European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 1961 (ECICA)

Arbitration Awards, draft Restatement, Enforcement, European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 1961 (ECICA), Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), forum non conveniens, Inter-American Conventions, New York Convention

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Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)

On December 14, the Second Circuit rendered its decision in Figueiredo Ferraz e Engenharia de Projecto Ltda. v. Republic of Peru, 2001 WL 6188497 (2d Cir. Dec. 14, 2011), which represents a significant development in the court’s jurisprudence on forum non conveniens dismissals of actions to enforce foreign arbitral awards. As explained below, the decision…

Arbitration Awards, Enforcement, Europe, European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 1961 (ECICA)

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The European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 1961 (ECICA) is a multilateral treaty regulating certain aspects of international arbitral proceedings. Some of its provisions cover issues also governed by the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958, also known as the New York Convention (NYC), which was concluded three years earlier…