Ad hoc arbitration, Arbitrability, Arbitration, Arbitration Act, Corporate disputes, Institutional Arbitration, Lex Arbitri, Russia
Russian Laws on the Offensive: Cross-Border Effect of the New Arbitration Regime for Corporate Disputes
Russia has recently revised its arbitration laws. The key development of the reform is to address the arbitrability of so-called “corporate disputes.” The new laws lift the longstanding ban on arbitrating most types of controversies relating to a Russian company. There is a catch, though: the lawmakers set out mandatory procedural conditions with which any…