She has experience with a broad range of issues, from seeking emergency interim relief, to
the enforcement of international arbitral awards in multiple jurisdictions around the world.
In an important judgment given on Wednesday 25 October 2017, the Supreme Court has laid down important principles for
the enforcement of international arbitral awards and specifically for the interception of funds payable under letters of credit
Moderator, «
Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards,» Eighth Annual International Litigation and Arbitration Conference, The Florida Bar International Law Section, February 2010
The GOCP reformed the Civil Code of Procedure and included new provisions regarding
the enforcement of international arbitral awards.
Nevertheless, in Ecuador, with the enactment of the Ecuadorian General Organic Code of Processes (GOCP) in 2015, the domestic rules of procedure require a new homologation process prior
the enforcement of international arbitral awards.
As mentioned above, contracting States of the Convention should not impose more onerous conditions on the recognition or
enforcement of international arbitral awards than those imposed on domestic arbitral awards.
During the UNCITRAL colloquium on PPPs in 2014, for example, participants questioned the suitability of utilizing international arbitration for PPP - related disputes, mainly because of the «multiple investment treaties, multiple international arbitration forums, cases and rulings, and the poor
enforcement of international arbitral awards».
Yet
the enforcement of international arbitral awards continues to be one of the key challenges of the international arbitration system, complicated further where the non-complying award debtor is a state.
Guest Lecturer in International Investor State Arbitration Spring 2010, «
Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards Against Sovereign Entities,» University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, April 2010
1 st session [E / AC.42 / 3 - Committee on
the Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards: Provisional Agenda]
Not exact matches
Gary B. Born,
International Commercial Arbitration 3544 - 45 (2014); Alan Redfern, J. Martin Hunter et al., Redfern & Hunter on
International Arbitration 645, para. 11.76 (2009)(referring to The Arab Republic
of Egypt v. Southern Pacific Properties, Court
of Appeal
of Paris, France, 12 July 1984, 23 ILM (1984)-RRB-; Paolo Michele Patocchi & Cesare Jermini, Article 194, in
International Arbitration in Switzerland: an Introduction to and a Commentary on Articles 176 - 194
of the Swiss Private
International Law Statute 660 - 61, para. 94 (S.V. Berti et al. eds., 2000); Stefan Michael Kröll, Commentary on the German Arbitration Law (10th Book
of the German Code
of Civil Procedure), in Arbitration in Germany: The Model Law in Practice 541, para. 83 (K.H. Böckstiegel, S. Kröll, P. Nacimiento eds., 2007); Mercédeh Azeredo da Silveira & Laurent Levy, Transgression
of the Arbitrators» Authority: Article V (1)(c)
of the New York Convention, in
Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and
International Arbitral Awards: The New York Convention in Practice 639, 639 - 40 (E. Gaillard, D. di Pietro eds., 2008).
See, in particular, Pieter Sanders, A Twenty Years» Review
of the Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards, 13 Int» l Law 269 (1979); Jan Paulsson, Towards Minimum Standards
of Enforcement: Feasibility
of a Model Law, in Improving yhe Efficiency
of Arbitration Agreements and
Awards: 40 Years
of Application
of the New York Convention 574 (A.J. van den Berg ed., 1998); Albert Jan van den Berg, Hypothetical Draft Convention on the
International Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and
Awards, AJB Rev 06 (May 2008).
See also Martin Platte, Multi-party Arbitration: Legal Issues Arising out
of Joinder and Consolidation, in
Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and
International Arbitral Awards: the New York Convention in Practice 481, 491 (E. Gaillard, D. Di Pietro eds., 2008); Albert Jan van den Berg, The New York Arbitration Convention
of 1958: Towards a Uniform Judicial Interpretation 323 (1994).
