Maintaining Momentum and Managing Risk: Ensuring Business Continuity with your Dispute Resolution Toolbox
In the contemporary business world, disputes are a common and sometimes inevitable reality, ranging from minor distractions to major obstacles. Each dispute has the potential to disrupt the smooth operation...Read more
Ulrich Kopetzki
Director, Arbitration and ADR, Europe, International Chamber of Commerce, Austria
Abbey Hawthorne
Deputy Director, Arbitration & ADR, North America, International Chamber of Commerce, USA
Vera HE
Deputy Director, Arbitration and ADR, North Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, China
Tejus Chauhan
Director, Arbitration and ADR, South Asia and Pacific,, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, Singapore
Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures in Russia
Russian procedural codes indicate that one of the main purposes of civil proceedings is the peaceful settlement of disputes. Even though procedure codes contain an open list of alternative dispute...Read more
Vladislav Gorobinskiy
Head of the Legal Support Department for International Projects, Mediator, New Investment Group LLC, Russia
Dispute Resolution in International Agreements: Jurisdiction Selection
1. On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom voted (51.9%:48.1%) to leave the European Union (the “EU”). The UK officially exited the EU on 31 January 2020, pursuant to the (domestically...Read more
Marcio Fernandes
Assistant General Counsel Commercial and Regional General Counsel Americas, British American Tobacco, UK
John Doherty
Partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper, UK
Eva McHale
Associate, Penningtons Manches Cooper, UK
Evaluating the Role of Negotiations in the Alternative Dispute Resolution System
Although English courts, in general, have been encouraging Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in all its forms, the lawyers’ community in England and Wales, it is believed, would appreciate that the...Read more
Professor Charles Chatterjee
Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute , UK
Anna Lefcovitch
Solicitor, Arcadis, UK
Going Dutch
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In an era where the location of the commercial centre of Europe remains to be determined, we look at the position of the English Commercial Court (ECC) and that of...Read more
Ingeborg Kuyvenhoven
General Counsel, Petrobras Oil & Gas B.V., Netherlands
Tim Reid
Partner, Ashurst, UK
When a Settlement Agreement May Unsettle Everything
Manifold are the functions of law; one of the functions of law practitioners is to guide their clients in their best interests bearing in mind that clients know their cases...Read more
Anna Lefcovitch
Solicitor, Arcadis, UK
South Africa as a Destination of Choice for International Dispute Resolution
South Africa is a land of dichotomies. Whilst being the commercial hub of the continent, and having what is widely regarded as the most advanced Constitution in the world, it...Read more
Howard Snoyman
Head: Legal and Ethics, Discovery Health Medical Scheme, South Africa
How ADR Can be Used to Resolve Mass Disaster and Insurance Claims
After wildfires tore through San Diego County in 2007, more than 2,000 law suits were filed against San Diego Gas & Electric by more than 5,000 plaintiffs. Parties included individuals,...Read more
John Pardun
National Business Development Director, Jams, USA
Lawyers and the Financial Litigation Tsunami
Here is the good news. In a recent survey (Opinion Research Corporation Dec 2008), only 3% of respondents blamed lawyers for the current financial/economic crisis. On the other hand, that...Read more
Karl Mackie CBE
Chief Executive, CEDR - Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, UK
Dispute between Vivendi/ Aguas del Aconquija SA and the Republic of Argentina. The role of coordinating the strategy for non-legal matters.
The dispute between Vivendi, its subsidiary Compañía de Aguas del Aconquija SA (CAA), and the Republic of Argentina has been the longest running dispute in the history of ICSID. Originally...Read more
Charles-Louis de Maud'Huy
Advisor to the Chairman, Veolia Water, France