Groups and organisations
SIAC appoints new CEO and registrar
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre has appointed a new chief executive officer and registrar.
01 November 2021
Winds of change: Latin America’s shifting regulatory landscape
At a recent ITA-ALARB Americas Workshop, practitioners discussed regulatory changes in Latin America, including those responding to the covid-19 pandemic, and commercial and investment disputes arising from them. Florentina Field of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in Paris reports.
01 November 2021
Cooperation on the menu in China
A highlight of China Arbitration Week, this year's China Arbitration Summit and Belt and Road Arbitration Institutions Forum affirmed China’s commitment to arbitration and particularly to strengthening international cooperation to develop talent and harmonise practice. Melody Chan, partner at White & Case in Hong Kong, and associates Philip Tan and Clemency Wang in Singapore, report.
04 October 2021
Young ICCA elects Three Crowns barrister as co-chair
Three Crowns senior associate Maanas Jain has been elected as a co-chair of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration’s youth network until 2023.
08 September 2021
Putter takes helm at Dutch Arbitration Association
Stan Putter of Smallgange Lawyers in Rotterdam has taken over as chair of the Dutch Arbitration Association.
05 August 2021
ICSID reports increase in cases and gender diversity
ICSID registered a record 70 new cases in the last financial year, while the ratio of women appointed to tribunals and other panels more than doubled.
04 August 2021
ICCA Edinburgh postponed again
The ICCA Congress in Edinburgh has been postponed once again due to the pandemic and will now take place in late 2022.
23 June 2021
ASA launches arbitration toolbox
The Swiss Arbitration Association, or ASA, has launched an “Arbitration Toolbox” providing practical advice on how to organise and conduct cases.
16 June 2021
A call for civility: ICCA publishes guidelines on standards of practice
A taskforce at the International Council for Commercial Arbitration has published guidelines on standards of practice in international arbitration to address concerns that behaviour in the field has repeatedly fallen “below minimum civility standards.”
09 June 2021
PCA sees record cases in 2020
The Permanent Court of Arbitration has released its annual report for 2020 – revealing that a record number of new cases were registered at the institution last year.
27 May 2021