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…
On 12 June 2020, the Kingdom of Tonga ("Tonga") acceded to the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958 (the "Convention"), being the 164th state…
The lack of a binding effect of a State’s right to interpret treaties has been raised as one of the reasons to reform the current Investor-State Dispute Settlement (“ISDS”) regime. The movement to…
We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal is now available and includes the following contributions:
Maxi SCHERER, Remote Hearings in International Arbitration: An Analytical…
The relationship between developing countries and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has not been smooth, to say the least. Several developing countries such as…
Virtual hearings are not a new idea. The arbitration community only started to seriously discuss the benefits and the logistics of having virtual hearings in lieu of physical hearings when the world…
We continue our series with four of our fellow editors sharing their perspectives on working on the Blog and predictions concerning the future of the arbitration world: Daniela Páez (Assistant Editor…
It is undisputed that the Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China (“the Arbitration Law”) has greatly contributed to the establishment, development and improvement of China’s current…
On Monday 6 July 2020, during the first day of the Paris Arbitration Week, Reed Smith held a webinar on ‘Arbitrating allegations of corruption in international business transactions – problems and…
In the recent decision in SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 599 (“SAS”), the English Court of Appeal addressed issues including the situs of a debt, the proper approach to…
