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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

Negotiating governing law and dispute resolution clauses in international commercial contracts

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
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  • 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

The enforceability of dispute board decisions

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • April 26 2013

Many standard form international contracts specifically, the FIDIC suite of contracts, NEC3 and ICE Contracts each contemplate the resolution of

ISDA issues model arbitration clauses for use with master agreements

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • April 18 2013

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association ("ISDA") has released a number of model arbitration clauses for use with the ISDA 2002 Master

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"

Dealing with multi-party and multi-contract arbitration issues

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • June 6 2012

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

Argentina's "expropriation" of Repsol oil subsidiary: the legal landscape

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Argentina, Global
  • -
  • April 19 2012

On 16 April 2012, Argentina's President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, presented a draft Bill to Congress setting out the Government's intention to nationalise Repsol's stake in Argentinian oil major YPF

Record award against Ecuador demonstrates willingness of tribunal to review state decisions on grounds of proportionality

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Ecuador, Global
  • -
  • October 15 2012

In an award notified to the parties on 5 October 2012 (the Award), the majority of a three-member arbitral tribunal established under the ICSID Convention has directed the Republic of Ecuador (Ecuador or the Respondent) to pay US companies Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Occidental) and Occidental Exploration and Production Company (OEPC)(collectively, the Claimants) damages in the sum of approximately USD1.77 billion (if interest is taken into account it has been reported that this sum would exceed USD2.3 billion

PRIME Finance issues model arbitration clauses for use with ISDA master agreements

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • February 1 2013

The Panel of Recognised International Market Experts in Finance ("PRIME Finance") recently issued a number of model arbitration clauses for use with

KLRCA’s new i-Arbitration Rules: a new option for Islamic finance parties

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Global, Malaysia
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  • October 11 2012

The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) recently launched an adapted set of its Arbitration Rules for Islamic arbitration at the 2012 Global Islamic Finance Forum