The recent decision of the Singapore Court of Appeal (“SGCA”) in Wuhu Ruyi Xinbo Investment Partnership (Ltd Partnership) v European Topsoho Sàrl [2025] SGCA 32 (“Xinbo”) deals with the crossroads…
The pressure to resolve international disputes faster and at lower cost has driven a significant shift in institutional thinking. Alongside formal arbitration and traditional ADR, a new…
A recurring theme throughout Paris Arbitration Week 2026 (“PAW”) was the evolving relationship between public international law and investment arbitration. Three panels approached this…
As part of the 2026 Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”), Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP hosted a webinar titled “Getting Causation Right in Investment Disputes.” This was the fifth…
Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) 2026 once again confirmed the central role of construction and infrastructure disputes within international arbitration. Against the backdrop of geopolitical…
Artificial Intelligence ("AI") has dominated the discourse of many law topics in recent years. This year’s Paris Arbitration Week ("PAW") was no exception, with several panels discussing the ethical…
Armed conflicts generate consequences that extend far beyond immediate humanitarian devastation and geopolitical instability. Warfare is also increasingly recognized as a significant driver of…
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) has recently published its Compendium of SIAC Challenge Decisions (“Compendium”), containing selected redacted decisions of the SIAC Court of…
In the last few years, investment and trade in arms and dual-use technologies have grown (and are expected to increase further) due to the escalation of geopolitical tensions and the “rearm”…
Montesquieu cautioned in the Spirit of Laws (1748) that “unnecessary laws weaken necessary ones”. Spain’s Ley Orgánica 1/2025 (the “LO 1/2025”) illustrates this point. In pursuit of efficiency, LO…
