Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. Corruption in public procurement makes us poorer and takes our rights away.” So the DGCP adopted a three-pronged approach to improve things.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In 2022, the Old CPL was repealed through Federal Civil Procedures Law No. 42/2022 (“ New CPL ”). 411 of 2022 (Commercial) , in which the award debtor argued that the award was not signed on all pages. and the absence of authority is not per se a question of capacity, there is largely a consensus that Article V.1(a)

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 11, 2024

Hosting the inaugural Uzbek Arbitration Week in 2021, and then followed with its 2022 and 2023 editions, which brought together the global arbitration community to share knowledge and raise Uzbekistan’s profile as an arbitral seat. Education and capacity-building are a core part of our mandate. Past interviews are available here.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Enforcement a) In the Context of the New York Convention Decision 5A_739/2022 (12 October 2023) concerned an award rendered by a tribunal seated in Moscow against the company B. On 4 April 2022, A. After the tribunal rendered an award on 20 November 2022, A. GmbH, amongst others. It was undisputed that B. The SFSC dismissed A.’s

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 7, 2024

It aims to “enhance the capacity of States and regional economic integration organisations in handling international investment disputes”, with a particular focus on least developed and developing countries, as identified in the annex to the draft statute (Article 2).

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 30, 2024

Under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”), the United States has arguably become the leading jurisdiction offering generous incentives and subsidies to CCUS investors. This facility, scheduled to begin operations in 2024, will have sufficient storage capacity to offset the equivalent of 750,000 car emissions per year.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 3, 2024

Particularly, unless licenses have been granted, arbitral institutions are prohibited from receiving sanctioned persons’ monies, while multiple Russian banks have also been expelled from the SWIFT banking system since March 2022. However, the imposition of sanctions can lead to issues in the implementation of enforcement proceedings.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The LACIAC Board of Directors, through its technical committees, strives to build capacity in different sectors including energy, construction, finance and technology, international trade, telecoms, media and entertainment, MSMEs, among others. Past interviews are available here.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 23, 2024

28, and September 2022 Session Report , paras. Article 6 deals with general technical assistance and “capacity building”, such as advice on dispute prevention, trainings, seminars, exchange of experience and serving as a repository of information. 31-35; September 2022 Session Report , para.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 7, 2024

2023) , the Supreme Court recognized that plaintiffs may bring a civil suit under the expansive Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for judgment-creditors’ illicit conduct and collusion (“racketeering” under the statute) to avoid payment of an arbitral award which has been recognized and enforced as a U.S.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 16, 2024

While the introduction of these tools was generally met with approval, a position paper resulting from a conference of several presidents of higher courts in Germany in 2022 implies that AI is not poised to substitute the human decision-making process in the immediate future.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 4, 2024

However, this unfortunate fate was already sealed by the withdrawal notifications by France, Germany and Poland in December 2022, and the preceding decision of some Member States in October to not back the Commission’s proposal for a Council decision on the modernized ECT text for unspecified concerns over protection of fossil fuel investors.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 1, 2024

This was the third installment in the “Affaires d’Etats” series on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (“ISDS”) initiated by Curtis during 2022 PAW. Jaime appeared in their personal capacities. Mr. Bigge and Ms. The panel was moderated by Simon Batifort (Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP).

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 15, 2024

Various other initiatives have been set in motion such as the establishment of the Africa Arbitration Academy to provide training to arbitration practitioners in Africa and accelerate capacity building.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 24, 2024

Further, there is significant regulatory activity in this space to incentivise investment — the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 being a recent example. Acceleration towards new technology solutions has, moreover, already begun — perhaps most notably in the form of hydrogen and carbon capture storage.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

As we reported , in April 2022, the Higher Regional Court in Berlin (“HRC Berlin”) declined Germany’s request to declare an intra-EU claim against Germany as inadmissible (KG Berlin, Decision 12 SchH 6/21, concerning an intra-EU ECT ICSID case, Mainstream Renewable Power et al ).

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In March 2022, Ecuador signed a Trade Association Agreement with Costa Rica (“Agreement”), which required clearance from the Constitutional Court of Ecuador (“Constitutional Court”) to be subsequently ratified by the President of Ecuador. Article 8 of the Code of Commerce contains a list of acts that are considered “acts of commerce”.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Dr. Stampa made a final award in February 2022, ordering compensation of nearly US$ 15 billion on the basis that the appropriate measure was the entire “restitution value” of the right to exploit resources in modern Sabah. What he rendered in 2022 was an award in form only; it was not an “arbitral award” within the meaning of the NYC.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 8, 2024

CV2022-01832, Delivered: December 14, 2022, unreported, “NIDCO v. Our conversation with Mr. Piedrahita (available here ) shed light on the main responsibilities of the center, the changes to its arbitration rules in 2022, as well as the services and initiatives undertaken to promote the use of arbitration in Colombia.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 26, 2023

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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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This solution was confirmed by the High Court of Singapore ( Janesh s/o Rajkumar v Unknown Persons [2022] SGHC 264 ). In the context of off-chain enforcement, an ingenious solution has been followed in the Binance France case (2022) to implead Binance as a garnishee to freeze assets of the debtor.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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).

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 14, 2023

times the country’s estimated GDP in 2022. VIktor Nestulia Head of DREAM Project Office This led to the formation of the RISE Ukraine Coalition, which at its inception united more than 20 Ukrainian organizations working on open government and anti-corruption reform.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

1444 of 2022 of 6 July 2023, which underlined the importance of respecting party autonomy in upholding arbitration agreements. 1444 of 2022 The dispute in this case concerned various purchase orders issued by the Respondent to the Appellant for the installation of safety equipment and materials for multiple projects. Dubai CoC No.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Bar Council of India’s 2022 Rules for Registration of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms (discussed here ) represent a pivotal shift, now permitting foreign legal practitioners to engage in non-litigation ADR matters, particularly international arbitration seated within India.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. Finally, the Anti-Corruption Agency is proactively supporting the development of civic monitoring and has agreed to cooperate with the civil society coalition to monitor procurement.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

8, Series of 2022 , which now allows for arbitration as a mechanism to resolve intra-corporate disputes (see a previous post on this development here ). This article is submitted in a personal capacity. Based on the enthusiasm of the attendees, it would seem that this commitment flows in both directions.

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