This year, Japan held its first ever Japan International Arbitration Week (JIAW) in Tokyo from 18-22 November 2024. Previously held as a standalone event for the first time last year, this year’s…
With giga-projects at the forefront of its construction industry, the eyes of international contractors and foreign investors alike are on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”). But as with all…
It has been a distinct honour to serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal over the last seven years.
In my first editorial, I was commenting on the remarkable evolution that the field of…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ("KSA") is undergoing a transformative shift in its economy. In 2016, the KSA launched the Saudi Vision 2030, an initiative to, among others, attract foreign and domestic…
Six previously unpublished ICC awards are now available online on Kluwer Arbitration, as part of the ICCA Awards Series.
The awards published deal with a broad range of issues, including the…
On 8 November 2024, the Roma Tre-UNIDROIT Centre for Transnational Commercial Law and International Arbitration held its first Annual Conference, titled ”The Many Shades of Climate Change: Through…
For over a decade, diversity in the field of arbitration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ("KSA") has been on a positive trajectory. In 2012, the Saudi Arbitration Law (Royal Decree No. M/34) came into…
In the recent Singapore High Court (“Court”) case of DJA v DJB [2024] SGHCR 10 (“DJA v DJB”), the Court was tasked with determining the novel question of whether the general legal principles for an…
In recent years, there has been a boom in international demand for Latin American commodities as well as massive foreign investment in the region, especially in the energy, mining and construction…
On 9 August 2024, the Commercial High Court of England and Wales (the “Court”) has declined to set aside the Permanent Court of Arbitration (“PCA”) investment award issued in Diag & Mr. Josef…
