At the beginning of the year, the ICC announced that as of this year it will publish the ICC- and party-appointed arbitrators’ names and details on its website to bolster transparency in arbitration (see http://www.globalarbitrationnews.com/new-year-new-policies-icc-bolster-arbitrator-efficiency-transparency-arbitrations/). In June 2016, the ICC turned these words into action and released for the first time the arbitrators’ details in a chart on its website.[1] The chart contains sections for the arbitrators’ names, nationalities, roles, their appointment method and their…
This article analyses the options for arbitration in the UAE, including the DIFC. It analyses the advantages and…
On August 30, 2016, the ABA Section of International Law will hold a teleconference entitled “CAS”: The “Supreme…
This article is about two phenomena which currently impact the business of dispute resolution: The Vanishing Trial and the 30-70 %-Disease. What lies behind those two catch-words and why are both highly relevant for arbitration practitioners? Here is the proposed answer: The Vanishing Trial has been a long established phenomenon in the United States where the number of actually tried cases has been falling sharply for decades. Now, this trend is spotted in Germany as…
Angola is to become the 157th signatory state to the New York Convention, paving the way for the…
In Al Rushaid v. National Oilwell Varco, Inc., No. 15-20260 (5th Cir. Feb. 17, 2016), the Fifth Circuit…
Document production, at least to some extent, is an integral part of most international arbitration proceedings. This is true even if the substantive law governing the dispute follows the civil law tradition. In that case, however, the provisions in the substantive law build upon the premise that there is no document production. Does this lead to a conflict between substantive and procedural law in international arbitration? It can be very difficult for a claimant to…
Editor’s Note: This is the second of two articles on recent developments related to expropriations in Zimbabwe. This…
Editor’s Note: This is the first of two articles on recent developments related to expropriations in Zimbabwe. This…
We are pleased to announce that the new edition of The Baker & McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook is now available. The ninth edition of an annual series established by the Firm in 2007, this volume comprises reports on arbitration in key jurisdictions around the globe. Leading lawyers of the Firm’s International Arbitration Practice Group, report on recent developments in national laws relating to arbitration and address current arbitral trends in the jurisdictions in which they practice. Each chapter…