On September 25, 2019, a program on “Career Paths in Arbitration” took place in Boston, MA, at Harvard University. The program was sponsored and organized by ArbitralWomen, Young ArbitralWomen…
One of David Guetta’s most famous songs is “When Love Takes Over”. Recent weeks have shown him that insolvency can also “take over”. The Commercial Court in Santander (Spain) ruled recently that an…
After 11 years and more than US$ 89 million in costs, an international tribunal rendered a final decision awarding damages in the Perenco v. Ecuador saga. We discuss below the background of the…
We are pleased to present you with this new issue of b-Arbitra which not only includes four articles but also reports a significant number of cases from the Belgian courts.
In this issue you will…
The ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration was held in Singapore in September, examining the future of international energy disputes in the region. There was a focus on the…
This August, Kenya hosted the 7th annual East African International Arbitration (EAIAC) conference. This year’s theme was Government Contracting and Investment Disputes: Lessons for States and…
Introduction
The fourth annual Harbour Lecture took place on 21 October 2019, with hundreds of attendees packed into the Eaton Club, Hong Kong to hear a thought-provoking lecture delivered by Sophie…
In this edition of Brazilian Journal of Arbitration, the National Doctrine section presents Gustavo Scheffer da Silveira's considerations about the sentencing nature of the arbitrators' decision on…
“Yet for me the same nagging question continued: what are our values? Conflict seems to touch people at the deepest levels: it brings into play 'their judgement of what is valuable or important in…
On August 26, 2019, Brazil’s President sanctioned Statute # 13.867/2019, which inserts provisions in the Brazilian expropriation for public utility statute (Federal Decree 3.365/41). One of the most…