Fouchard Gaillard Goldman on
International Commercial Arbitration 987 - 88, para. 1700 (E. Gaillard, J. Savage eds., 1999); Christian Borris, Rudolf Hennecke, Commentary to Article V (1)(c), in New York Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 10 June 1958 — Commentary 309, 311, paras. 201 - 02 (R. Wolff ed., 2012); Paolo Michele Patocchi & Cesare Jermini, Article 194, in International Arbitration in Switzerland: an Introduction to and a Commentary on Articles 176 - 194 of the Swiss Private International Law Statute 661, para. 95 (S.V. Berti et al. eds., 2000); Ulrich Haas, The New York Convention on recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards of 1958, in Practitioner's Handbook on International Arbitration 499, paras. 39 -
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards of 10 June 1958 — Commentary 309, 311, paras. 201 - 02 (R. Wolff ed., 2012); Paolo Michele Patocchi & Cesare Jermini, Article 194, in International Arbitration in Switzerland: an Introduction to and a Commentary on Articles 176 - 194 of the Swiss Private International Law Statute 661, para. 95 (S.V. Berti et al. eds., 2000); Ulrich Haas, The New York Convention on recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards of 1958, in Practitioner's Handbook on International Arbitration 499, paras. 39 - 40
Arbitral Awards of 10 June 1958 — Commentary 309, 311, paras. 201 - 02 (R. Wolff ed., 2012); Paolo Michele Patocchi & Cesare Jermini, Article 194, in International Arbitration in Switzerland: an Introduction to and a Commentary on Articles 176 - 194 of the Swiss Private International Law Statute 661, para. 95 (S.V. Berti et al. eds., 2000); Ulrich Haas, The New York Convention on recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards of 1958, in Practitioner's Handbook on International Arbitration 499, paras. 39 - 40 (F
Awards of 10 June 1958 — Commentary 309, 311, paras. 201 - 02 (R. Wolff ed., 2012); Paolo Michele Patocchi & Cesare Jermini, Article 194, in
International Arbitration in Switzerland: an Introduction to and a Commentary on Articles 176 - 194
of the Swiss Private
International Law Statute 661, para. 95 (S.V. Berti et al. eds., 2000); Ulrich Haas, The New York Convention on recognition and
enforcement of foreign arbitral awards of 1958, in Practitioner's Handbook on International Arbitration 499, paras. 39 -
enforcement of foreign
arbitral awards of 1958, in Practitioner's Handbook on International Arbitration 499, paras. 39 - 40
arbitral awards of 1958, in Practitioner's Handbook on International Arbitration 499, paras. 39 - 40 (F
awards of 1958, in Practitioner's Handbook on
International Arbitration 499, paras. 39 - 40 (F. - B.
Report
of the Secretary - General: Study on the Application and Interpretation
of the Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958), A / CN.9 / 168, in X Yearbook
of the United Nations Commission on
International Trade Law 106 (1979).
Travaux préparatoires, Draft Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards and Comments by Governments and Organizations, Report by the Secretary - General, Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards, E / 2822, Annex II, pp. 18 - 19; Fouchard Gaillard Goldman on
International Commercial Arbitration 454, para. 756 (E. Gaillard, J. Savage eds., 1999).
Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and
International Arbitral Awards: The New York Convention in Practice
See Sigvard Jarvin, Irregularity in the Composition
of the
Arbitral Tribunal and the Procedure, in
Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and
International Arbitral Awards: The New York Convention in Practice 729, 730 (E. Gaillard, D. Di Pietro eds., 2008); Gary B. Born,
International Commercial Arbitration 2771 (2009).
In some circumstances, other
international treaties, or the domestic law
of the country where
enforcement is sought, will also apply to the question
of whether a foreign
arbitral award should be recognized and enforced.
Almost 60 years after its creation, the New York Convention continues to fulfil its objective
of facilitating the recognition and
enforcement of foreign
arbitral awards, and in the years to come, will guarantee the continued growth
of international arbitration and create conditions in which cross-border economic exchanges can flourish.
While the New York Convention is undoubtedly the most significant
international instrument for the recognition and
enforcement of arbitral awards, it does not operate in isolation.
Professor (Dr.) Albert Jan van den Berg, founding partner at Hanotiau & van den Berg, the world - class
international arbitration boutique firm, spoke at the third annual Carolyn Lamm / White & Case International Arbitration Lecture at Miami Law, delivering «Reflections on the 60th Anniversary of the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral A
international arbitration boutique firm, spoke at the third annual Carolyn Lamm / White & Case
International Arbitration Lecture at Miami Law, delivering «Reflections on the 60th Anniversary of the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral A
International Arbitration Lecture at Miami Law, delivering «Reflections on the 60th Anniversary
of the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards.»
