How to thrive amid uncertainty? This was the question we explored at the 35th FT Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference. Here are five key industry trends and corresponding practical legal tips to help companies...more
Hong Kong approved last week the awaited Arbitration and Mediation Legislation (Third Party Funding) (Amendment) Bill 2016 to permit third party funding of arbitration, as well as supporting court, emergency arbitration and...more
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (the “CAT”) in the UK heard on 17 January 2017 an application by Flynn Pharma Ltd and Flynn Pharma (Holdings) Ltd (together “Flynn”) to suspend the Competition and Markets Authority’s (the...more
The Singapore Parliament passed on Tuesday a bill to allow third party funding of international commercial arbitration proceedings seated in Singapore.
The bill, known as the Civil Law (Amendment) Bill – Third Party...more
Privy Council clarifies the nature of arbitration clauses, but uncertainties about the clauses’ effect still remain.
“Non-exclusive” arbitration clauses provide that disputes “may” be referred to arbitration (rather than...more
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Anti-Suit Awards Are Compatible With the Original Brussels I Regulation.
(Gazprom OAO v Republic of Lithuania, Case C-536/13, Judgment dated 13 May 2015)
The European Court of Justice decision in Gazprom v....more
Introduction -
Regulation 44/2001 (the “Original Brussels Regulation”), which aimed to harmonise the approach to jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments across European Union Member States’...more
In This Issue:
- Germany Designates Latham & Watkins International Arbitration Co-chair Sebastian Seelmann-Eggebert to ICSID Panel
- Choice of Venue in International Arbitration: A Book to Guide Tactical Venue...more