Commercial Arbitration

Enforcement of Awards Affected by Sanctions
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Enforcement of Awards Affected by Sanctions

Recent decades have witnessed an upsurge in the imposition of international sanctions in various regions of the world. Time and again, we hear sanctions impinge on the practice of international commercial arbitration and can significantly interfere with the smooth functioning of arbitral proceedings in various ways. Sanctions also pose unique challenges for award creditors seeking […]

Third International Conference “New Horizons of Private Law – the Prospects of Young Scientists”
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Third International Conference “New Horizons of Private Law – the Prospects of Young Scientists”

The Chair of Civil and Arbitration Law and the “Modern Civil Law” Club of the International Law faculty of MGIMO University invite you to participate in the Third International Conference «New Horizons of Private Law  – the Prospects of Young Scientists», to be held on 8-9 December  2022 in a hybrid form at the address: […]

US Supreme Court Curtails Discovery in Foreign Arbitrations

US Supreme Court Curtails Discovery in Foreign Arbitrations

On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved the long-lasting circuit split and sided with the courts holding that arbitral tribunals deciding private commercial disputes and at least certain ad hoc panels in investor-state treaty arbitrations do not qualify to obtain discovery in the United States, under the broad U.S. discovery rules, for use […]

RAA Guide to Russian and CIS law firms: registration open
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RAA Guide to Russian and CIS law firms: registration open

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Установление содержания иностранного права в судах различных стран: роль эксперта

Установление содержания иностранного права в судах различных стран: роль эксперта

See English text below В рамках Второй межвузовской конференции «Новые вызовы и возможности частного права» 2 апреля в смешанном формате состоялась секция «Установление содержания иностранного права в судах различных стран: роль эксперта». Ее инициатором и модератором выступил доцент кафедры Международного частного и гражданского права МГИМО к.ю.н. Дмитрий Леонидович Давыденко. В работе секции принял участие доцент […]

Arbitration.ru January-February 2022: Cross-Border Bankruptcy Disputes
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Arbitration.ru January-February 2022: Cross-Border Bankruptcy Disputes

См. текст по-русски ниже. Bankruptcy means zero or a negative balance. And this is right where we are today in Eastern Europe and the former CIS. In the ultimate and undisputed state of total cross-border bankruptcy: the rupture of ties, disruption of trade, constant tweaking of international – and domestic – law, and, in the […]

Конкурс РАА по арбитражу онлайн
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Конкурс РАА по арбитражу онлайн

Арбитражная Ассоциация (РАА) и РАА25 при поддержке Международного Арбитражного Суда ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) приглашают всех студентов юридических факультетов России и стран СНГ принять участие в VII Конкурсе РАА по Арбитражу Онлайн! Конкурс уникален тем, что: команды и арбитры могут принимать участие из любой точки земного шара; ежегодно мы собираем порядка 50 команд не […]

Транскрипт круглого стола «Урегулирование коммерческих споров: что нового в правовом регулировании и практике»

Транскрипт круглого стола «Урегулирование коммерческих споров: что нового в правовом регулировании и практике»

Транскрипт круглого стола «Урегулирование коммерческих споров: что нового в правовом регулировании и практике», II Международная конференция МГИМО-Одинцово «Новые горизонты частного права» – часть 1 “МКА” 8 декабря 2021 г. 11:00—13:30. Online. Круглый стол ‘Урегулирование коммерческих споров’ – МГИМО-Одинцово – 08.12.2021 Видео здесь.  Программа здесь.  Транскрипт подготовлен А.И. Мурановым.

The use of mediation and arbitration in combination: what does the empirical data say?

The use of mediation and arbitration in combination: what does the empirical data say?

