IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Session information
How cultural background of the parties may affect the effectiveness of alliancing, partnering & collaborative contracts and the disputes deriving thereof?
Monday 3 November (1615 - 1730)
Committee(s)
International Construction Projects Committee
(Lead)
Description
Alliancing, partnering and collaborative contracts are gaining traction worldwide in the mining sector with the promise inter alia of reducing the incidence of disputes by aligning the incentives of different actors on projects and fostering a transparent and collaborative approach. Do these contracts, however, really give rise to fewer disputes? How do the disputes that do arise differ from those that are typically seen under traditional delivery models? Why are alliancing/partnering contracts facing a backlash in some jurisdictions that had previously embraced them? this session will discuss.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Tony Dymond | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Central, Hong Kong SAR; Co-Vice Chair , Dispute Resolution Subcommittee |
| Emma Niemisto | Borenius Attorneys Ltd, Helsinki, Finland; Co-Vice Chair , Project Establishment Subcommittee |
Speakers
| Philippe Boisvert | Borden Ladner Gervais, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| Carla Mills | Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Diane Peng | Fangda Partners, Beijing, China |
| Shankh Sengupta | Trilegal, New Delhi, Delhi, India |