International Arbitration Newsletter - May 2019 | Institutional and Other News

Institutional News

Russian arbitration Council recommends HKIAC to be licensed in Russia

Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) is to become the first foreign arbitral institution licensed to administer cases in Russia after receiving approval from the regulatory body, the Russian Council for the Development of Arbitration.

CIArb issues witness conferencing guidelines

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators has issued guidelines on witness conferencing in international arbitration, a growing trend involving the process by which two or more witnesses give evidence concurrently before a tribunal.

Cairo Centre releases case-load statistics

The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) and the LCIA have released caseload figures for 2018. 

Stockholm Chamber of Commerce provides case e-platform for its arbitrations

Starting September 2019, all SCC arbitrations will have access to a case platform where the SCC, the parties and the tribunal can share case-related documents, such as communication with the SCC, procedural orders, submissions and exhibits. This shall eliminate the need to share sensitive or bulky files and documents by email or other channels.

Team News

Appointments

• Partner Joe Tirado (London) has been appointed to the arbitrator panel of the American Chamber of Comerce of Peru (AmCham Perú).

Recent speaking engagements

• Partner Joe Tirado (London) was a panelist at the inaugural session of the London International Disputes Week looking at London as a dispute resolution hub for international parties held in London on 7 May 2019. Joe also spoke on Interplay Between Arbitral Tribunals and State Courts during the Arbitral Proceedings – How to Find the Right Balance? at the 15th International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI) Biennial Conference in Helsinki, on 22 May 2019.
• Partner Carlos de los Santos (Madrid) gave the inaugural speech at the Open de Arbitraje hosted in Madrid by the Asociación Europea de Arbitraje on 9 May 2019.
• Partners Joao Duarte de Souza (Lisbon) and Joe Tirado (London) spoke at client seminar on international arbitration and ADR hosted by Garrigues in Lisbon on 17 May 2019.

Publications

• The 5th edition of Global Legal Insights to International Arbitration, Global Legal Group has just been published. The series covers over 60 jurisdictions which are accessible for free at this website. Joe Tirado (London) is the Contributing Editor and author of the chapter on England & Wales.
• Alberto Acevedo (Bogotá), Gabriela Cossio (Mexico City), Pedro Tent (Valencia) and Joe Tirado (London) have contributed chapters to a new Wolters Kluwer publication entitled 60 Years of the New York Convention: Key Issues and Future Challenges.
• Our International Arbitration team has prepared a number of country guides that provide a concise and practical overview of arbitration in each jurisdiction. The guides cover the following jurisdictions: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, England & Wales, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Poland, Portugal and Spain. They are available in Spanish, English, Portuguese and Mandarin and can be viewed at this link.