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On Thursday 6 July at 5:00pm CEST we had an in-depth 90mn discussion of this year´s English High Court decision in Republic of Sierra Leone v. SL Mining Ltd, in our ‘A Case in Time’ journal series. The speakers for this episode were Markus Burgstaller (Hogan Lovells), Marc Jacob (DLA Piper), Elizabeth Oger-Gross (White & Case) and Nania Owusu-Ankomah (Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah), with Tsegaye Laurendeau (Signature Litigation LLP) moderating (short bios of the speakers below). The recording is available here. ABOUT THE GAP AND THE SPEAKERS The Delos Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP) is designed to assist in-house counsel, corporate lawyers and arbitration practitioners with efficiently accessing key insights into a large range of jurisdictions, including for the purposes of … Read More

On Thursday 22 June we had an interactive discussion in our ‘A Case in Time’ Headnote series. Olga Boltenko and Xiongchao Chen of Fangda Partners, the authors of the GAP chapter on Hong Kong, considered the issue of the governing law of arbitration agreement in China Railway v CKH, followed by comments from Samantha Tan of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (short bios of the speakers below) and a Q&A with the participants. Chatham House rules applied. The event chat was open to facilitate networking and interaction. The recording is available here. You can find out more about Delos’s Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP) here, and sign up for GAP news here, and do look up other forthcoming events in our Headnote and Journal … Read More

On Thursday 13 July there was an interactive discussion on Innovation in Nigerian Arbitration: unveiling the Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023 in the Context of international best practices in our ‘A Case in Time’ Headnote series. The speakers included Isaiah Bozimo and Daniel Ihueze of Broderick Bozimo & Company, the authors of the GAP chapter on Nigeria, followed by comments from Jakub Kamenicky of Squire Patton Boggs (short bios of the speakers below) and a Q&A with the participants. Chatham House rules applied. The event chat was opened to facilitate networking and interaction. You can find out more about Delos’s Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP) here, and sign up for GAP news here; and do look up other forthcoming events in our Headnote and Journal Series. ABOUT … Read More

On Thursday 25 May at 3pm ET there was an in-depth 90mn discussion of the ICC award in AES Gener v Mobil (case no. 13385) and its legacy: LNG disputes in Latin America, force majeure, and good faith obligations, in our ‘A Case in Time’ journal series. The speakers for this episode included Karina Goldberg (Ferro Castro), Julio César Rivera (Marval), Rodrigo Zamora (Galicia), with Laura Sinisterra (Debevoise & Plimpton LLP) moderating (short bios of the speakers below). The recording is available here. ABOUT THE GAP AND THE SPEAKERS The Delos Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP) is designed to assist in-house counsel, corporate lawyers and arbitration practitioners with efficiently accessing key insights into a large range of jurisdictions, including for the purposes of negotiating … Read More

On Tuesday 25 April at 3pm CEST there was an in-depth 90mn discussion of the Paris Court of Appeal decision: Dow Chemical (see here) on the extension of the arbitration agreement and its legacy, in our ‘A Case in Time’ journal series. The speakers for this episode included Samantha Nataf (De Gaulle Fleurance), Pedro Martini (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP), Giulio Palermo (Archipel Law Firm), Robert Reyes Landicho (Vinson & Elkins), with Laurie Achtouk-Spivak (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP) moderating (short bios of the speakers below). You can find out more about arbitration in France from the GAP chapter authored by August Debouzy. The recording is available here. ABOUT THE GAP AND THE SPEAKERS The Delos Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP) … Read More

On Thursday 20 April there was an interactive discussion of the Nicosia District Court (Cyprus) decision in: Kismetia Ltd v. Nilsson Lupusco Volga Farming Ltd, in our ‘A Case in Time’ headnote series. Agis Georgiades of Christos Georgiades & Associates LLC, the author of the GAP chapter on Cyprus, considered the scope of enforcement of an arbitral award in Cyprus, followed by comments from Naa Amorkor Amarteifio of AB & David Africa (short bios of speakers below) and a Q&A with the participants. Chatham House rules applied. The event chat was opened to facilitate networking and interaction. The recording is available here. You can find out more about Delos’s Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP) here, and sign up for GAP news here, … Read More

On Thursday 9 November took place an interactive discussion of the US court’s treatment of intra-EU investment treaty awards, which stands in contrast to the treatment such awards typically receive in EU jurisdictions, in our ‘A Case in Time’ headnote series. Ben Love and David Hunt of Boies Schiller Flexner, the authors of the GAP chapter on USA – New York and Washington D.C., considered the following cases in relation to the topic: (i)  Ioan Micula, Viorel Micula, S.C. European Food S.A, S.C. Starmill S.R.L. and S.C. Multipack S.R.L. v. Romania [I], ICSID Case No. ARB/05/20, (ii) 9REN Holding S.a.r.l v. Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/15, and (iii) NextEra Energy Global Holdings B.V. and NextEra Energy Spain Holdings B.V. v. Kingdom of … Read More

On Thursday 23 March there was an interactive discussion of the Pakistan Supreme Court decision in Hitachi limited v. Rupali Polyester 1998 SCMR 1918, in our ‘A Case in Time’ headnote series. Umer Akram Chaudhry, Asad Ladha and Ramsha Banuri of Raja Mohammed Akram & Co. (RMA & Co.), the authors of the GAP chapter on Pakistan, considered a case on the law governing the arbitration agreement, followed by comments from Nikhil Desai of JMiles & Co. (short bios of the speakers below) and a Q&A with the participants. Chatham House rules applied. The event chat was opened to facilitate networking and interaction. Uou can find out more about Delos’s Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP) here, and sign up for GAP news here; … Read More

On Thursday 2 March took place an interactive discussion of the PRC Supreme Court’s recent guidance on issues relating to determining the validity of arbitration agreements, in our ‘A Case in Time’ headnote series. Helen Tang and Celine Wang of Herbert Smith Freehills, the authors of the GAP chapter on China, summarised the issues relating to determining the validity of arbitration agreements. They shared the key takeaways based on the PRC Supreme Court’s recent effort to provide a uniform approach for courts across the country to follow in dealing with these issues and discuss two guiding cases published by the PRC Supreme Court in December 2022, followed by comments from Isuru Devendra of Latham & Watkins (short bios of the speakers below) and … Read More