Premium article - January 25, 2019
Partner and head of international arbitration at Akin Gump Justin Williams, senior counsel Alexander Trukhtanov and counsel Jenny Arlington, assisted by Georgy Shashero, consider the current environment in Russia for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and offer some practical suggestions for users. A recent Russian Supreme Court decision appears to have been markedly hostile to international arbitration. In Dredging and Maritime Management SA v AO InzhTransStroy, the court...
Premium article - January 23, 2019
Following the first emergency arbitrator proceeding in mainland China and a high-profile recent example in Hong Kong, Wilson Wei Huo and Xinping Chen, partner and associate at Zhong Lun Law Firm in Beijing, consider the procedures under the rules of the Beijing Arbitration Commission, CIETAC and the HKIAC. The rise and development of emergency arbitrator procedures have been a trend in the past few years, with several major arbitral institutions introducing them into their rules. At the end of 2017,...
Premium article - January 14, 2019
Hussein Haeri, partner and co-head of international arbitration at Withers, and associates Camilla Gambarini and Ruzin Dagli look back at 10 key international arbitration developments of 2018 and what to expect in the months ahead. 2018 was a particularly eventful year for international arbitration. While the investor-state dispute settlement system came under increased pressure reflected in jurisprudential, political and state-practice developments, it was also a year in which the arbitration community...