Juan Perla Speaks on the Energy Transition and International Law at UPenn’s Carey Law School

Juan Perla will join a panel on “Arbitrating the Transition: Investor Protection, the Energy Charter Treaty, and Climate Policy,” at the 2026 Penn International Law Conference at the UPenn’s Carey Law School. 

The panelists will consider the risk of arbitral claims faced by states under the Energy Charter Treaty and similar international instruments when reforming energy policy to meet climate commitments, placing private arbitral tribunals, rather than courts or legislatures, at the center of resolving the tension between investor protection and climate policy. Panelists will discuss whether current investment law standards can adequately accommodate climate-driven regulatory change, and whether reform of the treaty or of investor-state dispute settlement more broadly offers a viable path forward.

The panel will include Rémy Gerbay, founding partner and co-head of arbitration at Hexagon Advocates, Chiara Giorgetti, professor of law at University of Richmond School of Law, and Katia Yannaca-Small, international advisor and arbitrator and adjunct professor at USC Gould School of Law, and will be moderated by Erin Collins, senior associate at Three Crowns. 

The panel will take place at Carey Law School on Friday, November 13, from 1:00 to 2:15 pm.