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🚀 Ready to fast-track your arbitration career? Join us in Singapore for Ciarb’s prestigious APAC Diploma from 1 to 9 March 2025 There is rising demand for accredited arbitrators in the Asia Pacific region. This nine-day intensive course is designed to equip you with the knowledge you need to establish and grow your international arbitration practice.

Highlights:
✨ Practical group workshops tackling real-world international arbitration issues.

✨ Learn from a faculty of globally recognised experts.

✨ Leads to eligibility for Ciarb Fellowship (FCIArb).

✨ Book by 29 November to SAVE SGD 2,000!

Lusaka Arbitration Week will offer a dynamic platform for knowledge sharing, networking, and debate on the latest developments and trends shaping the ADR landscape. The event will feature a series of engaging sessions, workshops, and interactive discussions led by renowned experts.

The conference will be a unique opportunity to consider the legal challenges in the rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape in the region. The programs will address (1) rule of law challenges; and (2) regional geopolitical trade and legal factors in the context of Singapore as a trading platform, in program tracks including artificial intelligence, competition law, corporate/transactions, dispute resolution, legal practice/ethics, restructuring/private wealth, technology, and trade/sanctions.

We will explore how draft Conciliation Annex (which is being prepared by the ICCA Panel of Experts) could play a role in the resolution of climate change-related inter-state disputes in the future.

Join leading arbitrators, Professor Lawrence Boo and Delphine Ho of The Arbitration Chambers in a review of significant arbitration-related decisions in the Singapore Courts. The speakers will examine the 2024 decisions relating to the setting aside and enforcement of awards, as well as identify trends that may be discerned from these cases.

The full-day, interactive conference seeks to connect international and local practitioners, to discuss the latest developments centred on Saudi Arabia and the wider region.

The Riyadh International Disputes Week brings together key players in the dispute resolution market to explore ADR realities and opportunities in the Middle East’s largest economy, share knowledge and expertise, and forge relationships and collaborations.

The event is co-organised with ICC Philippines and serves as key engagement between leading dispute resolution practitioners from the Philippines and abroad to discuss topical issues in international arbitration within the Philippines context.

The conference will bring together leading practitioners from the US and further afield to discuss the notable developments occurring in the technology sector and the heightened risk of ensuing disputes.

Maxwell Unplugged, a podcast series part of Maxwell En-Route, is a female-led podcast series to showcase, empower and support talent in the legal industry by featuring their takeaways and insights.

We’re excited to launch the first Maxwell Unplugged podcast of the year 2025! Join Shumin Lin, Director at Drew & Napier and Simran Toor, Law Consultant at Singapore Academy of Law as they engage in a meaningful dialogue, where they discuss the challenges faced by women in arbitration, the sustainability of the practice, and uncover the backstory of the impactful initiatives Simran has championed to overcome these challenges, along with her upcoming plans in ADR youth support.

We will explore the transformative impact that emerging technologies are having and will have on international arbitration. Our panel will address the role of arbitral institutions in integrating new technologies in dispute resolution, as well as the changing regulatory landscape for AI.

In this seminar, Professor Onyema will explore the development of the “office” of the international arbitrator into an identifiable profession and, drawing from some of the arbitrator (and award) challenges, share some thoughts on whether it is now time for the international arbitration community to recognise and accept this independent role of the professional arbitrator in the context of arbitrator liability for professional misconduct, and the implications of such recognition for the community.

Maxwell En-Route – Where we explore and discuss various topics of interests with experts and thought leaders in the alternative dispute resolution community. 

In our second episode of Season 3 Balancing Sustainability and Progress, we are joined by Melissa Low, Research Fellow at the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions. Melissa shares insights on the impact of climate change mitigation efforts on the environment and highlights actionable steps individuals can take to contribute during this critical window of opportunity to ensure a liveable and sustainable future.

👉 Renewable Energy Disputes: New Frontiers
👉 Sanctions, Embargoes, and Arbitration: Navigating Legal and Practical Issues
👉 Managing Disputes in Mega Infrastructure Projects: Lessons Learned
👉 Fireside Chat with GC: The Summit Spotlight

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.