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LIDW 2024: The Rise of African Arbitration – Is Africa Leading the Way?

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Finally, the vast majority of African states (forty-two out of fifty-four) have now adopted the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards , including Malawi, Sierre Leone, Ethiopia, and the Seychelles since 2020. What Is the Future for Arbitration in Africa?

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Another Good News for International Commercial Arbitration in Chile: Short Comments on the Supreme Court Decision of January 24, 2024

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71,508-2022; CS of January 16, 2023, Rol 3,545-2022; CS of July 29, 2021, Rol 104,262-2020). On February 6, 2020, the Buyer paid the Seller – as an advance payment and against the fixed price – the total amount of USD 101,250.

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12th ICC Brazilian Arbitration Day: An Open and Honest Conversation about ADR and Arbitration Evolution

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In Brazil, however, a study coordinated by Center for Access to Justice, Process and Dispute Resolution Means (Najupmesc) at Fundação Getúlio Vargas’ Sao Paulo Law School and Canal Arbitragem in 2023, showed that the use of mediation in Brazil has grown in the last 10 years, especially during the pandemic, in 2020 and 2021 (see here ).

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COVID-19: Fundamental Change of Circumstances or Force Majeure? Insights from Portugal

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As to the first claim, the Arbitral Award established that COVID-19 had caused a significant financial imbalance to the Concession Agreement, the execution of which continued throughout 2020 under severely worsened financial conditions. By way of background, under Decree-Law no.

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Mota Engil v. Paraguay: Lessons in Contract Interpretation and Non-Compliance of Provisional Orders

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2020-14, Final Award, Dec. After several months of negotiations and two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to try and resolve the problems, the contract was terminated by MOPC in February 2020. 2020-14, Final Award, Dec. Paraguay (the “ State ” or “ MOPC ”) 1) Mota-Engil Ingeniería y Construcción S.A. Sucursal Paraguay v.

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2023 Year in Review: Switzerland (Part I: Scope of Arbitration Clause, Capacity of Discernment, Res Iudicata)

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The agreements were not drafted, negotiated, or signed by the father or his sons. More from our authors: Dealing with Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration: To Probe or Not to Probe by Emmanuel Obiora Igbokwe € 190 Arbitration in Egypt: A Practitioner's Guide by Ibrahim Shehata € 190

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2024 PAW: Full House for the First-Ever PAW In-House Counsel Event

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One solution is for legal teams to establish record processes at the time contracts are being negotiated. The negotiation team being most of the time different from the executing team, gathering all relevant knowledge about a case or a contract requires an in-house counsel to grab information from other persons involved in the project.

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