Arbitral Insights

New York-based partner JP Duffy and London-based partner Simon Greer discuss key points from interviews with ICC President-Elect Claudia Salomon and LCIA President Paula Hodges QC, about the updated ICC and LCIA rules. The duo discuss the commonalities and differences in the institutions’ new approaches to issues such as: the use of technology in arbitrations; efficiency and flexibility; consolidation and multi-contract and multi-party proceedings; preventing disruption and delay; transparency; Tribunal secretaries; third-party funding; and data protection.

To hear more about the updated ICC guidelines, listen to our previous podcast episode in which JP Duffy interviews the ICC’s Salomon.

To hear more about the updated LCIA rules, listen to our previous podcast episode in which Ben Love interviews the LCIA’s Hodges.

For more information, please visit Reed Smith's International Arbitration page.

London-based partner Nick Austin explores the main drivers behind the Baltic and International Maritime Council’s (BIMCO) new law and arbitration clause, commenting on its multijurisdictional approach and the impact of the changes to the clause on the shipping industry.

For more information, please visit Reed Smith's International Arbitration page.

The ICC’s expedited procedure rules are used all around the world to resolve disputes. But when do the ICC’s expedited procedures apply? Will they speed up the process of getting an award? And what are their effects on costs? Partner Gautam Bhattacharyya and associate Victoria Spilkin share their views on the advantages, disadvantages of expedited processes -- from an implementation point of view. 

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Partner Donald Sham and associate Clara Fung discuss why 2020 was an encouraging year for Hong Kong as an international arbitration centre. Find out what advantages Hong Kong holds as an arbitral seat, and learn the impacts that newly introduced arrangements with Mainland China will have on the future of Hong Kong arbitration.

For more information, please visit Reed Smith's International Arbitration page.

LCIA President Paula Hodges QC joins international arbitration lawyer Ben Love to discuss the LCIA’s most recent arbitration rules, which include revisions addressing remote proceedings and electronic communications, expedited procedures, consolidation and composite requests, tribunal secretaries, and early determination.

For more information, please visit Reed Smith's International Arbitration page.

 

 

Hear international arbitration lawyer JP Duffy and Claudia Salomon, the ICC International Court of Arbitration’s president-elect, discuss new ICC guidelines relating to: joinders and consolidations; remote proceedings; third-party funding; representation; inequality of tribunal appointments; and expedited procedures.

For more information, please visit Reed Smith's International Arbitration page.

New York international arbitration counsel Ben Love discusses decommissioning in the upstream oil and gas industry with Chris Moyes, president, and Chris Moore, managing director, at global advisory and consulting firm Moyes & Co. The Q&A session covers: the evolution of decommissioning arrangements; prominent decommissioning models; various forms of decommissioning disputes; how issues can be avoided; and developments around decommissioning in joint operating agreements.

For more information, please visit Reed Smith's International Arbitration page.

Partner Gautam Bhattacharyya and associate Catherine Lewis explore common circumstances that lead to conflicts over jurisdictions in international arbitration. Jurisdictional problems impact a whole range of entities (such as international firms operating in many jurisdictions) and contractual arrangements (such as multiple contracts that may overlap in time, geography and/or subject matter). The duo discuss what happens when a breach of arbitration agreements occurs, how to enforce arbitration agreements and whether this will be a continuing feature of international arbitration.

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New York-based partner JP Duffy and London-based partner Iqbal Hussain explore why international arbitration creates an environment where disputes can be brought without destroying business relationships. They discuss how alternative resolution is a contributing factor to long-term collaborations, in the second episode of our life sciences focused podcast miniseries.

For more information, please visit Reed Smith's International Arbitration page.

Hear stories about how to best manage sub-optimal situations in international arbitration. Middle East Office Managing Partner Sachin Kerur and Dubai-based associates Jane Miles and Alison Eslick provide case studies of ‘arbitrations gone wrong,’ from non-forthcoming witnesses to the death of an arbitrator. 

For more information, please visit Reed Smith's International Arbitration page.