The annulment of an arbitration award by a foreign jurisdiction is not a ground for refusing the enforcement of arbitration awards in France. The constant position of the French courts on the enforcement of foreign arbitration awards has been recalled by the Tribunal de Grande Instance d’Every in a decision of 10 February 2017, reproduced […]
Arbitration in Brazil
Arbitration in Brazil has developed significantly over recent decades. The latest ICC statistical report for the year 2016 shows an increasing number of Brazilian parties using arbitration, with 123 Brazilian parties compared to 112 in 2014, placing Brazil in 3rd place in party-rankings worldwide. Brazil is today described as having a pro-arbitration legal regime and […]
ICC Arbitration Clause
By including an ICC Arbitration Clause in a contract, the parties agree that their dispute will be resolved by arbitration and that the arbitration proceedings will be governed by the procedural rules in the ICC Rules of Arbitration, in addition to any mandatory rules at the seat of arbitration. This also implies that the International […]
The Protection of Foreign Investments: Towards a Reaffirmation of the State?
Aceris Law co-sponsored a one-day-conference on international arbitration and the protection of foreign investments organised on June 2, 2017 by Student Societies from 4 French universities: the Association des Juristes de Droit International (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbone), the Association du Master 2 de Droit International Economique (Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas), the Association des Anciens Etudiants de Droit […]
Provisional Measures in ICSID Investment Arbitration
The International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Convention allows parties to an ICSID arbitration to request provisional measures from arbitral tribunals. Provisional measures are frequently requested in the course of arbitrations, and the ICSID has compiled a comprehensive table with past requests for provisional measures, showing when requests for provisional measures in […]