However, with African governments increasingly insisting on
local seats of arbitration and the application of local laws in relation to projects where they are the client, the development of commercial ADR is growing steadily, with, for example, the growth of schemes like PRIME in Nigeria adding local arbitrators to their panels.
Not exact matches
The research suggests that
seats were deemed to have improved due to 1) better hearing facilities, 2) the availability
of quality arbitrators who are familiar with the
seat, 3) better
local arbitral institutions, and 4) improvements to the national
arbitration law.
Our
local knowledge ensures that we are ideally placed to advise on
arbitrations under
local rules such as DIAC, DIFC - LCIA and the Abu Dhabi Chamber
of Commerce and international rules where the
arbitration is
seated in the region.