…well-known arbitrator who only half-jokingly commented on my “anti-arbitration” view, although he then qualified me as appearing more moderate than my fellow members of the Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group…
…international arbitration. Indeed, only EU investors whose State of origin has entered into a BIT with the host State would have access to international arbitration. In the second letter, addressed…
…field is international arbitration. From the earliest days of modern international arbitration, firms conducted their own cases from instruction to final hearing, with the lead solicitors often shouldering the advocacy…
…term in the arbitration agreement. The present arbitration is taking place pursuant to a provision in an international treaty, not pursuant to an arbitration agreement between disputing parties.” (At the…
…appear to provide compelling evidence to refute assertions recently that investment treaty arbitration as currently constituted is not a fair, independent, and balanced method for the resolution of investment disputes….
…might understandably prefer arbitration seated in Europe or New York. On the other hand, parties from the PRC, for example, are increasingly, and equally understandably, inclined to resist arbitration outside…
…territory begin to sour. Indeed, for an NGO to exit a host country and engage in an international arbitration would be viewed by many charitable actors as a “loss” even…
…2010 WL 3155822 (D.D.C. Aug. 11, 2010). Though the court assumed arguendo that ICSID arbitration is “a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal” for purposes of Section 1782, it…
…a piece of the action. But where there’s business, there are disputes. And where there’s international business, there’s arbitration. There is no doubt that the position of the Hong Kong…
…arbitration as currently constituted is not a fair, independent, and balanced method for the resolution of investment disputes. The Statement recommends that governments: should review their investment treaties with a…
…G”) that centralizes arbitration matters. The list is managed by a judge with international arbitration experience who, along with several other commercial judges, will hear all arbitration-specific cases. India: At…
…be finally established as a country friendly towards arbitration […].” 1)Mgalobishvili/Kiknavelidze, The legal framework of arbitration in Georgia, Arbitrażowe Aktualności – Biuletyn Arbitrażowy, Sąd Arbitrażowy przy Krajowej Izbie Gospodarczej w…
…in connection with an arbitration commenced in 2009 in the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”) by a Cypriot company “Edimax” against the Russian businessman Shalva Chigirinsky. Edimax is claiming…
…strongly develop in coming years. In 2008, the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association has formed a Task Force on Counsel Ethics in International Arbitration for the purpose of…
It is well known that the New York Convention is widely recognized as a foundational instrument of international arbitration. In addition to this Convention, there are also international bilateral agreements…
…involved) as to justify the rising costs of arbitration. Therefore, it is likely a possible good route for NGO’s to consider in the sense of an added protection, but practically…
…to ratify has the opposite reputational effect. The availability of binding ICSID arbitration would increase investor confidence in Canada, making it an even more attractive location for foreign investment by…
…to replacing the Federal Arbitration Act with the Model Law in my previous articles, but what about New York? I recently sat in a meeting in which local arbitration professionals…
Following the controversial land reform programme first introduced by President Robert Mugabe in July 2000, Zimbabwe has found itself in hot water of late, with a number of international disputes…
Many leading jurisdictions in international arbitration have adopted all or part of the UN Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (“Model Law”). The question that remains is: Why Hasn’t the…
…pro-arbitration approach on almost all aspects of the Model Law, and arbitration generally, to come before them. They have been deferential to arbitration agreements – particularly international commercial arbitration agreements…
…arbitration practitioners trying to discern the limits of State responsibility today. See LEAGUE OF NATIONS, ACTS OF THE CONFERENCE FOR THE CODIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, Vol. IV, Minutes of the…
…tape. The purpose of the filing was to secure the court’s assistance with additional discovery of Crude outtakes to facilitate the arbitration and secure preservation of all relevant evidence “related…
This year, the State of Florida, with significant help from the many international practitioners working in Florida, proposed and passed a bill changing the Florida Arbitration Act to substantially match…
