Hidden behind the glamour and grandeur of major sporting events such as the Olympics is the way the sport comes to terms with various aspects of the law. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), or…
In mid-2020, changes were enacted to the Russian Arbitrazh (Commercial) Procedure Code (“APC”) which established the exclusive jurisdiction of Russian Arbitrazh courts over cases where a Russian…
Conflicts of interest between parties and arbitrators are common in arbitration proceedings. However, the academic community has not yet examined whether arbitral institutions may also run into…
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…
On 19 June 2020, the new sanctions-related amendments to the Russian Commercial (Arbitrazh) Procedure Code entered into force. The main objective of the law is to protect the interests of…
As a result of coronavirus, sanctions, for once, have not been grabbing the headlines. Unlike the media, the Russian legislative bodies have recently shown keen interest in the topic of sanctions as…
We live in time when sanctions hit the headlines almost every quarter. Naturally, this frustrates contracts and creates additional causes for disputes. However, there exists uncertainty as to whether…
Introduction
On the 18th of February, the Court of Appeal in The Hague reversed the lower court’s decision annulling the awards rendered against the Russian Federation in Veteran Petroleum Ltd.,…
Overview
At the end of 2018, the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Court published its "Review of Cases Related to the Functions of Assistance and Control in Relation to Arbitration and International…
Introduction
Unilateral option clauses (also known as "asymmetric" or "one-sided" clauses) are clauses which give both parties the right to refer disputes to a particular dispute resolution forum,…
