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"Governing law" and "jurisdiction" clauses

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Global
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  • June 30 2008

In previous e-bulletins we have looked at a number of clauses that are commonly found in commercial contracts but are often poorly drafted and misunderstood

Why IOCs are paying attention to soft law on human rights

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • June 6 2013

"There is one and only one social responsibility of business to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long

Stabilisation clauses issues and trends

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global, United Kingdom
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  • June 30 2010

Stabilisation clauses are contractual protections often incorporated into long term investment or concession contracts between international investors and states

Dealing with multi-party and multi-contract arbitration issues

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
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  • June 6 2012

We have previously examined the pitfalls of multi-party and multi-contract arbitration

Negotiating governing law and dispute resolution clauses in international commercial contracts

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • November 24 2010

When negotiating international commercial contracts, it is important that the parties carefully consider their choice of governing law and dispute resolution clauses and that both are expressly set out in the contract

International Mediation Institute publishes survey results on in-house counsel’s attitudes to mediation

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • April 16 2013

The International Mediation Institute (IMI), a body which develops global professional standards for those involved in collaborative dispute

International Bar Association releases the IBA guidelines on party representation in international arbitration

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • May 30 2013

The International Bar Association Council, at its session of May 25, 2013, has approved the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International

Colombia withdraws from ICJ over Nicaragua v Colombia ruling

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • December 12 2012

On 19 November 2012, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice (the “ICJ“), ruled that Colombia has sovereignty over seven disputed islands in the western Caribbean but granted Nicaragua control of a large amount of the surrounding waters and seabed

ICSID annulment awards: the fourth generation?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • February 18 2011

Christoph Schreuer, a professor at the University of Vienna, has said that there are "three generations of ICSID annulment decisions"

ICJ settles boundary dispute between Burkina Faso and Niger

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
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  • May 20 2013

On 16 April 2013, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice (the "ICJ"), issued a judgment determining