Organisation: Singapore International Arbitration Centre

Nadja Harraschain of A&O Shearman in Frankfurt reports on the autumn conference of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), which focused on drivers of innovation in arbitration.

12 February 2025

The Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration has unveiled the latest MCIA Council, responsible for the implementation of the centre’s rules, and announced plans for this year’s India ADR Week, including a T20 cricket match. 

12 September 2024

After Toby Landau KC told delegates at GAR Live Singapore that the current system of investor-state arbitration was “inherently problematic”, a subsequent panel considered the alternatives – after which not a single member of the audience said they believed the world would be better off without investor-state dispute resolution.

05 September 2024

Shinsuke Yakura has left Orrick to launch White & Case’s dispute resolution practice in Tokyo – while experienced arbitrator Yoshihiro Takatori has joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. 

03 September 2024

At GAR Live Istanbul, representatives from the ICC, LCIA, SIAC and Swiss Arbitration Centre compared the institutions’ approaches to appointment of arbitrators, disclosure standards, scrutiny of awards and sanctions.

15 July 2024

The Malaysian government says a SIAC tribunal has ruled in favour of one of its agencies in a US$678 million dispute over the controversial purchase of a stake in an oil palm plantations business in Indonesia.

28 June 2024

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries says it will file a claim at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre against a Russian shipyard owner that cancelled contracts worth US$4.3 billion for the supply of oil and gas tankers. 

13 June 2024

Olga Boltenko has left the partnership at Chinese firm Fangda Partners to practise independently as she seeks admission as a barrister in Hong Kong.

10 May 2024

The Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy (FIAA) has made several new additions to its executive committee and board of trustees, with Ank Santens of White & Case in New York taking a leadership role.  

09 May 2024

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre says it recorded its second-highest number of cases in 2023, with an overall value of US$11.9 billion. 

30 April 2024