Tag: International arbitration

Experts at the 14th Asia-Pacific ADR Conference in Seoul discussed enhancing transparency, efficiency and user experience in international arbitration

IOMed, inaugurated in Hong Kong, has appointed former justice secretary Teresa Cheng as its first secretary-general

Indian courts balance party autonomy and judicial oversight in anti-arbitration injunctions

Surya Karan Sambyal joins CMS IndusLaw as partner in international arbitration in Mumbai

Supportive courts and advancing legal regimes are strengthening arbitration, but grasping jurisdictional nuances is key to success

Mariel Dimsey starts a new chapter as independent arbitrator and consultant after leading CMS Hong Kong and arbitration

Bayfront Law appoints Joseph Tay as director to strengthen its commercial disputes team

Vyapak Desai leaves Nishith Desai & Associates to start his own law chambers

Dentons Lee has hired Kyoung-ho Kim in Seoul to enhance its expertise in international construction, infrastructure, energy, and disputes

HFW has appointed Elizabeth Sloane as a partner in Melbourne, strengthening its global

Rajah & Tann Singapore strengthens its disputes team with the addition of Paras Lalwani and Reka Mohan as partners

Alipak Banerjee launches his own disputes law chambers in Delhi after leaving Nishith Desai Associates

Indian stakeholders must consider varying legal considerations when navigating a cross-border transaction

Jones Day adds disputes partner Kay-Jannes Wegner to its Singapore office

Withers KhatterWong hires Mohammed Reza as partner, head of international arbitration in Singapore

Han Kun appoints Christine Kang as partner in New York; she specialises in cross-border dispute resolution

Lawyers react to BCI’s move allowing foreign lawyers in India

Addleshaw Goddard boosts Korea-focused arbitration capabilities with key partner hire in Singapore

Supreme Court clarifies arbitration jurisdiction in Disortho v Meril Life, ruling that Indian law governs the arbitration agreement despite a foreign venue

Raunaq Bahadur Mathur, an arbitration and commercial disputes specialist, has joined Saraf and Partners as a partner in Delhi

Pui-Ki Ta is KCAB International's first non-Korean secretary-general

CMS has merged its Hong Kong operations under the name CMS Hong Kong

Manmeet Singh and team join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as dispute resolution partners

Rajah & Tann Asia appoints Michelle Li as head of arbitration, construction, and projects for China

Bae, Kim & Lee strengthens its arbitration practice with Chris Mainwaring-Taylor

Chinese companies are more confident and setting higher standards in cross-border disputes

Hyun Yoon Shin is the new KCAB president, starting 16 December 2024

Hogan Lovells has hired Rob Palmer as a partner in Singapore to strengthen its international arbitration practice in Asia

Shihui Partners has welcomed dispute resolution specialist Zhao Baao as a new partner in Beijing

Korean lawyers at the 10th Seoul ADR Festival urge more local and international business support for Korea to excel in regional arbitration

The HKIAC prioritizes parties' autonomy in arbitrator selection

Lee & Ko has hired arbitration expert Park Eun Young to lead its international disputes group

Tokyo International Law Office hired Earl Rivera-Dolera as a partner amid growing demand for international arbitrations

Panag & Babu Law Firm has promoted principal associates Vidhi Khanijow and JS Bhullar

Dentons has hired Philip Nunn, Alfred Wu and Muriel Cheng, bolstering the firm’s capacity in commercial and construction disputes in Hong Kong

Arbitration specialist Shinsuke Yakura, ex-Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Tokyo head, now leads Tokyo disputes at White & Case

Tokyo's Yoshihiro Takatori, ex-Japan disputes head at Paul Hastings and Orrick, now advises at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Rajah & Tann Thailand, a member of Rajah & Tann Asia, has appointed Melisa Uremovic and Supawat Srirungruang as co-managing partners

About 100 in-house counsel and legal experts gained knowledge from the Indonesian Corporate Counsel Association

Peter & Kim has recruited former secretary-general of the ACICA Deborah Tomkinson

Rajah & Tann is opening a new office in Shenzhen, marking its first expansion in China in 21 years

One of Singapore’s big four law firms Rajah & Tann is expanding its presence in China for the first time in 21 years

Nicholas Peacock, a well-known name in international arbitration with more than 25 years of experience, has left Bird & Bird

Dentons LuatViet has strengthened its capabilities in Vietnam by adding an entire team of lawyers from EPLegal in a merger

Yulchon hired David MacArthur as a partner and co-head of international dispute resolution, expanding its arbitration offering

Sherina Petit has assumed the role of head of international arbitration at Stewarts as well as head of India, contributing to the firm’s global strategy

Having been a partner for more than a decade, Chua Kee Loon, also co-deputy head of international arbitration at Allen & Gledhill, has left to establish a new disputes-focused firm, Chua & Partners

The Bar Council of India (BCI) announced new rules on Wednesday signalling a significant policy shift that relaxes entry conditions allowing international lawyers and arbitration practitioners to advise in the country

• Baker McKenzie has hired veteran arbitrator Ronald Sum as a Hong Kong-based partner, to seize more opportunities in disputes services from the Greater Bay Area (GBA)

International arbitration lawyer Terence Wong has joined Loeb & Loeb as a partner in the firm’s litigation department in Hong Kong

Thai law firm Kudun & Partners has opened a Japan practice with the hiring of partner Emi Rowse Igusa as the head.

After a more than 25-year stint with the largest Korean law firm Kim & Chang and co-founder of the firm’s international arbitration and cross-border litigation group, partner Park Eun Young is setting up as an independent arbitrator in his own practice, Park Arbitration Chambers

Argus Partners named Bhavya Mohan as a partner in the dispute resolution practice from June at the firm’s Bengaluru office

Summary procedures in international arbitration have started to gain popularity in recent years, finding their way into the arbitration rules of major arbitration institutions

Welcoming Hong Kong's proposals to reform the arbitration fee structure Yang Ing Loong, a council member of the HKIAC and chair of its appointments committee, suggested the next step should be to “enlarge the pool of qualified arbitrators”

King & Spalding has hired international arbitration lawyer Nils Eliasson as a partner in its trial and global disputes practice group in Singapore