Travaux préparatoires, United Nations Conference on
International Commercial Arbitration, Report by the Secretary - General — Corrigendum — Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards, E / 2822 / Corr.
Mercédeh Azeredo da Silveira & Laurent Levy, Transgression
of the Arbitrators» Authority: Article V (1)(c)
of the New York Convention, in
Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and
International Arbitral Awards: The New York Convention in Practice 639, 676 (E. Gaillard, D. di Pietro eds., 2008).
Jean François Poudret, Sébastien Besson, Comparative Law
of International Arbitration 836 - 37, para. 913 (2007); Stefan Michael Kröll, Commentary on the German Arbitration Law (10th Book
of the German Code
of Civil Procedure), in Arbitration in Germany: The Model Law in Practice 541 - 42, para. 84 (K. H. Böckstiegel, S. Kröll, P. Nacimiento eds., 2007); Mercédeh Azeredo da Silveira & Laurent Levy, Transgression
of the Arbitrators» Authority: Article V (1)(c)
of the New York Convention, in
Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and
International Arbitral Awards: The New York Convention in Practice 639, 650 - 53 (E. Gaillard, D. Di Pietro eds., 2008).
All the provinces in Canada, and I think the territories, have implemented the UN Model Law on
International Commercial Arbitration and the New York Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards.
Elektrim SA v Vivendi Universal SA & Ors [2007] 2 Lloyd's Rep 8: grounds for restraining by injunction an arbitration; as well as several leading cases dealing with interim relief in aid
of international arbitral proceedings including Mobil Cerro Negor Ltd v Petroleos de Venezuela SA [2008] 1 Lloyd's Rep 684 (expropriation
of Mobil's oil fields in Venezuela; successfully discharged worldwide freezing order for US$ 12 billion under s. 44
of the Arbitration Act 1996); ETI NV v Republic
of Bolivia [2009] 1 WLR 665 (CA): (nationalisation
of company; successfully discharged a freezing order obtained under s. 25
of the CJJA 1982 and s. 44
of the AA 1996 in aid
of an ICSID arbitration); Telenor v Vimpelcom & Altimo Group (pre-arbitration interim relief in S$ 3bn telecommunications shareholder dispute); Yukos Oil v Rosneft (US$ 425m freezing order in support
of enforcement of Russian
arbitral awards);
In particular, while the 1945 UN Charter and the UN Convention on the Law
of the Sea acknowledged and promoted interstate arbitration, the New York and the Washington conventions consecrated the principle
of recognition and
enforcement of arbitral awards with regards to
international trade and investment.
Through the adoption
of international conventions on the
enforcement of foreign
arbitral awards, the enforceability
of a foreign (US and other
international) arbitration
award has become easier in many instances.
The New York Convention regulates the
enforcement of most
international arbitral awards and therefore often applies also to ISDS
awards.
Shearman's
international arbitration practice only takes in one or two juniors a year, but there's a wide variety
of work on offer as «after arbitration comes
enforcement (
of the
arbitral award), and we do some
of that as well, usually in conjunction with litigation.»
Noting the success that the Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards (New York Convention) has achieved for
international arbitration, supporters
of a conciliation convention are eager for UNCITRAL to develop an equivalent measure for
international conciliation.
The contract provides that any dispute that might arise is to be settled by arbitration in Danubia, a country that has enacted the UNCITRAL Model Law on
International Commercial Arbitration and is a party to the Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards.
Member
of the
International Bar Association (IBA) Recognition and
Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Subcommittee.
She is the general editor
of the Kluwer Journal
of International Arbitration and a member
of several groups, such as the
International Bar Association's Recognition and
Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Subcommittee, the
International Chamber
of Commerce's Task Force on Emergency Arbitration Proceedings, and the
International Centre for Dispute Resolution's
International Advisory Committee.
