The escalation of costs and delays in international arbitration and the consequent dissatisfaction of the system’s users have become prime subjects for users of and commentators on international arbitration.1)See, for

The four most recent ICSID disqualification decisions (Universal Compression v. Venezuela, OPIC Karimum v. Venezuela, Tidewater v. Venezuela and Urbaser v. Argentina) have unanimously rejected applications to disqualify arbitrators on…

…parties from frustrating any interim measure. Separately, arbitral tribunals seated in Hong Kong are empowered inter alia to award security for costs and direct the discovery of documents or delivery…

…arbitration proceedings, the costs to the financial institution for resolving these relatively small claims through the FDRC are more proportionate to the claim amount and significantly lower. Further, there are…