The goal of the OHADAC project is twofold: (i) promoting legislative harmonisation by proposing to States model legislation in the field of business law and (ii) promoting arbitration and mediation in the Caribbean region, through the opening of an arbitration centre, the OHADAC Regional Centre for Arbitration. The objective of the OHADAC Regional Centre for […]
Réforme du droit de l’arbitrage OHADA
Le 23 et 24 novembre 2017, lors de sa session annuelle, le Conseil des Ministres de l’OHADA, désireux de favoriser et promouvoir les modes alternatifs de règlement des différends, a adopté un nouvel Acte uniforme relatif au droit de l’arbitrage et a apporté des modifications importantes à son Règlement d’arbitrage. L’OHADA L’Organisation pour l’harmonisation en […]
GETMA INTERNATIONAL, NCT NECOTRANS, GETMA INTERNATIONAL INVESTISSEMENTS & NCT INFRASTRUCTURE & LOGISTIQUE v. THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA – ICSID 28 June 2012
This decision relates to the Respondent’s request to disqualify one of the arbitrators, namely Mr. Bernardo M. Cremades, who had been appointed by the Claimant. The Claimant had filed for arbitration at the ICSID on 29 September 2011 under the ICSID Convention and the Investment Code of the Republic of Guinea. The Parties agreed that […]
Aceris Law International Arbitration Boutique Ranked As First-Tier Recommended International Arbitration Firm
Aceris Law has been ranked as a first-tier, recommended international arbitration firm by the Leader’s League Intelligence Report for 2017. The rankings of recommended international arbitration firms are shown below. Aceris Law was similarly ranked as a recommended international arbitration firm in 2015-2016, and it was highly-regarded prior to spinning off from DK AARPI. The Leader’s […]
The OHADA Arbitration Act
The OHADA Arbitration Act is potentially applicable for arbitrations with their seat in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire), the Ivory Coast, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Niger, the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Senegal, Chad and Togo. The OHADA (Organisation pour l’harmonisation en Afrique du […]