Region: International
GAR 100 data report: what is the “average” international arbitration?
In the first report of a new series, we reveal what our new GAR 100 dataset – of more than 11,000 unique cases – says about seat, size and institution, and answer some previously impossible questions.
23 December 2024
UK referred to CJEU over intra-EU BITs
The European Commission has referred the UK to the Court of Justice of the European Union over its failure to terminate several bilateral investment treaties with EU member states.
18 December 2024
ICJ hears landmark climate case
A number of well-known international arbitration lawyers have appeared at a hearing before the International Court of Justice in a landmark case about the responsibility of states to tackle climate change.
13 December 2024
IBA committee announces new officers
The International Bar Association’s arbitration committee has announced its new officers for the upcoming year, with independent arbitrator Chiann Bao stepping up to senior co-chair and DLA Piper partner Kate Brown de Vejar becoming junior co-chair.
10 December 2024
Jones shares procedural approaches after GAR-LCIA roundtable
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
Curtis promotes three
Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle has promoted three members of its international arbitration team to the partnership in London, Dubai and Astana.
04 December 2024
Abdel Wahab proposes “iura novit arbiter” protocol in Freshfields lecture
In the 39th annual Freshfields Arbitration Lecture, Egyptian arbitrator Mohamed Abdel Wahab discussed the controversial iura novit arbiter principle and proposed a new protocol to deal with divergent approaches and bring an end to the “legal desperation” surrounding its application.
28 November 2024
A diversity stride for the Freshfields lecture
After 39 years, the latest Freshfields Arbitration Lecture – hosted by Sylvia Noury KC after she stepped down as London practice head earlier this year – took a diversity stride with its first lecturer from Africa.
28 November 2024
Kinnear on procedural good faith in investment arbitration
Former ICSID secretary general Meg Kinnear used a lecture organised by American University Washington College of Law to address procedural good faith in investment arbitration, calling it fundamental to fair and equitable proceedings while also challenging to define.
26 November 2024
Hogan Lovells adds partner in Düsseldorf
Thomas Nebel, the co-head of Dentons’ German dispute resolution practice, is leaving the firm to join the partnership at Hogan Lovells in Düsseldorf.
20 November 2024