Asia-Pacific, Australia, Construction arbitration, Islamic Finance Disputes, Malaysia, Seat of the arbitration, Shari‘a, South Korea
Switching Arbitral Seats: Musical Chairs in the Asia-Pacific
Singapore and Hong Kong are now considered to be amongst the top arbitration seats in the world, rivalling the long-established seats of London, Paris and Geneva. Perpetuating their dominance in the region, parties to contracts in the Asia-Pacific often choose either of these seats by default with no consideration of alternatives. This is underpinned, to…