Organisation: Asian International Arbitration Centre

Thai disputes practitioner Dutsadee Dutsadeepanich, formerly a partner at Clyde & Co, has joined Bangkok-based firm Pisut & Partners. 

27 August 2024

The Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) has appointed former Malaysian federal judge Mary Lim Thiam Suan as its interim director and named a new CEO as part of a major governance overhaul.

15 August 2024

The Malaysian parliament has reformed its arbitration law to allow third-party funding and implement organisational changes to its leading arbitral institution, the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC).

30 July 2024

Italian firm BonelliErede has named partners Andrea Carlevaris in Rome and Paolo Di Giovanni in Milan as the new co-heads of its international arbitration practice, 

14 June 2024

Olga Boltenko has left the partnership at Chinese firm Fangda Partners to practise independently as she seeks admission as a barrister in Hong Kong.

10 May 2024

The High Court of Delhi has restrained a Malawian entity from continuing with a claim against an Indian company at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, finding there was a prima facie case the arbitrator was not appointed in line with the arbitration agreement.

24 January 2024

The Paris Court of Appeal has refused to revive an ICC claim against an Ethiopian state agency based on an arbitrator’s alleged ties with a partner at Clyde & Co – including their participation on a roundtable at Paris Arbitration Week.

17 January 2024

After 33 years of mainly counsel practice at a firm she founded with the former Attorney General of Malaysia Tommy Thomas, Kuala Lumpur-based practitioner Sitpah Selvaratnam is retiring to become a full-time independent arbitrator.

03 November 2023

A panel at Hong Kong Arbitration Week discussed the future of Russian and CIS disputes – including whether Hong Kong is a preferred option for parties from the region, how sanctions affect the handling of cases and the potential for asking a tribunal to move a previously agreed seat.

17 October 2023

The president of the Malaysian Bar has resigned from the advisory board of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) after its members were asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

25 September 2023