Organisation: Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration

The former director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre, Sundra Rajoo – who has been facing criminal charges in Malaysia for using the centre’s money to publish a book – has seen the charges against him quashed, as a dispute over the appointment of his successor continues.

22 June 2020

RPC has hired an eight-lawyer team from Bird & Bird in Singapore – including its former head of disputes in the city-state, Boey Swee Siang.

18 May 2020

A Thai coal-mining company has threatened to bring a new UNCITRAL arbitration against Laos over the termination of a power plant project, more than seven years after the Malaysian courts set aside a US$56 million award in its favour relating to the same dispute.

20 April 2020

A Shell subsidiary has won more than US$340 million in a billion-dollar arbitration at the Asian International Arbitration Centre, launched by a Malaysian state-owned shipping company over one of the country’s biggest offshore oil fields.

14 April 2020

Featured in Guide to Regional Arbitration (volume 8 - 2020)

04 February 2020

In a keynote address at GAR Live Istanbul, ICC International Court of Arbitration president Alexis Mourre called for arbitral institutions to safeguard their legitimacy by agreeing on internationally accepted standards of good governance – while warning of the dangers of recent attempts by governments to “nationalise” arbitration by promoting domestic institutions.

13 September 2019

The Commercial Court in London has set aside an order to enforce a US$56 million UNCITRAL award against Laos – marking the end of an 11-year dispute that also gave rise to proceedings in New York, Paris, Singapore and Malaysia.

23 November 2018

The chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ Malaysian branch has opened a boutique specialising in construction, engineering and technology disputes in Kuala Lumpur after leaving Zul Rafique & Partners.

27 February 2018

The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration is on the way to becoming the Asian International Arbitration Centre, following the passing of a new act in January and a ceremony today.

07 February 2018

Last year, a team led by Louis Flannery, head of international arbitration at Stephenson Harwood, compared the costs of arbitrating at 18 major arbitral institutions using ad valorem rates - building on previous comparisons published in GAR in 2010 and 2013. In light of feedback from one institution, the article now reappears in updated form.

25 January 2018