Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 10th Anniversary Edition 2016-2017
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Arbitration News from Taiwan
U.S. Court confirms arbitral award and concludes that Respondent may not deduct purported Taiwanese...
The Southern District of New York rejected public policy and due process defenses and confirmed an international arbitration award while rejecting an argument that...
Arbitration News from Asia-Pacific
India May Have Signaled its Arbitration Embrace
Recent actions undertaken by the Supreme Court of India could signal a sea change in India’s approach to international disputes. The Supreme Court recently...
U.S. Second Circuit Confirms Annulled Award Cannot Be Enforced
Two years after its noted decision enforcing an annulled award in the Pemex case, the Second Circuit again took up the issue of enforcement...
Hong Kong Court Grants Receivership Order in Aid of a PRC-Seated CIETAC Arbitration
The Hong Kong courts can issue interim orders in aid of foreign (including the PRC) seated arbitrations, which can be useful in preserving assets...
Security for costs – Renunciation of the standards set up in “RSM v. Saint...
Can a tribunal order an impecunious claimant to pay security for costs? This is an often debated topic both in commercial and in investment...
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...
Hong Kong Passes Law to Allow Third Party Funding for Arbitration and Related Proceedings
Recent developments
On 23 June 2017, the landmark Arbitration and Mediation Legislation (Third Party Funding) (Amendment) Ordinance 2017 ("Amendment Ordinance") was published in the Government...
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...
