Imad Khan, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
Imad Khan is an international disputes lawyer who represents and advises sovereigns, multinational companies, state-owned entities, and intergovernmental organizations through all aspects of international dispute resolution. He is particularly experienced in investment treaty and international commercial arbitration under all major arbitral rules, including the ICC, ICDR, AAA, HKIAC, LCIA, ICSID, and UNCITRAL. His practice includes enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. He frequently publishes articles and lectures on topics related to international arbitration and dispute resolution and serves in leadership of leading international organizations and arbitral institutions.
In addition to international arbitration and complex commercial litigation, Imad’s practice extends to handling recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitration awards, including for judgments and awards involving states, state agencies, and state-owned entities which involve state immunity issues. Imad also advises clients in navigating complex discovery involved in international disputes. Imad has a wide variety of experience representing and advising clients across diverse economic sectors, including energy, oil and gas, electricity, renewables, technology, waste management, mining, and pharmaceuticals in numerous arbitrations
He maintains a deep understanding of his practice by frequently speaking and publishing on topics related to his practice and industry/business-sector focus. He currently holds leadership positions with the ICC International Court of Arbitration, ABA Section of Litigation, American Branch of the International Law Association, and Friends of the Hague Academy. Imad also serves on the Houston Chapter Board of Directors for Developments in Literacy, a non-profit committed to empowering children through education in Pakistan.
Frederic Sourgens, Director - Tulane Center for Energy Law, Tulane University Law School
Frédéric G. Sourgens is the James McCulloch Chair in Energy Law at Tulane Law School and Director of the Tulane Center for Energy Law.
He joined the Tulane Law Faculty in 2023. Prior to teaching at Tulane, Sourgens served as the Senator Robert J. Dole Distinguished Professor of Law at Washburn University School of Law.
Sourgens is the co-lead investigator with OPEC’s General Legal Counsel, Leonardo Sempértegui of the energy transition policy and regulatory briefs project for the Organization of Petroleum Producing States (OPEC). He is the Chair of the Southwest Institute for International and Comparative Law and a member of the Executive Committee and chair of the Academic Outreach Committee for the Institute for Energy Law.
Sourgens is active in the governance of the American Society of International Law, where he currently serves a three-year term on its executive council. He holds multiple editorial appointments including Editor-in-Chief of Oxford University Press' Investment Claims reporter of international arbitral awards between states and foreign investors and serving on the editorial boards of the Brill Research Perspectives in International Investment Law and Arbitration as well as the American Review of International Arbitration (Columbia University School of Law).
Before entering academia, Sourgens practiced law at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP in Houston (now Norton Rose Fulbright) and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in Washington DC (now Milbank).