Conference Reports
NETHERLANDS: Weighing the facts - the problems of information exchange and presentation of evidence in international arbitration
Premium article - 02 September 2009
A recent event at the Peace Palace in The Hague looked at how different cultural attitudes inform information exchange and evidence in international commercial and investment arbitration. Kevin O’Gorman (partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston) reports
CHINA: Round table on CIETAC practice
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A CIETAC delegation corrected some out-of-date impressions at an event in Germany recently. Christian Borris (partner) of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Cologne reports.
BELGIUM: the AIA's energy and natural resources event
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Lawyers gathered at the offices of Gas de France Suez in Brussels recently for an event on how arbitration and mediation may evolve in the energy sector, with its complex and intricate commercial relations. Rosalie Daneels of the Association for International Arbitration, which organised the event, reports
CHILE: Two regional centres set out their stall
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Two local chambers of commerce, one from Chile, one from Brazil, are on a joint-charm offensive to draw international cases to their region. By Gonzalo Biggs (partner) at Figueroa & Valenzuela in Santiago, and member of the board directors of the American Arbitration Association
LONDON: Enforcing Arbitration Agreements. West Tankers - Where are we? Where do we go from here?
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A recent London event saw the panel get behind the proposals on arbitration in the Heidelberg Report, to the chagrin of some in the audience. By David Samuels.
NEW YORK: Resolving Business Disputes in Today's China
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A recent event in New York drew much of the cream of China's international bar. Graeme Johnston (Herbert Smith, Shanghai) offers some highlights
SWITZERLAND: L'arbitrage international au bord du Leman: hier, aujourd 'hui, demain
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The Geneva chapter of the Swiss Arbitration Association decided to host an event that put the spot light firmly on the past and future of arbitration in the Lake Geneva region. Joachim Knoll, a partner at Brown&Page in Geneva, reports.
UNITED STATES: ITA-ASIL - "when arbitrations go bad"
Premium article - 01 May 2009
The title could have come out of Hollywood. Was this year's ITA and ASIL joint event a blockbuster? Andrew Newcombe (professor) of the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria (Canada) attended and now reports
UNCITRAL: UNCITRAL Working Group II - February meeting
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The recent working group meeting made it from article 18 to article 26. GAR staff writers sought reactions to some of the changes.
SWITZERLAND: ASA Conference - the search for "truth" in arbitration
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In early February 2009, the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) held its annual full-day conference in Zurich. By Bernhard Berger (partner) of Kellerhals Attorneys at Law, Switzerland