Introduction
Kicking off Hong Kong Arbitration Week (“HKAW”) 2019 on Sunday was a joint seminar hosted by KCAB INTERNATIONAL and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (“Freshfields”) titled: “Private Equity…
In the recent judgment of AIC Limited v The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria [2019] EWHC 2212, the English High Court adjourned the decision to enforce a Nigerian arbitral award in exercise of…
Writing in 2015 about the need to study the intersection between insurance and dispute resolution, Professor Robert H. Jerry II concluded as follows:
"The business of insurance is first and foremost…
Thank you for joining us on the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, Mr Hafez Virjee. We are honoured to have the opportunity to gain insight on Delos, the independent arbitration institution that you co-founded…
"Too many cooks spoil the broth" – this expression works in both personal and professional situations. Everyone can relate to this universal concept that where each of many people involved in a…
The development of the Brazilian Arbitration Act concerning the Public Administration
Under the original wording of article 1 of Law no. 9.307/96 (“Brazilian Arbitration Act”), any capable person was…
It is a pleasure to return as General Editor of the Kluwer Arbitration blog after two years serving as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the "…
Recently, focus has been brought upon the use of international arbitration to solve human rights abuses caused by businesses ("BHR Arbitration"). Disputes involving human rights violations often…
Introduction
There are parallel initiatives currently considering a potential reform of the international Investor-State Dispute Settlement (“ISDS”) system. Particularly, the work presently taking…
In July, San Jose, Costa Rica and Monterrey, Mexico hosted the latest Young ITA Talks forum, which was also carried via videoconference. Panelists from all over Central America and Mexico gathered to…
