Latest Features From Global Arbitration Review http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/ The Latest Features From Global Arbitration Review en-gb Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:45:04 GMT david.samuels@globalcompetitionreview.com webmaster@lbresearch.com <![CDATA[Book review: A Guide to the LCIA Arbitration Rules]]> http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/27614/ Authors: Peter Turner and Reza Mohtashami

Price: £79.95 (US$127.47)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

 

]]> Global Arbitration Review Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:41:32 GMT <![CDATA[Book review: Investment Treaty Arbitration And Investment Law]]> http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/27664/ Editors: Ian A Laird; Todd J Weiler

Price: US$175 (Volumes I and II), US$125 (Volume II only)

Publisher: Juris

 

]]> Global Arbitration Review Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:40:07 GMT <![CDATA[Maxwell Chambers opens in Singapore]]> http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/27663/ Maxwell Chambers debuted in January to some enthusiastic reviews, with one arbitrator describing it as the “the best hearing centre in the world” and another remarking that Hong Kong has some “catching up to do”

]]> Global Arbitration Review Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:37:23 GMT <![CDATA[Singapore to host ICSID hearings]]> http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/27662/ Parties to ICSID cases will be able to hold hearings at Maxwell Chambers after ICSID’s secretary general Meg Kinnear and the chambers’ chief executive signed a memorandum of understanding

]]> Global Arbitration Review Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:35:52 GMT <![CDATA[GAR guide to Singapore]]> http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/27661/ Heading to Singapore for an international arbitration? Read on for tips on where to eat, drink and shop

]]> Global Arbitration Review Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:23:30 GMT <![CDATA[Singapore lives up to its sales pitch]]> http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/27655/ Uzma Sulaiman reports on Singapore’s development as an international arbitration forum

]]> Global Arbitration Review Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:34:55 GMT <![CDATA[Will local firms lose out? ]]> http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/27654/ As international firms build their practices in Singapore, Uzma Sulaiman examines a new source of contention between local firms and their international counterparts

]]> Global Arbitration Review Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:32:18 GMT <![CDATA[Rise in challenges a headache for lawyers]]> http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/27649/ They say challenges are on the increase in investment treaty cases. The past three months certainly suggest that is true. Alison Ross reports on four recent challenges that have attracted attention: against arbitrators Charles N Brower, Robert Von Mehren and Stanimir Alexandrov, and counsel Barton Legum

]]> Global Arbitration Review Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:46:28 GMT <![CDATA[Lawyers react to Yukos awards]]> http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/27648/ The interim awards in the Yukos case – allowing Energy Charter Treaty claims worth up to US$100 billion to proceed against Russia – have been made public. But do they live up to the hype? Alison Ross reports

]]> Global Arbitration Review Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:41:32 GMT <![CDATA[The Yukos story - so far]]> http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/27647/ Alison Ross summarises the background to the US$100 billion claim, and the reasoning in the interim awards

]]> Global Arbitration Review Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:36:05 GMT <![CDATA[New and unique: Bahrain's arbitration provider]]> http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/27630/ What can the new Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution offer?  Phillip Landolt, a partner at Charles Russell in Geneva, explains and considers some unique circumstances in which it excludes review of awards (with thanks to Hassan Ali Radhi for his invaluable input and Reem Al Mahroos of Charles Russell’s Bahrain office for additional research)

]]> Global Arbitration Review Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:34:37 GMT <![CDATA[Brazil breaks traditional stance on BITs]]> http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/journal/article/27646/ In its recent Brazil focus (Volume 4, issue 6 ) GAR explained how Brazil has traditionally given investment treaties a wide berth. Since then, we’ve learnt that Brazil has started negotiations with Chile for a treaty to protect and promote mutual investments. Alison Ross reports

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