The European Commission has recently successfully negotiated a new trade pact with Canada (referred to as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement or ‘CETA’) and one with Vietnam (the ‘EU-Vietnam FTA’) which...more
After 10 years of negotiations, trade ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries representing 40% of the world’s economy and one-third of global trade have reached a trade agreement, referred to as the Trans-Pacific Partnership...more
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When a party to a contract wishes to sue, the contract may include specific procedures for giving notice to the counterparty in a prescribed way prior to the right to litigate or arbitrate in accordance with the contract...more
The Georgian International Arbitration Centre (“GIAC”) has recently finalised the GIAC Arbitration Rules (“GIAC Rules”), following the completion of the work of the Commission for Final Revision of the Arbitration Rules (the...more
The London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”) is firmly established as one of the world’s truly international arbitral institutions - in 2013 over 80% of the parties to LCIA arbitrations were non-UK - and London is...more
Planning for future disputes is essential to managing the risk of any transaction — but it is ever more so for private equity managers, who are increasingly investing in foreign assets and in industries exposed to sovereign...more
Against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving domestic and international legal landscape in Ukraine, this OnPoint focuses on the practical steps that companies operating in Crimea may consider taking in view of the legal...more
This article addresses key questions concerning the use of international arbitration in cross-border financial transactions, and includes a discussion of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) September...more
Following extensive consultation with its members, in September 2013 the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”) published seven model international arbitration clauses (the “Model Arbitration Clauses”) for...more
Driven by its vast abundance of coal, copper, iron ore, gold and uranium (to name a few), Mongolia is forecast to have the world’s fastest growth rate in 2013, at 12% of GDP—a figure Western economies can only dream of in the...more
The Commercial Court of England and Wales and the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts (DIFC Courts) signed a Memorandum of Guidance (MoG) on 23 January 2013 concerning the enforcement of judgments between the two...more