Stewarts’ Julian Chamberlayne, Bradley Meads and Stuart Carson consider the most significant developments in relation to costs recovery, cost management, security for costs, conditional and contingency fees, litigation funding and insurance Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Costs and funding”
K&L Gates on the growth, development and sophistication emerging in the Qatar legal market Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Legal developments in Qatar: what the UK legal community should know”
Commerce & Finance Law Offices on China building a pro-arbitration jurisdiction Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: The pro-arbitration trend continues to grow in China”
Ardenter discusses prevailing interests of creditors and claimants over banking secrecy Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: The rise and fall of banking secrecy, or why time has come to knock at Swiss banks’ door”
Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: RPC interview series – Karen Hendy and Finella Fogarty”
Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: RPC interview series – David Cran”
Patrick Gearon and Georgina Munnik discuss how Bahrain has played an important role in the development of the international dispute resolution sector Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Dispute resolution in the GCC region”
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek gives an overview on artificial intelligence in civil proceedings and discusses the current obstacles of using AI within the law Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Artificial intelligence (AI) in civil proceedings – a forecast”
Singhania & Partners LLP discuss section 2(1)(f) ‘international commercial arbitration’ Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Section 2(1)(f) ‘international commercial arbitration’ – is it as simple as it looks?”
Shalakany discusses private and administrative disputes in the Egyptian legal system Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Disputes law in Egypt”
The team at Shook Lin & Bok discuss areas handled by the various sections of its dispute resolution department Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Dispute resolution in Malaysia”
PwC discusses recent developments in what is being disputed with HMRC, and also how disputes are progressing Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Recent developments in UK tax disputes”
SCORDIS, PAPAPETROU & Co LLC examines the key elements of civil fraud proceedings in Cyprus Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: International dispute resolution in Cyprus”
Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: RPC interview series – Simon Hart”
Afrique Advisors on cryptocurrencies in the Kingdom of Morocco Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Cryptocurrencies in the Kingdom of Morocco”
Managing associate
Orrick
Harriet Foster has a wealth of experience acting for clients in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia in commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. A recent example of the latter saw her represent an African-based investor in an UNCITRAL arbitration under a bilateral investment treaty with India, concerning the cancellation of telecoms licences. Continue reading “The next generation of arbitration”
Gross Law Firm discuss how multi-nationals corporations will face litigation in Israel despite contractual foreign jurisdiction clauses Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Everything is Justiciable in Israel”
There are four major eras of corporate governance. The dawn of corporate governance goes back to the 1930s when US corporations first began selling stocks to a wider set of owners, and we have seen many changes in the decades since. Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: The 4 Eras of Corporate Governance”
Boies Schiller Flexner has announced that arbitration specialist Timothy Foden will become the third partner in its heavily reduced London office, taking the first steps to rebuild after a recent exodus.
Previously at Lalive, Foden has a wealth of experience representing clients in investor-treaty and complex commercial arbitrations in the mining and energy sectors, and regularly represents clients opposite sovereign states. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Boies Schiller bounces back with arbitration hire as Simmons takes Stephenson Harwood real estate duo”
Significant deals in the pharmaceutical, energy and software space have got the market talking over the last week, as City and US giants scored major mandates.
Ithaca Energy is acquiring Siccar Point Energy, best known for operating the Cambo oil and gas field in the North Sea, for $1.5bn. The buyer will pay $1.1bn up front, with the potential for $360m of additional payments dependent on future developments and commodity prices. Continue reading “Dealwatch: City players drill down on Siccar Point Energy sale as US elite act on IFS and WorkWave deal”
