Three new arbitration boutiques launched
Archive Article - Monday, 1 December 2008 • Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 6 (Vol. 3 Iss. 6)
Prominent international arbitration specialists Dominique Brown-Berset, Carita Wallgren-Lindholm and Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof have all left their respective firms to establish arbitration boutiques.
Lateral hires span Europe
Archive Article - Saturday, 1 November 2008 • Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
Sophie Lamb has joined the London office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP after two years at Bird & Bird, where she was an equity partner. The firm also relocated international counsel Gaëtan Verhoosel from Paris to London on 1 September.
E-disclosure protocol released
Archive Article - Saturday, 1 November 2008 • Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators has drawn up a 14-point protocol for e-disclosure in arbitration.
Derains-Gharavi-Lazareff launch boutique
Archive Article - Saturday, 1 November 2008 • Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
Two eminent French arbitrators and one of Salans' leading arbitration partners are launching an international arbitration boutique in Paris.
ASA launches advocacy prize
Archive Article - Saturday, 1 November 2008 • Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
The Swiss Arbitration Association is launching an annual prize to counsel for outstanding advocacy in international arbitration.
SIAC appoints new registrar
Archive Article - Saturday, 1 November 2008 • Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre has appointed Minn Naing Oo as its new registrar. He took over from Sabiha Shiraz as the chief administrator of cases submitted to SIAC on 1 October.
UNCITRAL working group agrees on third-party joinder
Archive Article - Saturday, 1 November 2008 • Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
The working group revising the UNCITRAL arbitration rules has reached agreement on the vexed topic of third-party joinder.
DIFC adopts Model Law but UAE version still to come
Archive Article - Saturday, 1 November 2008 • Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
The Dubai International Financial Centre enacted a new arbitration law on 1 September.
Chinese-European Centre opens in Hamburg
Archive Article - Saturday, 1 November 2008 • Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
A new arbitration centre focused on Chinese disputes has opened in Hamburg.
Sorieul succeeds Sekolec
Archive Article - Saturday, 1 November 2008 • Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has appointed Renaud Sorieul as the new secretary of UNCITRAL.
Swedish rules now available in Mandarin
Archive Article - Saturday, 1 November 2008 • Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
Finn Madsen's commentary on Sweden's Arbitration Act and the Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has been released in Mandarin.
PCA signs agreement with India
Archive Article - Saturday, 1 November 2008 • Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
India has signed an agreement with the Permanent Court of Arbitration enabling the country to play host to future arbitral proceedings.
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GAR Volume 8 - Issue 2
Corruption Focus • New rules at SIAC • 20 years of the Vis moot • What goes on in arbitrator deliberations?
