The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre ("HKIAC") has released its 2024 Administered Arbitration Rules ("2024 Rules"). The 2024 Rules focus on improving the time- and cost-efficiency of the HKIAC arbitral process, and...more
The Situation: In February 2024, the International Bar Association ("IBA") updated its Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration ("Guidelines"). The Guidelines provide detailed guidance for arbitrators...more
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that, subject to any agreement to the contrary, the failure to comply with pre-conditions to arbitration goes to the admissibility of a claim and should be determined by the arbitral...more
Features of the New CFA Framework -
From 4 May 2022, lawyers in Singapore can enter into CFAs with clients for international and domestic arbitration proceedings (including arbitrations conducted under the SIAC rules) and...more
Background of the Pilot Measure The mechanism set out in "The Supreme People's Court's Opinion on Taking Forward a Pilot Measure in relation to the Recognition of and Assistance to Insolvency Proceedings in the Hong Kong...more
On 9 February 2021, the HKIAC reported in the HKIAC Releases Statistics for 2020 that since the Interim Measures Arrangement entered into force on 1 October 2019, the HKIAC has processed 37 applications for interim measures...more
2020 witnessed a flurry of anti-money laundering activity, with the issues and developments continuing to be global in scope. In the United States, suspicious activity reports, outlining transactions involving terrorism...more
On June 30, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China passed the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special...more