Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 10th Anniversary Edition 2016-2017
Click here for the chapter on Belgium in the 2016-2017 Arbitration Yearbook.
Investor State Arbitration under CETA: Key Provisions and What to Watch for in 2017
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ('CETA') between the European Union and Canada was signed October 30, 2016. The deepening of Canadian and European...
Investor-State Arbitration – An Introduction
A. Introduction
While investor-state arbitration remains a relatively new area of international law, the number of cases commenced under international investment agreements (IIAs) has grown...
New EU-Japan Trade Deal: EU declares ISDS “dead”
The European Union and Japan have announced the main elements of a new economic partnership agreement, which has been hailed as the most important...
Summary of Arbitral Rules
This table can provide a general overview only. The rules listed may not be applicable in all circumstances. Where rules distinguish between domestic and...
Gender Diversity in International Arbitration – Statistics
Moving towards more gender diversity in international arbitration has gained traction. In our last year’s article, we predicted that “more arbitral institutions will publish...
International Arbitration Statistics 2016 – Busy Times for Arbitral Institutions
2016 has been another busy year for the world’s arbitral institutions. This is reflected by the institutions’ caseload numbers that have been reported for...
Austrian Supreme Court set aside an arbitral award due to a violation of the...
In its decision of 28 September 2016, the Austrian Supreme Court ("OGH") partially set aside an arbitral award due to a violation of the...
Tribunal dismisses investor’s claims because of breach of admissibility requirements under the applicable BIT...
Tribunal dismisses investor's claims because of breach of admissibility requirements under the applicable BIT in the ICSID case Supervisión y Control S.A. v. Republic...
Litigation and Arbitration: A “complementary” approach
As we discussed in our blogpost last year, in March 2016, England's Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, delivered a much debated speech in which...
The Globalization of International Arbitration
A. Introduction
International arbitration is often referred to as the area of globalization “par excellence.” Indeed, it is the preferred means of dispute resolution for...
