Organisation: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Middle Eastern firm Al Tamimi & Company has hired partner Basma Al Kiyumi as its new head of disputes in Oman along with the rest of her team from local firm BK Law.

15 November 2023

Kent Phillips has joined Norton Rose Fulbright in Singapore, leaving Hogan Lovells without an international arbitration partner in the city-state.

14 November 2023

In the latest Roebuck Lecture held by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Kabir Duggal considered the potential of international arbitration to safeguard human rights, mitigate armed conflict and address the threats posed by climate change.

03 October 2023

A former deputy director general of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators who pleaded guilty to sexual assault charges has been fined by a UK disciplinary body but will be allowed to continue in practice. 

18 August 2023

The Paris Court of Appeal has allowed a Dutch supplier of night vision goggles to seize funds belonging to Iraq’s second-largest bank to satisfy a pair of ICC awards issued against Iraqi ministries two decades ago.

07 August 2023

Thai disputes practitioner Dutsadee Dutsadeepanich has joined the partnership at Clyde & Co in its recently opened Bangkok office.

25 July 2023

Charles (Chip) Rosenberg, who has acted in several ICSID cases including a recent win for Turkey, has left King & Spalding to join the partnership at Squire Patton Boggs in Washington, DC.

18 July 2023

Lahore has played host to the first Pakistan International Disputes Weekend, which saw the unveiling of new domestic arbitration legislation and a new young members group. 

29 June 2023

Robert Stephen is joining the Dubai International Arbitration Centre as its new registrar, more than a year after leaving the same role at the now-defunct DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre.

21 June 2023

Arbitrator support service Arbitra has added four new names to its roster – Canada's Brian Casey KC and David Haigh KC, the UK's Timothy Hill and UK-US arbitrator Alex Wilbraham.

05 June 2023