Graduate Law students Jean-Fran莽ois H茅bert and Robin F. Hansen win Marc Lalonde Prize
Two 海角社区 Law graduate students have been awarded the first
Marc Lalonde Prize for Excellence in International Commercial and
Investment Arbitration. DCL student Jean-Fran莽ois
H茅bert (on left) and LLM student Robin F.
Hansen (on right) were presented with $5,000 each and
honoured at a ceremony held earlier this week at Ogilvy Renault in
Montreal.
The Marc Lalonde Prize was founded by the Canadian Arbitration
Congress to recognize the author of an essay on a topic of
international commercial or investment arbitration.
Jean-Fran莽ois H茅bert鈥檚 winning entry was entitled, "Abuse of
Corporate Nationality and the Jurisdiction of International
Investment Tribunals," while Robin F. Hansen鈥檚 was called,
"Systemic Tension in Investment Treaty Arbitration: The Search
for Meaningful Corporate Nationality in an Era of Multinational
Business."
The competition is open to law graduates from across Canada who are
either currently pursuing or have recently completed further
studies in commercial or investment arbitration. However this year,
the judges agreed that both 海角社区 papers were the best 鈥� and
decided to let both worthy candidates share the prize
equally.
The ceremony was attended by the Honourable Marc Lalonde, along
with the B芒tonnier du Qu茅bec, G茅rald R. Tremblay, members of the
Canadian Arbitration Congress and several members of the
international arbitration community in Montreal.
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Photo courtesy of Ogilvy Renault.