Allegations of fraud and corruption are increasingly encountered in international arbitrations but there is at times a perception that international arbitration, which is by nature a private and…
On 20 December 2013, the final phase in the Indus Waters Kishenganga Arbitration was completed with the rendering of a Final Award by the seven-member Court of Arbitration (“Court”) tasked with…
As you may already know, Gary Born is about to finalize a new edition of his magnum opus, International Commercial Arbitration. With 4,500 pages soon to be published (April 2014) in three…
The use of arbitration in large scale disasters – both natural and financial has increased in recent years. Alongside this increase has been the growing use of arbitration to resolve an increasingly…
By Karen Mills, Mirèze Philippe and Ileana M. Smeureanu
The views expressed are those of the authors alone and should not be regarded as representative of or binding upon the institution or the law…
It has been over two years since the DC Circuit Court of Appeals (“Circuit Court”) vacated an award in a bilateral investment treaty arbitration (BG Group PLC v. Republic of Argentina (UNCITRAL))…
A recent amendment to Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Law No. 1 of 2008, the DIFC Arbitration Law, brings the DIFC into line with the New York Convention (on the recognition and…
A number of decisions of various national courts have dealt with the issue whether a competition law dispute may be referred to arbitration. Although the case law tends to favour a positive answer,…
and Dr. Günther J. Horvath, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Should we blame the new entrants (or the old dogs) or are we experiencing a general lowering of ethical standards?
The Chief…
Under the direction of the Swiss Arbitration Association (“ASA”), a recent questionnaire asked 82 of the world’s most prestigious arbitral institutions, among other questions, whether they had…
