Transparency in Investment Arbitration: Entry into Force of the Mauritius Convention On 18 April 2017 Switzerland became the third UN Member State to ratify the 2015 United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-Based Investor-State Arbitration (“The Mauritius Convention”). The Mauritius Convention reaffirmed the 2014 UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (UNCITRAL Rules), and […]
The Law Governing the Arbitration Agreement in LCIA Arbitrations: Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit
The Law Governing the Arbitration Agreement in LCIA Arbitrations: Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit New 2014 LCIA Rules Introduce Default Rule that the Law Applicable to an Arbitration Agreement is the Law of the Seat By Hussein Haeri The autonomy and separability of an arbitration clause from its underlying contract is a […]
States That Are Not Parties To The New York Convention
The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, commonly called the New York Convention, entered into force on 7 June 1959 and is the bedrock of modern international arbitration. This important international convention requires courts of the 159 contracting States (with Sudan becoming the latest member in 2018) to give effect to […]