Force Majeure webinar 1 October 2026
Join Gafta and expert speakers from Gardner Leader for a webinar exploring Force Majeure claims and Gafta contracts.
This webinar is part of a new series of live web-based education and is free for Gafta members to attend. If members have additional topics they would like us to cover in this format, please email events@gafta.com.
We anticipate tickets to be booked very quickly, so we encourage early registration. Please keep the Gafta team informed if you are not planning to attend so your place can be given to someone else.
Chair
Jonathan Waters LLB, LLM, MCIarb, CMC Mediator, Gafta Mediator, Barrister at Law
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Speakers
Chris Felton, Partner, Gardner Leader
Chris regularly conducts matters in the Commercial, Chancery and Insolvency and Companies Courts. Many of his cases have an international dimension. He has litigated for clients in a number of different jurisdictions including the US, Canada, Brazil, Germany, France, Switzerland, The Netherlands, former CIS States, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Abu Dhabi, Seychelles, Malaysia, Singapore and China.
Chris has significant experience of both domestic and international arbitration (LCIA, ICC, Swiss Rules, GAFTA and ad hoc).
Katie Dyson, Partner, Gardner Leader
Katie specialises in complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes, with a focus on civil fraud, commodities actions and high-value international arbitration, including trade arbitrations (Gafta) and matters at interstate level.
She was listed as a Rising Star for Commercial Litigation in the 2022 Legal 500 rankings and as Up and Coming in the 2024 and 2025 editions of Chambers and Partners. Clients describe her as “diligent, thorough and careful” and “always on top of things”.
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