Arbitration Institutions and Rules

Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitration Proceedings, Commercial Arbitration, International Courts, Middle East

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White & Case

“…so many construction disputes are now heading towards arbitration” remarks the calling notice for the next Society of Construction Law-Gulf event in Dubai in April. Around the world, the economic downturn is producing very many financial disputes. The speculation is that with the global recession deepening, the number of arbitrations is set to spiral upwards….

Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitrators, International Legal Theory and Teaching, Legal Practice

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One of the defining features of the international arbitration community is the plethora of international arbitration conferences. Every month the calendar is full of opportunities to travel the world to attend conferences. This month it is Frankfurt, Lausanne, The Hague, and Washington. Last month it was Paris, Dubai, Vienna and Bonn. It’s not exactly normal…

Arbitration Awards, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitration Proceedings, Europe, New York Convention, North America

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Last week I attended a wonderful conference at Pepperdine Law School on international sports arbitrations administered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). It is a remarkably sophisticated regime that deserves far greater attention than it typically receives by the international arbitration community. Under the CAS Rules, all CAS tribunals have their seat in…

Arbitration Awards, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitration Proceedings, Arbitrators, Enforcement, Investment Arbitration, South America

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

In light of interest in the international arbitration community concerning investment treaty cases against Argentina since the 2001 economic crisis, we thought it could be useful to share Freshfields’ working collation. We caution that this is based only on public records and press reports. Corrections are welcome. According to our data, 46 treaty cases have…

Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Investment Arbitration

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As reported several months ago – and confirmed last week – the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has a new Secretary-General. Meg Kinnear comes to the post after working for nearly two and a half decades as a lawyer for the Canadian Government. Of that time, the last decade has been spent…

Arbitration Awards, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitrators, International Legal Theory and Teaching, Investment Arbitration

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Ten years ago virtually all international arbitration was in a black box. The awards were accessible to the parties and virtually no one else. One had vague impressions about the quality of arbitration generally and individual arbitrators in particular. But there was no objective data from which to judge these impressions. Investment arbitration changed all…

Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitration Proceedings, Domestic Courts, Enforcement, International Courts, International Legal Theory and Teaching, Investment Arbitration

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Three Crowns LLP

Rex has recently installed himself as the benevolent dictator of a resource-rich country where many live in poverty. He took power from a government he accuses of having distributed national wealth in a grossly unfair manner. He proclaims a policy of redistributive justice, and enjoys passionate popularity among the vast disadvantaged segments of the population….

Arbitration Awards, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitration Proceedings, Investment Arbitration

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White & Case

Global Arbitration Review recently reported that the August 27, 2008 Award in Plama Consortium Limited v. Republic of Bulgaria (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/24) was selected as the Best Award and the Most Surprising Award of 2008 in a survey of participants in the international arbitration on line discussion forum OGEMID. The 120-day period to apply…

Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitration Proceedings, Arbitrators

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In recent years the international arbitration community seems to be obsessed with the issue of arbitrator impartiality, independence and bias. The 2004 IBA Guidelines were followed by the LCIA’s 2006 Special Report and Decision to Publish challenge determinations, followed in 2007 by the ICC Bulletin Special Supplement, and most recently by TDM’s 2008 Special Issue…

Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Investment Arbitration, North America

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American Society of International Law (ASIL)

The American Society of International Law is pleased to join a number of organizations and institutions contributing to this on-line discussion of current issues in international arbitration. We have long provided a forum for the international arbitration community to come together and share ideas-in print, at our meetings, or on line-and we consider this new…