CIL Research Associate Leonardo Bernard participated in the 2nd MIMA South China Sea Conference: Geo Strategic Developments and Prospects for Dispute Management in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 4-5 September 2012. The Conference highlighted the recent South China Sea developments and their implications on the position of the claimants and extra-regional powers in working for peaceful …
A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade and Investment Law & Policy Programme, was invited by the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration to present a paper titled “Investment Agreements: Protecting Against Regime Change” at the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
CIL Research Fellow, Dr Tan Hsien-Li, along with CIL Research Associates Leonardo Bernard and Ranyta Yusran, participated in the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law in Washington DC, USA on 28-31 March 2012. During the meeting, Dr Tan did a book review for The Practice of International and National Courts and …
A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, Head of CIL’s Trade and Investment Law & Policy Programme, and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow Geraldine Fischer were invited by UNESCAP, the Thai Department of Trade Negotiations, the International Institute for Trade and Development and the WTO, as expert trainers on Investment and Services negotiations. The “Capacity building programme on Trade in …
CIL Patron Professor S Jayakumar delivered an address on “Conflict Resolution: The Need for a New International Paradigm” (download in PDF) at the International Conference on Global Movement of Moderates in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, WTO Chair and Head of CIL’s Trade and Investment Programme chaired Dialogue on Improving the Investor State Dispute System. Meg Kinnear, Secretary General, ICSID, Roberto Echandi, Director, Investment Programme, WTI, Anna Joubin-Brett, Partner, Foley Hoag and Chris Thomas Q.C., CIL Senior Principal Research Fellow, participated in the Dialogue. Ideas about how capacity could …
A/P Michael Ewing-Chow, WTO Chair and Head of CIL’s Trade and Investment Programme, was invited to participate in the WTO/ICTSD/ACWL Dialogue on Managing Trade Disputes in Geneva. He spoke in two sessions – “Managing Litigation – The Need for Inter-Agency Coordination” and “How to Actively Build Legal Capacity”.
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION ACADEMY 2017 Academy: 25 October–2 November 2017, Singapore Public Conference: 2 November 2017 CIL is pleased to announce the successful run of the 2017 Singapore International Arbitration Academy from 25 October 2017 to 2 November 2017 at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore in Singapore. Its 9-day intensive programme blended together theory, substantive …
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Third Party Funding in Investment Arbitration Introduction In recent years, third party funding has become an increasingly commonplace feature of international arbitration practice in arbitration centres such as London, Paris and New York. Recent developments suggest that Singapore and Hong Kong will soon be adopting a more permissive approach towards third party funding. The presence …
3 October 2016 | CIL Seminar Series Implications of Daimler AG v. Bauman on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards and Judgments Introduction United States court decisions can and do have serious implications for litigators and international arbitration practitioners abroad. In Daimler AG v. Bauman (134 S.Ct. 746, 2014), the US Supreme Court made clear …
