Conference coverage
Arbitration in the age of covid
A panel at GAR Interactive: Singapore highlighted the impact of covid-19 on commercial and investment arbitration and the challenges of virtual hearings, also asking whether it might lead parties to rethink their choice of arbitral seat.
10 September 2020
Jones on lessons from lockdown
Delivering a keynote address at the first virtual GAR Live, Australian arbitrator Douglas Jones AO called on practitioners to learn the lessons from our “time of isolation” and improve the efficiency of arbitral proceedings through technology.
08 September 2020
The risk and rewards of arbitration’s digital frontier
At this year’s online Institute for Transnational Arbitration Workshop, keynote speaker Justin D’Agostino and subsequent panelists considered the implications of arbitration’s rapid digitalisation and reflected on the future that may await us after the pandemic. Madeline Snider of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in New York reports.
10 August 2020
WATCH: relive the GAR Awards 2020
A full recording of the first virtual GAR Awards ceremony can be found here.
30 July 2020
The shifting roles of states and state entities
A joint symposium organised by the Queen Mary School of International Arbitration and the ICC explored the shifting roles of states and state entities in international arbitration and the challenges for counsel appearing for and against them. Michael Larrick, an LLM student at Queen Mary, reports.
11 May 2020
FILM: Justice Rohinton Nariman’s keynote speech at GAR Live India
Justice Rohinton Nariman – the “face of public confidence” in the Supreme Court in India – delivered the keynote speech at GAR Live India. A video of his speech is now available.
20 March 2020
“A thousand yearnings”: Do India’s reforms go far enough?
At GAR Live India in Delhi, a panel considered the country’s recent arbitration reforms and whether they represent a missed opportunity. Haaris Fazili of DMD Advocates reports.
20 March 2020
GAR Live India - in pictures
The second GAR Live India took place at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Delhi on 29 February. Photos of the event are now available.
09 March 2020
GAR Live Lookback: Schneider on lessons from history and diversity
Michael Schneider, a founding partner of Swiss firm Lalive, delivered a keynote address at GAR Live Construction Disputes 2019 discussing lessons practitioners can learn from history and diversity and how the field has changed since he began his career.
05 March 2020
GAR Live Abu Dhabi - in pictures
Photos from the latest GAR Live Abu Dhabi can be found here.
03 February 2020
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