events
Australian Arbitration Week 2024
Australian Arbitration Week aims to bring together communities and address issues across Australia as well as globally. It will be held in Brisbane in 2024.
6th ICC Indonesia Arbitration Day
The 6th ICC Indonesia Arbitration Day will bring together leading professionals from Indonesia and around the globe and delve into pressing issues in international arbitration, offering valuable insights tailored to the Indonesian landscape.
9th ICC Asia Pacific Conference on International Arbitration
The 9th edition of the annual ICC Asia Pacific Conference on International Arbitration will be back in Singapore on 27-28 June 2024.
London International Disputes Week
ICC India Arbitration Conference – Bengaluru 2024
Secure your place at the inaugural ICC India Arbitration Conference in Bengaluru, featuring an exciting lineup of speakers, networking opportunities, and discussions on the latest issues in the Indian arbitration landscape.
Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: Theory & Practice – Part 2: China (SIAC Academy)
The “Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: Theory & Practice” global series seeks to provide an overview of the arbitration law in different jurisdictions, with a focus on the theory and practice of the enforcement of arbitral awards in those jurisdictions. In the second instalment of this series, we focus on the theory and practice of enforcement of awards in China.
Pakistan International Disputes Weekend
Pakistan International Disputes Weekend is a premiere legal convention in South Asia for ‘reviewing, reflecting and reviving’ Pakistan’s legal landscape.
ICCA 2024 Hong Kong
LCIA Tylney in Town Symposium in Hong Kong
A interactive half-day symposium preceding the ICCA Congress following the long established LCIA tradition of open forum discussion, based on topics submitted by delegates in advance of the event with lunch and networking.
Maxwell Lectures: Impartiality and the Construction of Trust in Investor State Dispute Settlement
In this Maxwell Lectures, Professor Stavros Brekoulakis, the Michael and Laura Hwang Chair of International Arbitration at the National University of Singapore, will be speaking on the topic “Impartiality and the Construction of Trust in Investor State Dispute Settlement”.
Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is a justice system that allows investors to bring disputes against states before international arbitration tribunals which are established on an ad hoc basis and are paid by the parties. ISDS is currently included in thousands of international trade and investment agreements as the default system of resolving disputes between states and investors. ISDS is also the subject of extensive criticism. A large part of this criticism stems from claims that ISDS lacks impartiality and is often perceived as being structurally biased in favour of investors and against states with attention being focused on various reform options. However, absent from the debate and reform proposals is the fundamental question issue of what is being assessed in the first place. What is the idea of impartiality against which ISDS is assessed.
Drawing on the findings of a large-scale empirical project, the Lecture will question the applicability of an orthodox judicial idea of impartiality in ISDS. As the Lecture will argue, a judicial doctrine of impartiality does not reconcile with the fundamental value of trust in ISDS arbitrators which is constructed on a fundamentally different basis from that of trust in national and international judges.
The Lecture will call for a new, and contextualised, understanding of impartiality which better corresponds to the value of trust in ISDS. As the Lecture will explain, within this nuanced understanding certain forms of partiality can and should be compatible in ISDS decision making.
SIAC Annual Appreciation Event 2024
[Save the Date] SIAC Annual Appreciation Event 2024 on 29 April 2024
IPBA Annual Meeting and Conference 2024
IPBA Annual Meeting and Conference 2024 will take place in Tokyo, where the IPBA was established in 1991. The theme of the Conference is: New World, New Wisdom
Asia Pacific (APAC) Legal Congress 2024
The SCCA’s Asia Pacific (APAC) Legal Congress 2024 theme is “Adapting to the Legal Evolution in a Rapidly Changing World”.
Istanbul Arbitration Days
The inaugural edition of Istanbul Arbitration Days will take place on 18-20 April 2024 in Istanbul. This exclusive in-person event is expected to welcome over 500 attendees, including distinguished international and local arbitration practitioners, industry experts, academics and students.
Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: Theory & Practice – Part 1: Singapore (SIAC Academy)
The “Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: Theory & Practice” global series seeks to provide an overview of the arbitration law in different jurisdictions, with a focus on the theory and practice of the enforcement of arbitral awards in those jurisdictions. In the first instalment of this series, we focus on the theory and practice of enforcement of awards in Singapore.