The year 2025 marks the golden jubilee of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (“VIAC”), while as of 1 January 2025 a new version of its Rules of Arbitration and Mediation 2021 (the “Vienna Rules…
As part of Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2025, Hui Zhong Law Firm (“Hui Zhong”) hosted a panel on 23 October 2025, entitled Uncovering Hidden Wealth: Strategies in Asset Tracing & Recovery. The…
In an era where international arbitration faces unprecedented challenges from artificial intelligence (“AI”) to legitimacy questions, the School of International Arbitration’s (“SIA”) 40th…
Australia's defence sector is at a critical inflection point. In the wake of rising global conflicts, Australia is strengthening its strategic alliances through the Australia-United Kingdom-United…
Held at the elegant Shangri-La Singapore on 26 August 2025, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) Symposium reaffirmed its status as a cornerstone of Singapore Convention Week,…
In its third issue of for the year, Arbitration touches on a theme that is often unspoken yet deeply influential: arbitral culture.In her Editorial to this issue, Prof. S.I Strong writes:‘Culture is…
On January 1, 2025, the 7th Edition of the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”; “2025 SIAC Rules”) came into effect, replacing the 6th Edition of the SIAC…
In the silence of coded chains and cryptographic consensus, a new form of adjudication has emerged—one that claims the name of “justice” without courts, robes, or borders. This is decentralised…
Natural language processing (“NLP”) artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools are booming in the legal industry, and international arbitration is no exception. Practitioners are harnessing AI to boost…
When I first proposed a new course, “International Economic Dispute Resolution: Law and Politics”, for the LLM in International Economic Law stream at the City University of Hong Kong, I was excited…
