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Glencore v. Bolivia: A Long-Awaited Award Finds Expropriation and FET Breaches by the State

Kluwer Arbitration

In early 2005, Swiss company Glencore International acquired the assets and assigned them to Glencore Finance (Bermuda). The Tribunal concluded that a treaty dispute was not foreseeable in 2005. A decision on interpretation and correction of the award followed on 6 November 2023. All three assets had been privatized around 2000.

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2019 Hague Convention: On UK Accession and the Convention’s Interplay with International Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

Consequently, the HCCH’s ambition had to be curtailed, so the HCCH temporarily settled for adopting the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements (“Choice of Court Convention”). However, the endeavour proved rather unsuccessful initially due to a lack of consensus on an array of divisive issues.

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Interviews with Our Editors: In Conversation with Datuk Sundra Rajoo, Director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

Kluwer Arbitration

In a survey conducted by the Global Arbitration Review (GAR) in 2022 on hearing centre preferences, AIAC was ranked at the forefront among other international institutions, having the highest number of hearing rooms and largest room capacity.

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Limits on Enforcing Awards Against Third-Party Alter Egos in Canada: The Court of Appeal of Quebec Weighs In

Kluwer Arbitration

The dispute concerns a 2005 contract for satellite spectrum capacity and satellite-broadcast wireless access services. Though the award creditor sought the Supreme Court of Canada’s input on the issue, the latter dismissed the application for leave to appeal the decision in mid-May of this year. III of the NYC. II and V(1)(a).