Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Global, Singapore | 27 Jul 2018
On 19 July 2018, Singapore became the third country to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | China | 20 Jul 2018
On 1 July 2018, the Supreme People’s Court of China’s “Regulations on Several Issues regarding the Establishment of International Commercial Courts”…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | China | 4 Jan 2018
The PRC Supreme People's Court (SPC) has recently released two new judicial interpretations on arbitration (the New Rules).1 They are the most…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Malaysia | 23 Jun 2017
On 1 June 2017, the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) published the 2017 version of the KLRCA Arbitration Rules (the Rules)…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Hong Kong | 14 Jun 2017
Hong Kong has today passed long-awaited legislation that makes it clear that third party funding of arbitration is permitted under Hong Kong law...
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Singapore | 2 Mar 2017
We recently reported on the Singapore Parliament’s approval, on 10 January 2017, of the Civil Law (Amendment) Bill (Bill No. 38/2016) to amend...
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Global | 9 Feb 2017
The year since our inaugural annual international arbitration trends publication has seen dramatic political developments - including the UK’s Brexit…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Singapore | 18 Jan 2017
On 10 January 2017, Singapore's Parliament passed the Civil Law (Amendment) Bill (Bill No. 38/2016) (the Bill) to amend Singapore law to permit…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Singapore | 14 Oct 2016
In Sanum Investments Limited v. The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic [2016] SGCA 57, the Singapore Court of Appeal restored the…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Singapore | 16 Aug 2016
On 1 August 2016, the sixth edition of the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (2016 SIAC Rules) came into effect…