It's all still to play for. After the Paris Court of Appeal refused enforcement of a Swiss arbitral award against Alstom on the grounds of corruption, the French Supreme Court has now overturned that…
A common issue in commercial contracts across a range of industries is whether a claimant's failure to comply with the provisions of a dispute resolution clause gives rise to an issue of…
Investor-state disputes often involve an interplay of different bodies of international law. In addition to investment law, disputes may invoke issues involving public international law,…
The United States Supreme Court's June 2020 decision in GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC ("GE Energy") made clear that, under U.S. law, a non-signatory to an…
An emerging consideration in international arbitration is the use of evidence acquired illegally. Illegally obtained evidence can take a variety of forms, including, for example, illicit recordings,…
The Russian 2016 Arbitration Reform (the "Reform") was a game-changer for both arbitration practitioners and the arbitral institutions. One of the major implications of the Reform was that so-called …
In establishing an International Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal in 2018, France signalled its desire to make Paris a favoured venue for resolving complex international disputes. The…
Each of the major arbitral institutions requires that parties furnish some form of advance on costs before an arbitration can proceed. The advance on costs is a deposit paid by the parties to cover…
There may have been a lot of government restrictions limiting physical gatherings this year, but these restrictions surely did not limit our enthusiasm in gathering (virtually and intellectually) for…
