Practice Makes Perfect: A Mock Negotiation of the AIEN Model International Consulting Agreement

5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Friday, December 16, 2022

Agostinho Neto University Faculty of Law | Avenida Ho Chi Minh, 64346, Luanda, Angola

Norman Nadorff, Special Counsel, Mayer Brown LLP, Professor, University of Houston Law Center
Jose Otavio Serra Van-Dunem, Professor, Agostinho Neto University Faculty of Law, Executive Director, CEJES
Carlos Keta, Professor, Agostinho Neto University Faculty of Law, Director, Postgraduate Program in Petroleum Law and Commerce
Nelia Daniel Dias, Geomarket Counsel Southern African Region, Baker Hughes, Graduate (2009) and Lecturer, FDUAN-CEJES Oil & Gas Postgraduate Program, AIEN Africa Regional Committee Member
Edna Carvalho, Attorney, Graduate of FDUAN-CEJES Oil & Gas Postgraduate Program (2007)
Rossana Santos, Attorney, Graduate of FDUAN-CEJES Oil & Gas Postgraduate Program (2011)

Join us at Agostinho Neto University for a fun and educational mock negotiation performance by the students of the CEJES Post-Graduate Program in Oil & Gas Law and Commerce, class of 2022-23.

Norman Nadorff will moderate the mock negotiation of an International Consulting Agreement, using the AIEN model form, between the fictitious First Rate Oil Company and the team of Sr. Perez E. Dent, a mysterious and well connected "agent" currently employed by the farmor, Sell Easy Petroleum. Norman will be assisted by student team coaches, Edna Carvalho and Rossana Santos.

Schedule of events:

17:00    Welcoming remarks
17:30    Introduction to AIEN
17:40    Explanation of mock negotiation
18:00    Mock negotiation
18:45    Comments and questions
19:00    Networking reception
20:00   Adjourn

Registration is complimentary for members and non-members. Please register at the link to the right.

Organized by our Africa Regional Chapter, this event is co-hosted with: The Center for the Study of Legal-Economic and Social Sciences, Agostinho Neto University

Special thanks to reception sponsor: