The Year Ahead – our publication looking at key developments in global litigation and arbitration for 2021 – is now available in English, Spanish and Mandarin. COVID-19 and its effects have triggered many disputes, with litigation volumes in some jurisdictions having already doubled, and our clients expect us to help them spot trends and plan for the future. Our report features economic analysis from The Economist Intelligence Unit, and legal analysis from our team of more than…
COLOMBIA Claudia Benavides and Jesus Villegas A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Domestic and international arbitration in Colombia…
PERU Ana María Arrarte, María del Carmen Tovar, Javier Ferrero and Angela Cámara. A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 …
ARGENTINA Luis E. Dates and Santiago Maqueda A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Argentina continues to be governed by (i) the National Civil and Commercial Code (2015), (ii) the Law on International Commercial Arbitration (2018), and (iii) the New York Convention, to which Argentina is a signatory party (1988). No legislative amendments have been made since their enactment. A.2 Institutions, Rules and Infrastructure Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several local arbitration institutions…
MEXICO Javier Navarro Treviño A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Mexico continues to be governed…
CHILE Rodrigo Díaz de Valdés and Ignacio Naudon A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Chile has a dual…
VENEZUELA Eugenio Hernández-Bretón, María Eugenia Salazar, Gabriel De Jesús, Héctor Martínez and María Alejandra Ruiz. A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Venezuela continues to be governed by the Commercial Arbitration Law, published in the Official Gazette of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela No. 36.430 on 7 April 1998. No legislative amendment has been made since. In addition, Venezuela is a contracting State to a number of arbitration treaties such as the 1911…
BRAZIL Joaquim de Paiva Muniz, Frederico Bizarro Weingartner, Luis Henrique Borghi, Bruna Silveira, Katherina Ballestra, Maria Clara Barros…
On December 24, 2020 Brazilian Bankruptcy Law was amended by Law 14.112, to make the process of bankruptcy…
We are delighted to invite you to Baker McKenzie’s first ever Arbitration Quiz Night! Join us on 8 December 2020 at 6.00 pm CET for what promises to be an evening of light-hearted laughs, interesting facts and friendly competition. Who knows their New York Convention from their Geneva Protocol, their LCIA disputes from their ICSID proceedings? Put your knowledge to the test in five exciting rounds of arbitration-themed, multiple-choice questions: History, Celebrities, Statistics, General Knowledge…