Unilateral option clauses ("UOCs"), also known as asymmetric or split arbitration clauses, grant one party the exclusive right to choose between litigation and arbitration while binding the other…
In a tribunal comprising three members, a unanimous arbitral award depicts the agreement of all members to the award. It has been argued that a single arbitrator’s bias in such a tribunal does not…
The Ontario Court of Appeal (“The Court”) has overturned the decision of an application judge who refused to set aside an arbitral award despite a finding of a reasonable apprehension of bias…
The conference on "Arbitration and Mediation in Industrial Property," during Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) 2025, brought together legal scholars, judges, arbitrators, and mediators to explore how…
Recent amendments to the United Nations (“UN”) Model Tax Convention aim at banning the use of investor-State dispute settlement (“ISDS”) provisions for disputing tax measures, thereby attempting to…
Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) featured multiple discussions on the growing importance of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in arbitration proceedings, a much-debated topic. Issues such as the slow…
The ICCA-KIAC Conference is approaching, taking place on 5 June 2025, in Kigali, Rwanda. It will focus on the theme “Africa & International Arbitration: Untold Stories” and discuss legal reform…
On February 26, 2025, the Tribunal in Honduras Próspera Inc., et al. v. Republic of Honduras rejected an unprecedented attempt to dismiss investment treaty claims for failure to exhaust local…
On Day 3 of the 2025 Paris Arbitration Week ("PAW"), Nyenrode University organized a comprehensive conference, hosted by Linklaters Paris, examining the future of investment arbitration in the five…
On the second day of Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) 2025, a sneak preview of the forthcoming 2025 International Arbitration Survey “The Path Forward: Realities and Opportunities in Arbitration” (“…