How would you understand an expression “the use of mediation and arbitration in combination”? How exactly are mediation and arbitration combined? Are roles of a mediator and an arbitrator performed by the same neutral or not? These were the questions that I asked the participants of the conference New Horizons of Private Law (MGIMO University, […]

Russian court of appeals interprets a pathological arbitration clause
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Russian court of appeals interprets a pathological arbitration clause

In a case filed by Spetstehnika LLC (Russia) against Cadman Power Equipment Asset Corp. (Canada), the 20th Circuit Court of Appeals in Russia considered the enforceability of a potentially pathological arbitration clause that referred to a non-existent arbitral institution in Canada.  The court of appeals, on 9 November 2021, refused to meddle with the parties’ […]

Guide to Next Generation of Russian Arbitrators now available
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Guide to Next Generation of Russian Arbitrators now available

On 22 September 2021, the print edition of Guide to Next Generation of Russian Arbitrators (NGAR) was presented at the 13th Annual ABA Conference on the Resolution of CIS-Related Business Disputes. NGAR is a unique database that allows to search for an arbitrator with experience in Russia-related disputes. The Guide includes profiles of 86 arbitrators who practice in 10 […]

Юристы обсудят вопросы разнообразия и инклюзии на открытой онлайн-дискуссии
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Юристы обсудят вопросы разнообразия и инклюзии на открытой онлайн-дискуссии

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Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in the CIS region

Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in the CIS region

On 25-26 May 2021, CIS Arbitration Forum conducted an online conference CIS-related Disputes: Treaties, Sanctions, Compliance and Enforcement. It brought together over 80 participants, including private practitioners, in-house lawyers and government officials. This is a recording of the third panel of the conference, which examines enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in the CIS region. […]

Soviet and intra-CIS BITs: an unexplored opportunity

Soviet and intra-CIS BITs: an unexplored opportunity

On 25-26 May 2021, CIS Arbitration Forum conducted an online conference CIS-related Disputes: Treaties, Sanctions, Compliance and Enforcement. It brought together over 80 participants, including private practitioners, in-house lawyers and government officials. This is a recording of the first panel of the conference, which examines the opportunities and challenges for international dispute resolution of Soviet and […]

Recent developments in commercial and investment arbitration in the CIS region (video)

Recent developments in commercial and investment arbitration in the CIS region (video)

On 25-26 May 2021, CIS Arbitration Forum conducted an online conference CIS-related Disputes: Treaties, Sanctions, Compliance and Enforcement. It brought together over 80 participants, including private practitioners, in-house lawyers and government officials. We present a recording of the first panel of the conference, which summarizes the most recent developments related to arbitration in selected jurisdictions. 0:13 […]

Procedural force majeure and hardship in ADR on the example of the COVID pandemic

Procedural force majeure and hardship in ADR on the example of the COVID pandemic

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Russian law experts in English courts – practical aspects

Russian law experts in English courts – practical aspects

Those unfamiliar with civil law procedure rules followed by English courts may find it difficult to understand how to argue issues related to foreign law. Should lawyers representing the parties explain their own understanding of foreign law? Are they supposed to invite experts to do that? Do experts need to be admitted to practice in […]

CIS-related Disputes: Treaties, Sanctions, Compliance and Enforcement

CIS-related Disputes: Treaties, Sanctions, Compliance and Enforcement

On 25-26 May 2021, CIS Arbitration Forum will bring together leading practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss some of the most challenging problems which lawyers face in disputes related to Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other countries of the CIS region. Four panels will feature recognised experts presenting their views and answering questions from the audience. […]

Tajik Flag Carrier Beats Enforcement of Arbitral Award in Leasing Dispute
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Tajik Flag Carrier Beats Enforcement of Arbitral Award in Leasing Dispute

The US District Court for the District of Columbia has declined to enforce a $20 million arbitral award and granted Tajik Air’s motion to dismiss the award enforcement action on the jurisdictional grounds. The Court found it lacked personal jurisdiction over Tajik Air, the State-owned entity, pursuant to the Due Process Clause of the Fifth […]

How to Make Remote Arbitration Interpreting Work

How to Make Remote Arbitration Interpreting Work

How hubs need to adapt to support everyone involved I’ve already written in this forum about the technical and procedural issues that legal interpreters currently face during remote hearings. In this article, I use my most recent experiences of remote interpreting from client-provided hubs at CIS-related cases to describe how there are still a few […]

Enka v Chubb 2.0: the Proper Law of an Arbitration Agreement
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Enka v Chubb 2.0: the Proper Law of an Arbitration Agreement

In a landmark decision in Enka Insaat Ve Sanayi AS v OOO “Insurance Company Chubb” & Ors [2020] UKSC 38, the U.K. Supreme Court clarified the applicable principles for determining governing laws of an arbitration agreement in the absence of the parties’ express choice. The court upheld the appeal staying parallel court proceedings in Russia […]

PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov and Legal Professional Privilege in English Law
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PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov and Legal Professional Privilege in English Law

In the recent case of PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov & Ors [2020] EWHC 2437 (Comm) the English Commercial Court held that legal advice privilege applies to communications between clients and their in-house lawyers in foreign jurisdictions regardless of the status of the lawyer in that jurisdiction.  The dispute arose out of a Ukrainian oil refinery’s […]

An online Arbitration and Mediation roundtable on 9 December: call for applications
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An online Arbitration and Mediation roundtable on 9 December: call for applications

On December 9, within the framework of the international conference “New Horizons of Private Law“, a roundtable “Settlement of commercial disputes: what is new in legal regulation and practice” will take place online. The organizer is the Department of Civil and Commercial Procedure of MGIMO (Odintsovo branch). CIS Arbitration Forum is the information partner of […]

Arbitrability of Insolvency Disputes: the Principle of Modified Universalism
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Arbitrability of Insolvency Disputes: the Principle of Modified Universalism

On 23 September 2020, English High Court granted an application for an interim injunction to restrain liquidators for the International Bank of St. Petersburg from pursuing insolvency proceedings in Russia in breach of an LCIA arbitration agreement. Most jurisdictions provide several mechanisms to reverse transactions entered into by a debtor prior to the commencement of […]

Modern arbitration : LIVE News Journal
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Modern arbitration : LIVE News Journal

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Обновленный ГК vs. развитие корпоративных норм и практики. О чем рассказали эксперты V-ой конференции “Новеллы ГК и корпоративное право”
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Обновленный ГК vs. развитие корпоративных норм и практики. О чем рассказали эксперты V-ой конференции “Новеллы ГК и корпоративное право”

18 сентября в Москве в рамках V-й ежегодной конференции «Новеллы ГК и корпоративное право» в Москве встретились представители юридического сообщества. О чем говорили и какие злободневные темы затрагивали участники? Обновленный ГК vs. Развитие корпоративных норм и практики Открыл конференцию директор по корпоративному управлению Prosperity Capital Management Денис Спирин, отметив, что реформа ГК дала толчок развитию […]

The Challenges of the “New Normal” Hearings: A Professional Legal Interpreter’s Perspective
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The Challenges of the “New Normal” Hearings: A Professional Legal Interpreter’s Perspective

No-one wants their ability to do their job compromised by faulty or poor-quality equipment. The sudden upscaling of remote working for court and arbitration hearings has highlighted some vital shortcomings in the available infrastructure and technology that present legal interpreters with unique challenges. These must be resolved if remote legal hearings are to continue as […]

The Human Equation of Remote Hearings: The Challenges for Legal Interpreters
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The Human Equation of Remote Hearings: The Challenges for Legal Interpreters

Remote legal hearings are now firmly embedded in our everyday transactions, though many people still struggle with confusing software and substandard hardware. But there is another problem that puts legal interpreters at a particular disadvantage during remote proceedings: the human factor. The new daily routine of communicating via videoconferencing in all aspects of our lives […]

Arbitration.ru, June 2020: Construction Arbitration
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Arbitration.ru, June 2020: Construction Arbitration

Construction is one of the most ardent industries that were one of the last to give up and suffer least closures facing the COVID-19 pandemic, although not the least to be affected by the disease. In construction projects, the stakes are high and disruptions expensive. So are construction-related disputes, expensive – and often extremely complex. […]

Former Yukos Shareholders Seize Russian Vodka Brands in the Netherlands

Former Yukos Shareholders Seize Russian Vodka Brands in the Netherlands

The dispute between Russia and the former majority shareholders of the now-defunct oil and gas company – Yukos has been ongoing since 2014 when the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) tribunal ruled against Russia for illegal expropriation of the company and awarded its former shareholders a record-breaking $50 billion. Since then award creditors continue their […]

Как пандемия повлияет на международный арбитраж?

Как пандемия повлияет на международный арбитраж?

