In recent years, there has been a marked increase in the prevalence of challenges to arbitral awards based on alleged breaches of “natural justice”…
In brief In BWG v. BWF,[1] the Court of Appeal considered whether a party involved in multiple proceedings under a chain of contracts is…
The Singapore Court of Appeal has clarified the standard of review that applies to winding-up applications where the underlying relationship between the debtor and…
Overview Should a foreign investor have its assets expropriated (whether directly, or through creeping expropriation or regulatory encroachment), the investor may have access to…
The Singapore Court of Appeal (“SGCA”) recently ruled in ST Group Co Ltd andothers v Sanum Investments Limited and another appeal [2019] SGCA 65…
In BXS v BXT [2019] SGHC(I) 10, the Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) heard its first application to set aside an arbitral award. The…
Investment treaty arbitrations may be brought under the rules of many different arbitration institutions. As can be expected, each institution has its unique rules…
In an advisory opinion to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Advocate General Wathelet has rejected the argument that investor-State dispute…
In another ground-breaking case, the Singapore High Court has set aside an investor-State arbitral award on the basis that the tribunal exceeded its jurisdiction.…
The European Union and Japan have announced the main elements of a new economic partnership agreement, which has been hailed as the most important…