In June 2014, Professor Scherer joined the IBA Recognition and
Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Subcommittee, which focuses on the inventory
of meanings
of «public policy» as set forth by
international commercial arbitrators, national courts, and investment arbitrators.
In addition to his arbitration practice, Mr. Pierce represents clients in complex
international civil litigation matters in US courts, including efforts to enforce, or resist
enforcement of,
international arbitral awards.
The Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards, also known as the «New York Arbitration Convention» or the «New York Convention», is one
of the key instruments in
international arbitration.
In which case, there should not be a distinction between the
enforcement of domestic
arbitral and
international awards in the State where the
enforcement is sought, on the base
of reciprocity.
However, even where statutory
enforcement regimes like Alberta's Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act ensure procedural certainty for a certain delineated sub-set of international arbitral awards, the unclear procedural status of international arbitral awards, in general, continues to affect international arbitral awards not covered by the respective enforcem
enforcement regimes like Alberta's Reciprocal
Enforcement of Judgments Act ensure procedural certainty for a certain delineated sub-set of international arbitral awards, the unclear procedural status of international arbitral awards, in general, continues to affect international arbitral awards not covered by the respective enforcem
Enforcement of Judgments Act ensure procedural certainty for a certain delineated sub-set
of international arbitral awards, the unclear procedural status
of international arbitral awards, in general, continues to affect
international arbitral awards not covered by the respective
enforcementenforcement regime.
Extending the certainty offered under regimes such as the Alberta Reciprocal
Enforcement of Judgments Act to all
international arbitral awards is not only beneficial because it ensures regulatory consistency, but would also be commercially desirable, helping to avoid costly litigation such as the case at issue here.
Based on the factums submitted to the SCC, the appellant (Yugraneft) is arguing that
international arbitral awards should be considered, at least for
enforcement purposes, equivalent to foreign judgments, and, as such, should benefit from the 10 - year limitation period under s. 11
of the Alberta Limitations Act.
For example, Ontario's Limitations Act waives any limitation period vis - a-vis the
enforcement of domestic
arbitral awards, but makes no such express exception for
international arbitral awards.
In Ontario, if the
International Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. I. 9 applies, then it provides that the UNCITRAL Model Law (and the New York Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards as is contained in the UNCITRAL Model Law) is the law
of Ontario.
The Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards, done in New York, 10 June 1958 (the New York Convention), is described as the most successful treaty in private
international law.
Martinez - Fraga and Reetz will discuss the evolving relationships between
international commercial arbitration and the increasingly significant field
of investor - state arbitration, including the use
of the U.S. courts to obtain discovery
of evidence for use in those proceedings and the differing standards used for
enforcement of international commercial and investor - state
arbitral awards.
Presenter, «Practical Problems in the
Enforcement of International Construction
Arbitral Awards,» ICC / FIDIC Conference on
International Construction Contracts and the Resolution
of Disputes, June 2011
His
international disputes practice focuses on cases involving one or more foreign companies, persons, or governments, as well as disputes involving other interests
of foreign countries, such as
enforcement of foreign judgments or
arbitral awards,
international discovery, and service
of process abroad.
Lecturer, «
Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Worldwide: The New York Convention,»
International Arbitration Theory and Practice Certificate program, Roma Tre Università degli Studi, September 2017
In this case, the Court addressed questions
of when federal courts can enforce arbitration
awards granted outside the U.S.. For a fuller discussion of where arbitral awards can be enforced, see the discussion of «Enforcement and Recognition of Arbitral Awards» in our e-book, International Practice: Topics and T
awards granted outside the U.S.. For a fuller discussion
of where
arbitral awards can be enforced, see the discussion of «Enforcement and Recognition of Arbitral Awards» in our e-book, International Practice: Topics and
arbitral awards can be enforced, see the discussion of «Enforcement and Recognition of Arbitral Awards» in our e-book, International Practice: Topics and T
awards can be enforced, see the discussion
of «
Enforcement and Recognition
of Arbitral Awards» in our e-book, International Practice: Topics and
Arbitral Awards» in our e-book, International Practice: Topics and T
Awards» in our e-book,
International Practice: Topics and Trends.