Большинство государств ввели карантинные меры, которые предусматривают ограничение поездок за границу, уменьшение социальных контактов, а иногда полную самоизоляцию. Такие меры уже повлияли на мировую и национальную торговлю, финансовые рынки и экономическое состояние бизнеса. Международный арбитраж в этой довольно нестабильной среде пытается администрировать дела в штатном режиме и обеспечивать их рассмотрение без неоправданных задержек. Арбитраж остается […]

Влияние пандемии на международный арбитраж: взгляд из Украины

Влияние пандемии на международный арбитраж: взгляд из Украины

Тема влияния пандемии на международный арбитраж интересует многих. Можно выделить два аспекта. Первый – влияние ограничений, связанных с пандемией, на общее количество и содержание споров. Второй – непосредственное влияние пандемии на характер ведения арбитража. Что касается первого аспекта, то пока преждевременно говорить о стремительном росте количества дел или об их отличительной черте, связанной, например, с […]

Fresh Unexplained Wealth Orders granted following new Court of Appeal ruling
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Fresh Unexplained Wealth Orders granted following new Court of Appeal ruling

A recent ruling from the Court of Appeal encouraged the National Crime Agency to push forward with its use of Unexplained Wealth Order applications. The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Zamira Hajiyeva who must now divulge the source of funds used to purchase properties or risk their seizure. In this, first case, brought […]

Очередной номер «Вестника международного коммерческого арбитража»
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Очередной номер «Вестника международного коммерческого арбитража»

Вышел очередной номер «Вестника международного коммерческого арбитража» с приложением к нему с материалами по спортивному арбитражу.  Скачать можно номер и книгу целиком. Издателем «Вестника международного коммерческого арбитража» было принято решение начать выпуск отдельных специальных изданий в качестве приложений к «Вестнику». Публиковаться они будут в рамках серии «Библиотека журнала „Вестник международного коммерческого арбитража“». Книги в этой […]

Содержание нового выпуска журнала “Коммерческий арбитраж”

Содержание нового выпуска журнала “Коммерческий арбитраж”

Commercial Arbitration. No. 1 for 2020 The new Commercial Arbitration journal is a specialized print publication in the field of law, aimed at the development of arbitration and mediation in Russia. The publication in Russian and English covers the most pressing issues of alternative dispute resolution, publishes materials on the activities of arbitral institutions and […]

International Commercial Arbitration Court and Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry: overview of the rules

International Commercial Arbitration Court and Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry: overview of the rules

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RAA – CEA Conference: Arbitration & Corruption
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RAA – CEA Conference: Arbitration & Corruption

See English text below. 6 февраля 2020 года состоится Совместная конференция РАА и Испанского Арбитражного Клуба (CEA) «Коррупция в арбитраже», которая пройдет в отеле Мариотт Гранд по адресу ул. Тверская, 26/1. На мероприятии будут освещены следующие темы: Вся правда о коррупционных контрактах: контракты, полученные с помощью коррупции и контракты, прикрывающие взятки. Презентация Инструкции для арбитров. […]

The consequences of incorrect or unclear identification of arbitral institution in an arbitration agreement

The consequences of incorrect or unclear identification of arbitral institution in an arbitration agreement

On 10 December 2019, the Plenum of the Russian Supreme Court adopted the Resolution on the fulfillment by Russian courts of the assistance and control functions in respect of internal arbitration and international commercial arbitration. The Supreme Court revised the initial draft due to several recommendations. In particular, this document now contains essential rules with […]

О выполнении судами России функций содействия и контроля в отношении третейского разбирательства
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О выполнении судами России функций содействия и контроля в отношении третейского разбирательства

Resolution of the  Russian Supreme Court Plenum “On the fulfillment by the courts of the Russian Federation of the functions of assistance and control in relation to arbitration, international commercial arbitration” of 10.12.2019 Постановление Пленума Верховного Суда Российской Федерации от 10 декабря 2019 года “О выполнении судами Российской Федерации функций содействия и контроля в отношении […]

Russian law now presumes the validity of the arbitration agreement
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Russian law now presumes the validity of the arbitration agreement

Russia is often blamed for being not sufficiently arbitration-friendly jurisdiction where the risk of non-enforcement of the arbitral award remains high. However, a recent empirical study shows that in various years during the period 2008 to 2017 Russian courts granted the overwhelming majority of all recognition & enforcement applications. Since the start of the ongoing […]