Organisation: International Bar Association

Mevelyn Ong has left Sullivan & Cromwell in New York to join Norton Rose Fulbright as special counsel in its Melbourne office.

16 April 2024

David W Rivkin, an independent arbitrator and former co-chair of international dispute resolution at Debevoise & Plimpton, has been appointed as a judge on the Singapore International Commercial Court.

26 March 2024

The International Bar Association arbitration committee has proposed updates to its guidelines on conflicts of interest in international arbitration for the first time in a decade, expanding the definition of relationships between arbitrators and parties and providing new examples of when disclosure is required.

05 March 2024

The International Bar Association’s arbitration committee has announced its new line up of officers for the coming year, with Xavier Favre-Bulle of Lenz & Staehelin in Geneva stepping up to senior co-chair and Chiann Bao of Arbitration Chambers becoming junior co-chair.

08 December 2023

US arbitrator Carlos Concepción has launched a new Miami-headquartered boutique, which Munia El Harti Alonso has joined as counsel in Madrid from Ecuadorian firm Robalino.

05 December 2023

Leading Italian arbitrator Luca Radicati di Brozolo used a lecture in Washington, DC, to argue for a transnational approach to the issue of “arbitral res judicata” that dispenses with national law. Juliana Carvajal Yepes, research fellow at American University Washington College of Law, reports.

21 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

International arbitration specialists have shared personal tales for a new IBA competition inspired by the covid-19 pandemic, including heartfelt stories about family breakdowns and bereavements and the ugly undersides of the battles for gender and geographical diversity.

12 September 2023

Months after she joined Pinsent Masons as co-head of investor-state disputes, Sylvia Tonova has been promoted to co-head of the firm’s global international arbitration practice.

23 August 2023

Rajiv Luthra, a pioneer of the Indian legal market who played a key role in supporting and promoting the system of international arbitration and its institutions, has died aged 65.

23 June 2023