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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

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