Bucharest Arbitration Days

As arbitration continues to bridge diverse legal traditions and face digital-era challenges, tribunals are increasingly called upon to balance fairness, consistency, and integrity in evidentiary matters.

Panel 4 explores the evolving standards governing what evidence may be admitted and how it should be handled ethically in international arbitration.

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥: 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

🎤 Moderator: Jurgita Petkutė (KNOETZL)

✨ Speakers: Alejandro I Garcia (Stewarts) | Naomi Briercliffe (Squire Patton Boggs) | Genevieve Poirier (LALIVE) | Mihnea Galgotiu-Sararu (Reff & Associates SPRL | Deloitte Legal)

📍InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest | 4 June

Learn more & register: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/

As Bucharest Arbitration Days 2026 approaches, we would like to acknowledge the firms supporting this year’s edition and contributing to the continued growth of the arbitration community in the region.

✨Gold Partners:
Filip & Company
LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU - LDDP
Reff & Associates SPRL | Deloitte Legal

💫 Silver Partners:
Eversheds Sutherland
Muşat & Asociaţii
Neagu Dinu Partners
NNDKP
Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii
STOICA & ASOCIAȚII
Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații
Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners

Their support helps create a platform that brings together practitioners, arbitrators, academics and institutions from across jurisdictions for substantive discussions on international arbitration.

With the continued involvement of the arbitration community and its partners, Bucharest is steadily strengthening its position as a regional hub for international arbitration in Europe.

Thank you!

In an era of efficiency drives, soft law harmonization, and digital case management, some practitioners question whether traditional evidentiary debates still hold relevance in international arbitration. This panel reaffirms that evidence remains the backbone of arbitral reasoning and procedural legitimacy, shaping outcomes, ensuring due process, and maintaining confidence in the arbitral process.

The discussion explores how arbitral tribunals weigh, test, and interpret evidence, and why evidentiary standards remain essential to the integrity of the process, even in a system designed for flexibility and party autonomy.

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝟏: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

🎤 Moderator: Leon Kopecky (Schoenherr Attorneys at Law)

✨ Speakers: Daniel Levy (Enyo Law LLP) | Michelangelo Cicogna (De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani) | Myung-Ahn Kim (Yoon & Yang LLC) | Therese Isaksson (Westerberg & Partners)

📍InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest | 4 June

Learn more & register: https://bucharestarbitrationdays.com/2026-edition/