Hong Kong and Singapore have long been fierce rivals for the title of Asia’s leading financial centre, and they are now also battling to become Asia’s dominant seat for international commercial arbitrations, the leading form of international dispute resolution. This rivalry is personified by their competing arbitral institutions, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), […]
SIAC Rules of Arbitration 2013
On 1 April 2013, the SIAC announced its new rules of arbitration, which have notably been amended with respect to case administration practices.
Transparency in International Arbitration
There have been calls for more transparency with respect to international arbitration, which remains poorly understood by the public at large. For an example of such a misunderstanding, one need look no further than the recent French police raids on the homes of three highly-distinguished arbitrators, Denis Bredin, Pierre Estoup and Pierre Mazeaud, in reaction […]
International Arbitration in Africa
Many practitioners and arbitrators are unfamiliar with international arbitration in Africa and have very little actual experience with it. Yet, sub-Saharan Africa is one of the regions where the use of international arbitration to resolve international disputes is expanding the most swiftly in the world. This should come as no surprise, as the International Monetary […]
The Impact of the 2012 International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Rules on Multiparty and Multicontract Disputes
The maximum number of parties involved in an ICC arbitration is at least 141, which is the number of parties to an ICC arbitration initiated by 44 member firms of Arthur Andersen’s Business Unit against 97 members firms of Andersen’s Consultant Business Unit. There, the sole arbitrator ruled that he had jurisdiction over all 141 […]