Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Global, Singapore, USA | 8 Aug 2019
On 7 August 2019, 46 States signed the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, which will, pursuant to a UN…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Singapore | 23 Jul 2019
The Singapore International Commercial Court (the SICC) has confirmed that the three-month time limit for applying to set aside arbitral awards in…
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 | 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 | 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…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | United Kingdom, Venezuela | 9 May 2016
The English High Court (the Court) upheld its prior ex parte order (the Order) for permission to enforce an investment treaty arbitration award (the…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | United Kingdom | 1 Feb 2016
In a unanimous judgment issued on 18 January 2016, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (the Privy Council) held that the words "may submit…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Myanmar | 29 Jan 2016
On 5 January 2016, Myanmar enacted its new Arbitration Law. The Arbitration Law provides a comprehensive legal framework for the conduct of domestic…