2025 marked a year of consolidation and innovation for arbitration in Southeast Asia. Across the region, legislative reform, revised institutional rules, and a growing body of significant awards and…
The Asia ADR Week 2025, hosted by the Asian International Arbitration Centre (“AIAC”) in Kuala Lumpur from 7 to 11 October 2025, welcomed over 300 attendees in person and online across 24 events…
The Philippines is undergoing a significant infrastructure expansion, with the government allocating PHP 1.507 trillion in 2025—equivalent to 5% of GDP—for development projects. This surge, supported…
During Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) 2025, Diales and CIArb hosted a session titled “Construction Arbitration: Instructing Delay Experts.” The discussion was opened by David Coyne (DIALES) and Jalal…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”) is witnessing a significant surge in construction activity, from leading giga projects (such as NEOM and the Red Sea Project) to being selected as the host of the…
On 23 November 2023, Young Arbitrators Sweden (YAS) held its fifteenth annual Arbitration Day (Sw. skiljeförfarandedagen) at the historic Central Post Office Building (Sw. Posthuset), the home of the…
In a judgment issued by the Dubai Court of Cassation (“COC”) on 8 June 2023 (Dubai Court of Cassation No. 1514/2022 Commercial), the COC confirmed that the condition precedent of referring the…
On the fourth day of the LIDW22, the session on “Changes in construction and infrastructure disputes: 2022 and beyond” looked at how construction contractors and employers have found ways to either…
On 20 October 2021, the Bucharest International Arbitration Court (“BIAC”) and the American Arbitration Association – International Centre for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR”) held a conference on the…