Conference coverage

An event organised by the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration's "Young EFILA" network and Herbert Smith Freehills discussed the future of the enforcement of intra-EU investment arbitration awards in the UK and the US. Jefferi Hamzah Sendut of HSF in London reports.

24 November 2023

Leading Italian arbitrator Luca Radicati di Brozolo used a lecture in Washington, DC, to argue for a transnational approach to the issue of “arbitral res judicata” that dispenses with national law. Juliana Carvajal Yepes, research fellow at American University Washington College of Law, reports.

21 November 2023

Delegates at the Inter-Pacific Bar Association Arbitration Day in Singapore discussed "grey areas" and problems which continue to plague international arbitration, despite innovations in the wake of the pandemic.

17 November 2023

An event during Canadian Arbitration Week in Toronto discussed appropriate disclosure for arbitrators when accepting appointments, including recent case law from the UK, France and US that seeks to clarify applicable standards. Timothy Hughes, independent counsel and arbitrator based in Calgary, reports.

16 November 2023

The second edition of the Berlin Dispute Resolution Days featured a GAR Live focused on contract-based arbitrations against states, sessions on energy, construction and franchise disputes, and the autumn conferences of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) and its under-40 group (DIS40).

10 November 2023

This year’s autumn conference of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) looked at the “world map” of international arbitration in the 21st century and what you should expect to find in Germany, including active tribunals facilitating settlement where they can.

10 November 2023

GAR Live Vienna heard a keynote by Richard Whish KC on the intersection of competition law and arbitration, followed by a panel considering the benefits and limitations of having arbitrators decide competition law issues.

30 October 2023

Following the set-aside of a US$11 billion award against Nigeria, Lord Hoffmann – who chaired the tribunal – has stood by comments he made earlier this year, reflecting on “the great miasma of dishonesty” that can exist in the background of a case of which arbitrators are “unaware”.

27 October 2023

King & Wood Mallesons partners James McKenzie and Wilson Antoon and independent arbitrator Tim Robbins have launched a “grassroots network” for LGBTQIA+ people and allies in the arbitration community.

20 October 2023

A report launched during Hong Kong Arbitration Week has found that most lawyers take an informal, ad hoc approach to selecting arbitrators – and recommends they adopt a more systematic process to limit bias in their choices.

19 October 2023