Organisation: Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution

Amid efforts to modernise ISDS, and with investors and states often settling disputes before an arbitration award, the launch event of the Council of International Dispute Resolution of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Riyadh explored way to promote more amicable resolution of disputes through negotiation or mediation.

12 March 2025

Sally Kotb has left her role as head of United Arab Emirates arbitration at Habib Al Mulla & Partners to rejoin its former associate firm Baker McKenzie in Dubai. 

25 September 2024

Bahrain continues apace in the development of its planned disputes hub, with a new English-speaking international commercial court and enhanced arbitration offering, after issuing a series of edicts and decrees.

17 September 2024

David Brynmor Thomas KC is to leave 39 Essex after 13 years to become a full time arbitrator and mediator, with his practice managed by Newmans Row, the new London-based outfit set up by Sir Bernard Eder and former Essex Court Chambers clerk Rachel Newman. 

16 August 2024

The second edition of UCIA – GAR’s citation manual for international arbitration – is now live and available for our subscribers to download, featuring guidance for 16 additional jurisdictions.

18 April 2023

GAR has launched its latest Guide to Regional Arbitration, including new additions to its whitelisted institutions and coverage of a sudden, unplanned shortage in Paris hearing space.

05 December 2022

An ICSID tribunal has rejected a German recycling company’s €19 million claim against Morocco over a “de facto” ban on the export of scrap metal.

02 August 2022

Bill Slate, former president and CEO of the American Arbitration Association and founder of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, has died aged 79.

15 July 2022

GAR looks at the ongoing chaos in Dubai caused by a shock decree six months ago that effectively abolished the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre in a bid to make DIAC the principal arbitral provider in the emirate.

19 March 2022

The first GAR Connect Eastern Mediterranean saw speakers discuss dispute-related trends arising from offshore natural gas fields in the Mediterranean itself, in countries bordering the sea like Cyprus, Israel, Egypt, Libya and Turkey, and as far East as the Gulf and Russia.

10 March 2022