Talks and presentations

  • “Modernity and Public International Law” Influence of different Legal Traditions on Public International Law organised by the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, UK, 2026.

  • “AI in International Dispute Resolution” Debate organised by the Faculty of Law. Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, 2026.

  • “The African Continental Free Trade Area and Investor State Dispute Settlement – A Shift in Africa’s Investment Protection Framework?” AfCFTA dispute resolution seminar organised by the Oil, Gas, Energy, Mining, Infrastructure Dispute Management – OGEMID, 2025.

  • “Does culture influence treaty litigation? A case-study of investment law” 16th Annual Conference of the Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law. 中央大学, Tokyo, Japan, 2025.

  • “What can commercial arbitration offer States and private suppliers to preserve government powers without sacrificing legal protection to suppliers?” ADR and Public Procurement Symposium organised by the Oil, Gas, Energy, Mining, Infrastructure Dispute Management – OGEMID, 2025.

  • “Artificial Intelligence Applied to the Arbitral Process: Commentary on the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center Guidelines on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Arbitration” APA Arbitration Day organised by the Portuguese Arbitration Association. University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 2025.

  • “Secret International Courts” Fitzwilliam College Postgratuate Talks, University of Cambridge, 2024.

  • “Arbitration and the new frontiers of Technology”, XVII Congress of Commercial Arbitration of Portugal organised by CAC. Lisbon, Portugal, 2024.

  • “AI and IA: The impact of Artificial Intelligence in International Arbitration”, XI Congreso Internacional de Arbitraje organised by the Comité Colombiano de Arbitraje, Bogotá, Colombia, 2023.

  • “Arbitration and Corruption: What can and should arbitrators do?”, event for the launch of the series ‘Challenges for State Arbitration’ organised by Brazil’s Attorney General Office, 2023.

  • “Writing rules for Plain English”. CAM-CCBC’s ‘Legal Writing’ course. São Paulo, Brazil, 2023.

  • “Debate about the draft bill to regulate arbitration with the state of Amazonas” organised by the House of Representatives of the State of Amazonas. Amazonas, Brazil, 2019.




Leonardo F. Souza-McMurtrie
Arbitration and International Law