The Arbitration Act, through which the BVI largely adopted the UNCITRAL Model Law, and the BVI's accession to the New York Convention on 25 May 2014, are crucial steps, which made possible the establishment of a viable and internationally respected
arbitration centre in the BVI.
«The decision of the Cabinet and the generous endorsement of the Premier are signals of government's serious intent to promote the establishment of an international
arbitration centre in the BVI, which will offer a service of the highest quality and integrity to its users.
Incidentally, Cairo, which is home to the oldest
arbitration centre in the region, continues to position itself as a dispute resolution hub for the wider MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region.
Setting up
an arbitration centre in Casablanca does not mean turning one's back to Europe; on the contrary, it means developing the links with Europe to offer a forum for the resolution of disputes that are peripheral to Europe.»
Katherine Yap joined Maxwell Chambers as the head of communications and customer relations, spearheading its establishment as
an arbitration centre in 2009, the first of its kind in Asia.
Chief Justice Wayne Martin has thrown his support behind the establishment of a commercial
arbitration centre in Perth, which is designed to win a greater share of the dispute resolution work that is often sent overseas.
However, Davis noted a trend towards «relatively well - resourced
arbitration centres in a number of African states, supported by international arbitration bodies» such as in Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya and Mauritius.
Lists of
arbitration centres in Africa are set out in another appendix: over 60 centres including two in Benin; three in Egypt; four in Morocco; seven in Nigeria; and six in South Africa.
Not exact matches
Elliott served the South Korean justice ministry a notice of intent
in mid-April seeking
arbitration of the dispute, the official said, a step before filing with the International
Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, a forum to resolve such cases.
A separate
arbitration case by Conoco against Venezuela before the World Bank's International
Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) introduced
in 2007 could result
in a final decision later this year, a lawyer close to the case said.
Village of Rockville Centrea — An
arbitration panel awarded a retroactive 6.6 percent increase
in base salaries to members of the police officers union
in Rockville
Centre, Nassau County, for 2010 and 2011.
The legislature created the status of the parties
in a process founded upon a solution to labour relations
in a wholly new and statutory framework at the
centre of which stands a new forum, the contract
arbitration tribunal.
He was also instrumental
in the launch of
Arbitration Place
in Toronto, the first
centre for international
arbitration in the city.
Students may have the opportunity to work as graduate research assistants or volunteers on
arbitration - related projects and initiatives with organizations such as Miami Law's International
Arbitration Institute (IAI) or individual Miami Law faculty specializing
in international and foreign law, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Law Section of the Florida Bar, the International
Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the Young Practitioners» and Students» Group of the International Council for Commercial
Arbitration (Young ICCA), the Miami International
Arbitration Society (MIAS), and Future of
Arbitration: Miami (FA: M), South Florida's first young
arbitration practitioners» group, co-founded by Marike Paulsson
in 2010.
The decision ends more than eight years of
arbitration which began
in July 2004, when the International
Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes («ICSID») received a request from Vannessa Ventures for
arbitration against Venezuela under ICSID's Additional Facility Rules.
Advising a company
in a Singapore International
Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
arbitration with a network service contractor for a network operator
in Myanmar for breaches of its services agreement.
Summary: The appellant moved the Supreme Court to grant its application for recognition and enforcement of an
arbitration award rendered by the International
Centre for Dispute Resolution
in New...
In this environment, Singapore and Hong Kong will likely only increase in importance as centres for international arbitration.&raqu
In this environment, Singapore and Hong Kong will likely only increase
in importance as centres for international arbitration.&raqu
in importance as
centres for international
arbitration.»
At the 300 - lawyer firm, he will advise and represent clients
in arbitration and conciliation proceedings under the rules of the Washington, DC - headquartered ICSID, the ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, the Belgian
Centre for Mediation and
Arbitration, and ad - hoc
arbitrations.
Edwin Coe's
arbitration team has experience on a broad range of matters and
in many
arbitration centres, particularly under the rules of the LCIA, ICC and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.
The Lagos State Government is about to unveil the «Lagos
Arbitration Centre», which it anticipates will be the local destination for
arbitration in West Africa.
He has also represented clients
in many of the major arbitral
centres of the world and is familiar with the
arbitration rules of all the leading
arbitration institutions.
Daele said his departure from Tanzania to London was to develop his practice, noting: «You are not exactly sitting
in the
centre of the international
arbitration community when you are working out of East Africa.»
Macau is not comparable to the international
arbitration centres of Hong Kong or Singapore, but
in the last few years the Macau Lawyers Association has organised training sessions and workshops on international
arbitration with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators — East Asia Branch to develop and internationalise its own
Arbitration Centre.
For over three years, Duncan has been closely involved
in the establishment and development of LCIA - MIAC, an
arbitration centre for the African region which operates as a joint venture between the Government of Mauritius, the London Court of International Arbitration and the Mauritius International Arbitration C
centre for the African region which operates as a joint venture between the Government of Mauritius, the London Court of International
Arbitration and the Mauritius International
Arbitration CentreCentre.
As a member of Foley Hoag's International Litigation and Arbitration Department, González represents clients before the International
Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and
in ad hoc
arbitrations under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL),
in cases concerning the environment, natural resources, and public health, among others.
Our lawyers have experience
in both ad hoc
arbitrations and
in those administered by the leading institutions including the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the International
Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), and the China International Economic Trade and Arbitration Association (CIETAC).
