Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Asia-Pacific, Enforcement, Japan, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, JCAA

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From 20 to 22 November 2024, the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA) hosted the second edition of the JCAA Arbitration Days, as part of the inaugural Japan International Arbitration Week (JIAW) in Tokyo.  This article reports on the second day of the JCAA Arbitration Days, held in hybrid format on 21 November 2024.  The panels…

Asia-Pacific, Best practices, Institutional Rules, Japan, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, JCAA

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This year, Japan held its first ever Japan International Arbitration Week (JIAW) in Tokyo from 18-22 November 2024.  Previously held as a standalone event for the first time last year, this year’s Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA) Arbitration Days featured an expanded two days of sessions in English followed by one day of sessions in…

Arbitral seat, Arbitration Act, Arbitration institution, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Japan, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, JCAA

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On 17 November 2023, the leading arbitration-related institutions and government entities in Japan co-hosted an international arbitration conference, entitled “Exploring Innovative Solutions in a Changing World”, to showcase Japan’s flourishing ecosystem as a preferred place of arbitration, and to mark the 70th anniversary of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA). Held in Tokyo, this event…

Canada, Costs, Costs in arbitral proceedings, Experts, Japan, Korea, Seoul ADR Festival

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On the first day of the 2023 Seoul ADR Festival, Secretariat Advisors hosted a double feature of panels relating to arbitration costs. The first panel focusing on the recovery of arbitration costs featured James Chun (foreign attorney, Kim & Chang), Inkoo Lee (manager, Secretariat), and Bruno Savoie (foreign attorney, City-Yuwa Partners). Messrs. Lee and Savoie…

Canada, CanArb Week, ICC, ICC Arbitration

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On the third and final day of CanArb Week 2022, the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee held its annual conference titled The New World. The conference sessions were bookended by opening and closing remarks by Professor Janet Walker (Chair, ICC Canada, Atkin Chambers, Full Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School) and Myriam Seers (Vice-Chair, ICC Canada, Partner,…

CAS arbitration, OECD, Paris Arbitration Week, PCA, WIPO

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During the Paris Arbitration Week, Savoie Laporte hosted a virtual panel discussion entitled “International Organizations as Users and Providers of International Arbitration”. The webinar was moderated by Pierre-Olivier Laporte (Co-founder of the international law boutique Savoie Laporte) and featured four speakers from intergovernmental organizations (IOs).   OECD and WADA as Users of International Arbitration Lucie…

Artificial Intelligence, Canada, CanArb Week, Diversity, Third party funding

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As part of Canadian Arbitration Week, the 2021 ICC Canada Conference, titled Leaning into the Future, was designed to facilitate critical thinking and debate on several important topics in international arbitration. The focus of the conference was decidedly post-pandemic, exploring fault lines and cleavages in the system of international arbitration as we know it today,…