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Selling the whole package: Singapore law as governing law?
September 17, 2020
A panel at GAR Interactive: Singapore asked if Singapore law could be a credible alternative to English law as a governing law for international commercial contracts - and if that would require incorporating aspects of civil law to attract users from neighbouring countries. Panel moderator Sapna Jhangiani QC of Clyde & Co asked if Singapore law should be carving out a greater role for itself, giving English law a "run for its money" as a preferred law in international contracts. Sarah Thomas of...
Arbitration in the age of covid
September 10, 2020
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. Kevin Nash, deputy registrar and centre director at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, moderated the panel. He noted that the challenges that covid-19 poses to international arbitration are "unprecedented" and asked whether the pandemic had led to a...
The risk and rewards of arbitration's digital frontier
August 10, 2020
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. The pandemic and ensuing economic and social upheaval have left few aspects of life unaltered. In an effort to press on, businesses and individuals have embraced technology,...
The shifting roles of states and state entities
May 11, 2020
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. The annual symposium, now in its 35th year, took place at Herbert Smith Freehills in London on 24 February. In welcoming remarks, head of the school Julian Lew QC of Twenty Essex lauded the symposium's...
"A thousand yearnings": Do India's reforms go far enough?
March 20, 2020
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. Moderator Rajendra Barot of AZB & Partners opened the discussion of the arbitration reforms in India with a quotation from the famous Urdu and Persian poet of the Mughal Empire, Mirza Ghalib: I have a thousand yearnings, each one afflicts me so.Many were fulfilled for sure, not enough although. Vyapak Desai of Nishith...
GAR Live India - in pictures
March 09, 2020
The second GAR Live India took place at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Delhi on 29 February. Photos of the event are now available. It was sponsored by Reed Smith, Khaitan & Co, AZB & Co, Aarna Law, Burford Capital, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Kachwaha & Partners, Lex Arbitri, Nishith Desai Associates, Norton Rose Fulbright, White & Case, ZBA, and Masin....
GAR Live Abu Dhabi - in pictures
February 03, 2020
Photos from the latest GAR Live Abu Dhabi can be found here. The 5th annual GAR Live Abu Dhabi took place at the Abu Dhabi Global Market Building on 28 January. The event was co-chaired by Lara Hammoud and Alec Emmerson, an independent arbitrator based in Dubai. Ashurst was an associate sponsor of the event while the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration and the Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre were supporting organisations. A drinks reception was hosted by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and Sherman & Sterling hosted a speakers' dinner....
Has the game changed for China-related arbitration?
January 23, 2020
At an event in Singapore, a panel of practitioners considered whether recent legal developments in Asia constitute a turning point for arbitration involving China. Charles Tian of WongPartnership in Singapore reports. Koh Swee Yen of WongPartnership opened the event by noting that there have been exciting developments for Asia and China-related arbitration, including China's efforts to modernise its arbitration regime, new arrangements regarding interim measures between mainland China and Hong Kong,...
PCA hosts launch of Hague Rules for business and human rights disputes
January 20, 2020
An event at the Permanent Court of Arbitration marked the launch of the Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration. Fabio Santacroce and Caterina Benini of ArbLit in Milan report. On 12 December, the PCA hosted a symposium at the Peace Palace in The Hague for the launch of the Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration. The Hague Rules are the result of a five-year long project by a team of academics, practitioners and other stakeholders, chaired by Bruno Simma, a judge at the...
GAR Live Singapore - in pictures
December 17, 2019
Pictures of the 5th annual GAR Live Singapore can be found here. GAR Live Singapore was held at Maxwell Chambers on 27 August and was co-chaired by Wade Coriell of King & Spalding and Chiann Bao of Arbitration Chambers. Conference supporters were Profile Investment, Debevoise & Plimpton, Morrison & Foerster and Reed Smith. Supporting organisations were the International Chamber of Commerce, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration. A drinks reception was hosted by Blackrock Expert Services and the speakers' dinner was hosted by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer....
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