and significant decisions in Investment Arbitration Law” at the Galatasaray University in Istanbul on 14 February 2025.
Hamid Gharavi spoke on the topic of “Dos and Don’ts: Beyond Legal Requirements” at the “Drafting Arbitral Awards in Arbitration” conference organised by the Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC). The event took place in Istanbul on 11 February 2025.
Hamid Gharavi will give the keynote speech “BITs not missiles” during the Settlement of Investment Disputes conference organised by the Arbitration Centre of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, in Tehran on 5 February 2025.