In October 2016, the ICSID advised the Member States of the ICSID Convention that it was beginning the fourth amendment process since the enactment of the definitive ICSID Arbitration Rules in 1967.…
On April 28, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (in a majority decision) affirmed the district court's decision to set aside an award issued by a sole arbitrator finding…
In many ways, Portugal is a remarkable arbitration-friendly jurisdiction. Not only a new UNICTRAL Model based law has been enacted a few years back now, but also its courts have proved to be very…
On 11 January 2017, the Swiss Federal Council proposed a revised version of the Swiss International Private Law Act ("SPILA") relating to international arbitration (art. 176 et seq.) with a view to…
On March 14th the Investment Treaty Forum at The British Institute of International and Comparative Law hosted a panel of experts to discuss practical and legal aspects of investments protection in…
On March 9, 2017, a three-person ICSID Tribunal rendered an Award in Ansung Housing Co., Ltd. v. People's Republic of China. The case marks the second time where China appears as a Respondent before…
As reported in the excellent piece by Alejandro López Ortiz and Gustavo Fernandes in “A Year of Legal Developments for International Arbitration in Latin America”, Bolivia may have taken a step back…
On December 30, 2016, the Supreme People's Court ("SPC") issued a set of new Opinions. It covers an array of matters relating to legal measures to expedite the development of Free Trade Zones. (…
On 22 March 2017, with minimal fanfare, the Civil Law and Justice Amendment Legislation Bill 2017 ("2017 Bill”) was introduced into the upper house of the federal Parliament. Buried within this…
The question of whether the jurisdictional grant in a “service of suit” clause overrides an otherwise valid and enforceable arbitration clause in the same agreement has been addressed by several…
