A recent seminar delivered under the Chatham House Rule considered the usefulness of an analogy between Investment Treaty Arbitration (ITA) and domestic public law, with a view to critiquing…
The dispute in Siemens AG and Siemens Israel Ltd. v. Israeli Electric Cooperation Ltd. (3331/14, Supreme Court of Israel Judgment, 13 August 2014) arose out of a request for tenders for the purchase…
In one of the very rare decisions issued by courts in the Arab world applying the provisions of the Unified Agreement for the Investment of Arab Capital in the Arab States (the "UAIAC"), the Cairo…
In an ambitious stride to become the leading maritime hub in the Middle East, the Emirate of Dubai is set to establish the Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre, which in shorthand will be known as …
In a recent, worldwide yet unprecedented move, the DIFC Courts have circulated for public consultation a draft Practice Direction (see Practice Direction No. X of 2014 amending Practice Direction No…
In a case my business had a few years ago, the parties' contract specified expedited procedures under the AAA's Commercial Arbitration Rules. Immediately after the request for arbitration had been…
Co-authored by Georg von Segesser, Benjamin Moss and Aileen Truttmann, Schellenberg Wittmer
An arbitral tribunal's relationship to state courts remains a complex and often contested topic. A…
By Manuela Caccialanza and Alessandro Villani, Linklaters LLP
Another chapter of the never-ending West Tankers saga has recently concluded, seemingly scoring a success as to protection of a party’s…
By Philipp Groz and James Menz, Schellenberg Wittmer
In March 2014, the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") presented the…
