Archive for July, 2013

Russian Supreme Commercial Court on Cross-Border Litigation

Russian Supreme Commercial Court on Cross-Border Litigation

  Last Friday the Supreme Commercial Court released a long-awaited review of case law in cross-border disputes (disputes involving a foreign party) (for our earlier report on the draft review see here). While such reviews are not de jure binding, they are as a matter of practice followed by the lower courts and provide reliable guidance to litigants. The […]

Moscow Seminar “Damages in International Arbitration: Is It All About the Money?”

Moscow Seminar “Damages in International Arbitration: Is It All About the Money?”

International Centre for Dispute Resolution Young & International (ICDR Y&I) invites to its annual Seminar in Moscow on Thursday, September 26, 2013. The Seminar will be hosted by the Independent Arbitration Chamber. The program will take place at 33 Arbat Street, in the historic center of Moscow. Registration will open at 4:30 p.m., with the program running […]

Russian Dallah in the Making

Russian Dallah in the Making

In a pending case Russian courts are looking at whether the arbitral tribunal may extend its jurisdiction to the City of Moscow on the basis of an arbitration clause in a contract to which a department of the city government is a party. In March 2013, the tribunal (Professor Sherstobitov (chair) and Professors Komarov and […]

Russian Arbitration Association Launched in Moscow

Russian Arbitration Association Launched in Moscow

At the end of 2012 a group of Russian arbitration practitioners announced their initiative to establish in Russia an arbitration association. Lawyers from more than 50 Russian and international law firms backed the initiative. In May 2013 the founders officially registered the Russian Arbitration Association at the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. Approximately 70 members […]