The Prospects for Amicus Submissions, Outside the ICSID Rules
Arnold & Porter LLP Monday’s New York conference on “Arbitration with States and State Entities under the ICC Rules” got me thinking about the possibility of amicus submissions in investment cases...
View ArticleThe ICC New York Conference: Releasing a New Report
Conway & Partners Last Monday I was honored with the opportunity to serve as one of the speakers for the annual ICC New York Conference. With an overflowing turnout and impressive list of...
View ArticleWhy not give the clients what they want?
Conway & Partners There are many clients who are often engaged in industrious works that result in disputes. Typically, the applicable arbitral agreements requirement submitting claims to...
View ArticleInstitutional Overreach? Institutional Arbitral Rules versus Parties’ Express...
Norton Rose LLP by Kah Cheong Lye (Partner) and Chuan Tat Yeo (Associate), Norton Rose (Asia) LLP Like computer programs, the length of time between updates for institutional rules seems to get shorter...
View ArticleInsigma Revisited: Singapore High Court Finds Arbitration Clause to be Operable
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, for Herbert Smith Freehills In the case of HKL Group Co Ltd v Rizq International Holdings Pte Ltd the Singapore High Court (the “High Court”) has considered whether an...
View ArticleICC Institute of World Business Law Prize
The ICC Institute of World Business Law has launched the 2013 edition of the Institute Prize for dissertations and essays on international commercial law, including arbitration, for anyone under the...
View ArticleRecent ruling of Dubai Court of Cassation on enforcement of foreign arbitral...
Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla In a blog earlier this year (see my blog of 12 March 2013), I expressed concerns about a Dubai Court of First Instance ruling (see Case No. 489/2012, ruling of the...
View ArticleRecent ruling of Dubai Court of Appeal affirms UAE Courts’ practice to abide...
Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla A recent ruling of the Dubai Court of Appeal (see Case No. 1/2013 – Commercial Appeal, ruling of the Dubai Court of Appeal of 9 July 2013) gives new hope that...
View ArticleLists, Checklists, Guidelines, Principles, Techniques, Protocols, Best...
KarimSyah Law Firm, for ArbitralWomen By Karen Mills, Mirèze Philippe and Ileana M. Smeureanu The views expressed are those of the authors alone and should not be regarded as representative of or...
View ArticleDifferent Strokes for Different Folks? The Role of the Tribunal Secretary
White & Case LLP, for White & Case By Michael Polkinghorne & Charles B. Rosenberg, White & Case LLP The role of the tribunal secretary in international arbitration has been called an...
View ArticleDoes Supreme People’s Court’s Decision Open the Door for Foreign Arbitration...
AnJie Law Firm and Li Meng, AnJie Law Firm Whether foreign arbitration institutions could conduct arbitration in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) is a question that many industry insiders are...
View ArticleEffective Management of Arbitration; A Guide for In-House Counsel and Other...
Special Counsel, Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, for ArbitralWomen The worldwide launch of the Guide for In-House Counsel and Other Party Representatives on Effective...
View ArticleSummary Judgment in International Arbitration – No Longer Dismissed?
Bryan Cave and Irina Tymczyszyn, Bryan Cave LLP An M&A dispute between Travis Coal Restructured Holdings LLC (“Travis”) and Essar Global Fund Limited (“EGFL”) and related parallel proceedings in...
View ArticleWas the Bar Set Too High to Sustain RICO Jurisdiction? More on the Conproca...
Flores Rueda Abogados In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit considered Pemex’s allegations insufficient to sustain RICO jurisdiction in the Conproca vs. Pemex...
View ArticleEmergency Arbitrators in Investment Treaty Disputes
Uppsala Universitet, Juridiska Institutionen Last week, two decisions by emergency arbitrators were made public which had been rendered in separate cases based on investment treaties. Both cases were...
View ArticleDubai Court of Cassation further consolidates pro-NYC enforcement practice
Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla The Dubai Court of Cassation stays firmly on course in its enforcement of foreign arbitration awards under the 1958 New York Convention for the recognition and...
View ArticleThe Jnah vs. Marriott Case: The Never-Ending Story? Latest Episode with the...
Linklaters The so-called Jnah v. Marriott saga belongs to the category of cases that are seemingly never-ending. It is telling that the contracts which gave rise to the various disputes between the...
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Breaking Arbitration’s 5-Minute Barrier: from the Archives
General Electric Company Summer fun Dear Readers, you may have noticed the dearth of recent posts, for which we make no excuses. It is late summer for the northern hemisphere contributors. At this...
View ArticleDIFC Court of First Instance supports enforcement of foreign ICC award...
Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla By Order of 11 May 2015 (unpublished) in Case No. ARB 005/2014 – A v. B, Justice Sir David Steel of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Court of First...
View ArticleChinese Law or No Law: The Lex Arbitri for Arbitrations Conducted by Overseas...
Jingtian & Gongcheng, for YSIAC Longlide, Shenhua Coal and the issue ahead In a case regarded by many as a “milestone” for arbitration in China, Longlide Packing and Printing Co. Ltd. v. BP Agnati...
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