Organisation: Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration

In the wake of the GAR-LCIA roundtable, leading arbitrator Doug Jones shares some further procedural approaches that he has found to enhance the capacity of an arbitral tribunal to focus on the key issues in a complex dispute.

06 December 2024

The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) has named Diana Bowman as its secretary-general to replace Deborah Tomkinson, who leaves the role to join Peter & Kim in Sydney. 

07 August 2024

World Bank president Ajay Banga has added 20 names to ICSID’s panels of arbitrators and conciliators – while the US, China, Colombia and Pakistan are among the latest states to make designations. 

04 July 2024

The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration has appointed independent arbitrator Judith Levine as its new president while Deborah Tomkinson is stepping down as secretary general. 

25 June 2024

Holman Fenwick Willan has promoted four members of its arbitration team in the Asia-Pacific region to the partnership – Peter Sadler in Perth, Edward Beeley in Hong Kong, Suzanne Meiklejohn in Singapore and Owen Webb in Melbourne.

16 May 2024

Clifford Chance has promoted four international arbitration practitioners to the partnership and named one new counsel in its offices across Europe and Australia.

30 April 2024

Initiatives to improve the diversity and sustainability of arbitration were among the winners at last night’s GAR Awards in Paris, while Covington & Burling, Judith Gill KC, and the team on a high-profile case for Nigeria also picked up prizes.

22 March 2024

Voting is now open for the 14th annual GAR Awards, as we publish the shortlists for our publicly voted categories.  

07 February 2024

The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) has launched a taskforce to improve the sustainability of international arbitration, after a recent report published by the centre found that most practitioners would use less sustainable practices if it benefitted their case.

01 December 2023

Lucas Bastin KC told GAR Live Sydney that Australia could become the “stand out” jurisdiction for enforcement of awards against state assets – as its courts possess “execution powers that do not exist” in other countries with equivalent state immunity legislation.

28 November 2023