Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 2018-2019 Edition
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Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 2017-2018 Edition
Arbitration News from Argentina
Protection of foreign investments in Argentina
Overview
Should a foreign investor have its assets expropriated (whether directly, or through creeping expropriation or regulatory encroachment), a qualifying investor would have claims...
Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Argentina
ARGENTINA
Luis E. Dates, Santiago Maqueda and Eugenia Pluchino
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES
A. 1 Legislation
International arbitration in Argentina continues to be governed by (i) the National...
Argentine Supreme Court supports restricted review of arbitral awards
On November 6, 2018, the Argentine National Supreme Court ("Supreme Court") ruled on a case regarding the annulment of a domestic arbitration award. The...
Argentina: New Law on International Commercial Arbitration
On July 26, 2018 Law No. 27,449 on International Commercial Arbitration (“LACI” for its Spanish acronym), was published in the Official Gazette. Said law...
Argentina: New Legal Framework Allows for International Arbitration and Dispute Boards in Public-Private Partnership...
A recent legal framework in the Argentine Republic allows for domestic or international arbitration and dispute boards for public-private partnerships, and is expected to...
U.S. court denies request to vacate award based on alleged partiality of arbitrator and...
A U.S. District Court rejected Argentina’s attempt to vacate a USD 21 million international arbitration award in a proceeding administered by ICSID under the...
Argentina: First Court Ruling Regarding the Enforcement of ICSID Awards
A PDF version of this article is availabe here.
A. Introduction
1. On August 18, 2015, the chamber A of the Buenos Aires Commercial Court of...
The double requirement that the arbitrator be independent and impartial
INTRODUCTION
1. Several International Tribunals have come to the conclusion that “he requirements of independence and impartiality serve the purpose of protecting the parties against...
Argentina: arbitration legislation, trends and tendencies
Current Legislation
Despite repeated attempts to obtain congressional approval to adopt the UNCITRAL Model Law as the Argentine federal arbitration act, Argentina still...
Venezuela versus the ICSID Convention
Venezuela's withdrawal from the ICSID Convention does not prevent foreign investors from relying on other mechanisms in order to protect their rights.
On 24 January...
Arbitration News from Latin America
The Year Ahead: Developments in Global Litigation and Arbitration in 2021
The Year Ahead – our publication looking at key developments in global litigation and arbitration for 2021 – is now available in English, Spanish and...
Brazil: Bankruptcy or judicial reorganization of a party does not suspend arbitration
On December 24, 2020 Brazilian Bankruptcy Law was amended by Law 14.112, to make the process of bankruptcy and judicial recuperation (Brazilian equivalent to...
Baker McKenzie Arbitration Quiz Night
We are delighted to invite you to Baker McKenzie's first ever Arbitration Quiz Night!
Join us on 8 December 2020 at 6.00 pm CET for...
The new updated ICC Rules
From 1 January 2021, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will bring into force revised 2021 Rules of Arbitration ("2021 Rules"), replacing the current...