Politicians in the UK are trying to introduce a law making it easier for the government to confiscate Russian state assets to pay for the damage caused by the country’s war against Ukraine.
18 April 2023
As a high-profile challenge to one of his awards plays out in London, Lord Hoffmann has shared insights into his long career as a leading judge and international arbitrator, including cases on which he has had "second thoughts".
10 February 2023
In an interview with GAR, Singapore’s minister of law K Shanmugam explains why reports earlier this year that SIAC has overtaken the ICC in case numbers were not quite accurate and responds to the findings of the Queen Mary and White & Case survey that Singapore has levelled with London as “most preferred” arbitration seat worldwide.
06 July 2021
Former International Court of Justice judge Bruno Simma has welcomed a move by the court to prevent judges moonlighting as arbitrators in investor-state cases, saying “there was a danger to the reputation of the court which was countered at the right time, the right moment”; while new judge Georg Nolte said the work of the court is “so intense” that taking on more is not a good idea.
09 April 2021
Ricardo Ampuero Llerena, the former head of the government commission that represents Peru in investment disputes, speaks to GAR about the state’s track record in investor-state arbitration, his hopes for ISDS reform and concerns over recent proposals to regulate domestic arbitration in the country.
30 March 2021
The 2020 Virtual ITA-ASIL Conference took the form of an interview with UNCITRAL legal officer Corinne Montineri about the progress of Working Groups II and III in developing expedited arbitration rules and reforms to investor-state dispute settlement. Lucy Winnington-Ingram of Reed Smith in London reports.
11 September 2020
In an interview that first appeared in Marine Strategy, Ian Gaunt, president of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association, talks about the work of the world’s leading body specialised in commercial maritime dispute resolution.
15 August 2018
After taking the helm at the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration at the start of the year, Ismail Selim has told GAR how he is building on the award-winning achievements of his predecessors and seeking to raise the centre's profile in sub Saharan Africa and Asia and for media and entertainment disputes.
15 September 2017
Named this year's "best prepared and most responsive arbitrator" at the GAR Awards in Milan, Jean Kalicki tells GAR about the eternal learning role of the international arbitrator, how the next generation must work hard to flourish in a "not quite...Kardashian universe" and how investor-state arbitration is like a soul-searching adolescent.
19 May 2017
At an event in Houston, Nigel Blackaby, the Washington, DC-based head of international arbitration at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, reflected on his career in the field and the most rewarding moments of his professional life to date.
12 May 2017
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