The availability and appropriateness of non-pecuniary remedies
in investor - state
arbitration has been a matter of controversy, at the
centre of which is the concern over the infringement of sovereignty by restitution.
For example, the UAE alone hosts the following
arbitration centres located onshore and offshore (ie
in the freezones):
In addition, two international arbitration centres are located in the UAE: the DIFC - LCIA Arbitration Centre; and the Dubai International Arbitration Centr
In addition, two international
arbitration centres are located
in the UAE: the DIFC - LCIA Arbitration Centre; and the Dubai International Arbitration Centr
in the UAE: the DIFC - LCIA
Arbitration Centre; and the Dubai International
Arbitration Centre.
Analía González is part of the international
arbitration and litigation practice group, representing clients before the International
Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and
in ad hoc
arbitrations under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL),
in cases concerning the environment, the natural resources, public health, among others.
Chairman or member of Arbitral Tribunals
in more than 150 commercial or investment
arbitrations carried out under the rules of the ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, SCC, LCIA, AAA, Vienna Arbitral Chamber, Milan Arbitral Chamber and the Cairo Regional
Centre for International Commercial Arbitration.
He joined Monckton Chambers
in 2012 following 10 years of practice at the Advisory
Centre on WTO Law (an international organisation which represents States
in WTO disputes)
in Geneva and within the international
arbitration group of a magic circle law firm
in London.
It is for this reason that many international parties choose to seat their
arbitration in the Dubai International Financial
Centre (DIFC), which has seen particular growth
in recent years.
Duncan Bagshaw, the first Registrar of the LCIA - MIAC
arbitration centre of Mauritius, is joining Stephenson Harwood as a senior lawyer
in the international
arbitration and Africa teams later this year.
«The reality is London remains the
centre for international
arbitration in the world.
On a continent where foreign investors and law firms tend to distrust local courts and
arbitration centres and prefer to bypass them
in favour of offshore
arbitration at venues such as the International Chamber of Commerce Court of
Arbitration (ICC) or London Court of International
Arbitration (LCIA), OHADA's Common Court of Justice and
Arbitration (CCJA) offers perhaps the best route to handling commercial disputes
in Africa.
In an assessment report mandated by the African Development Bank in April 2014, the CRCICA is described as «one of the best arbitration centres across the African continent, and can readily be recommended for use by parties from both the African continent and elsewhere»
In an assessment report mandated by the African Development Bank
in April 2014, the CRCICA is described as «one of the best arbitration centres across the African continent, and can readily be recommended for use by parties from both the African continent and elsewhere»
in April 2014, the CRCICA is described as «one of the best
arbitration centres across the African continent, and can readily be recommended for use by parties from both the African continent and elsewhere».
Today, the Cairo Court of Appeal, which has exclusive jurisdiction over international commercial
arbitration matters, and the Cairo Regional
Centre for International Commercial
Arbitration (CRCICA) are two key players
in the development of Cairo as a dispute resolution hub.
He is also co-director of the International
Centre for Energy
Arbitration and chairs the International Council for Commercial
Arbitration - New York City Bar - CPR working group on cybersecurity
in international
arbitration and sits on the ICC International Court of
Arbitration United Kingdom
arbitration and alternative dispute resolution committee.
He joins CRCICA at a time when Egypt is keen to encourage foreign investment into the jurisdiction, and to strengthen its standing as a regional
arbitration body, following a period
in which Egypt has seen considerable civil unrest, and some practitioners chose to bring disputes at competing arbitral
centres, such as
in Dubai.
Such increases
in commercial
arbitration stand comparison with those
in investment
arbitration; as the 2017 edition of Global Legal Insight's Guide to International
Arbitration makes clear: «Egypt has been involved
in a large number of investment
arbitrations, with a total of 29 cases against Egypt registered with the ICSID
Centre, including 17 cases registered since 2011.»
However,
in response to Singapore's recent rise
in prominence,
in order to further improve Hong Kong's ADR,
in 2017 Hong Kong plans to open a new
arbitration centre that is open not only to HKIAC but also to
arbitration institutions and
arbitration focused law firms from around the world.
On that basis, it can be said that London as an
arbitration centre should not be
in danger.
First of all, establishing a
centre like the ones
in the above - mentioned countries, setting up of a permanent secretariat office with bilingual staff, collecting information regarding international dispute resolution methods, enhancing of facilities (including an
arbitration courtroom, arbitrator waiting room, party waiting room) and equipment (including simultaneous interpreting, TV conference system and translation of material) are required.
First, Hong Kong, from the time it was an English colony, has acted as a financial
centre for Asia and
in order to provide measures to resolve disputes through
arbitration in 1985, Hong Kong established the Hong Kong International
Arbitration Center (HKIAC) and reformed its
arbitration infrastructure.
In order to realise the goal of making Singapore a world - wide
arbitration hub, Singapore has put efforts into becoming the
centre of Asian international dispute resolution.
Clyde & Co took home the Dispute Resolution Team of the Year award for its work on an international
arbitration case and subsequent appeal, which set a precedent that has been followed by numerous others
in Dubai International Financial
Centre (DIFC) award enforcement cases.
Toby Landau QC and Joe Smouha QC of Essex Court Chambers, instructed by law firm Reed Smith, were part of the teams representing and advising the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RoK),
in the successful challenge of two
arbitrations worth # 1.9 bn, recently brought before the International
Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes -LSB-...]
Glencore, Eco Oro, Cosigo and Claro have either already brought or are
in the process of bringing claims against the Colombian state
in various international
arbitration centres.