Canada has long been an arbitration-friendly jurisdiction and was the first state to adopt the 1985 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (“Model…

Baker McKenzie has released its North American Arbitration Primer. This builds on the success of Baker McKenzie’s Asia Pacific Arbitration Primer that was published…

Investment treaty arbitrations may be brought under the rules of many different arbitration institutions. As can be expected, each institution has its unique rules…

Arbitral tribunals have the power under Singapore law to rule on their own jurisdiction, consistent with the widely recognised principle of Kompetenz-Kompetenz. In a…

In PoolRe Ins. Corp. v. Organizational Strategies, Inc., No. 14-20433 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2015), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit…