Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | India | 13 Jan 2020
The Indian Supreme Court recently delivered two judgments of significance to arbitrations seated in India. While these judgments continue the trend…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Hong Kong, Russia | 15 Apr 2019
On 4 April 2019, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) became the first foreign arbitral institution to receive approval from the…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Hong Kong, Russia | 9 Apr 2019
On 4 April 2019, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) became the first foreign arbitral institution to receive approval from the…
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 | China | 7 Aug 2017
In a recent decision issued on 31 May 2017 in the case of Beijing Urban Construction Group Co. Ltd v. Republic Yemen, an ICSID Tribunal…
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 | 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…