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11 November, 2016
Already in its fifth year, Hong Kong Arbitration Week attracts an ever growing number of users and practitioners from every corner of the globe to the heart of Hong Kong to exchange insights on the changing landscape of international arbitration. We caught up with speakers and delegates to get their thoughts on the trends of International Arbitration.
Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2016 – Managing Costs In International Arbitration.
International Arbitration may have many hidden costs. We spoke to Chiann Bao, Counsel at Skadden to find out some of the hidden costs and what can a party do to mitigate these costs.
Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2016 – Law Reform Commission Report on third party funding
We spoke to Kim Rooney about the Hong Kong Law Reform Commission report on third party funding.
Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2016 – Third Party Funding
During Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2016, we caught up with Susan Dunn, co founder of Harbour litigation funding on her views on third party funding in Hong Kong.
The Harbour Lecture Hong Kong: Neil Kaplan – Anyone for Costs?
The allocation of costs often involves various difficulties that tribunals have the challenging task to address. Most international arbitration rules confer on the Tribunal a very wide discretion as to whether costs should be awarded, to whom and in what amount. As claims for costs get larger this discretion becomes onerous. This Lecture aims to shed light on the origin of the principles underlying the allocation of the costs decision process and the major trends in international commercial and treaty arbitrations.
Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2016 – Equal Representation In Arbitration
During the Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2016. The HKIAC made a pledge for equal representation in arbitration. We spoke to Sarah Grimmer, Secretary General of the HKIAC about this pledge.
Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2016 – Is there anything left in the doctrine of arbitrability?
While traditionally parties' arbitration agreements are broadly worded and seemingly limitless, public policy considerations have restricted the kinds of disputes that may be arbitrated. Recently, there seems to be an increasing appetite to submit previously "unarbitrable" disputes to arbitration. In Hong Kong, for example, legislation expressly providing for the arbitrability of intellectual property disputes seems likely. Anti-competitive transactions, shareholders' disputes and matrimonial property disputes may also become matters for arbitration. This panel will discuss the implications of the increasing availability of arbitration for types of disputes that were traditionally reserved for national courts. We spoke to Kathryn Sanger, partner at Herbert Smith Freehills to get more insights on this.
Hong Kong Arbitration Week – Diversity in Arbitral Institutions
Anselmo Reyes talks about diversity in Arbitral Institutions
Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2016 – One Belt One Road initiatives and potential impact on Arbitration
On the opening day of the Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2016, The Beijing Arbitration Commission, Beijing International Arbitration Center and the CIArb East Asia branch co hosted a summit on Opportunities and Challenges under the One Belt One Road Initiative. We spoke with Mohan Datwani, senior director on how the one belt and one road initiative may potentially impact arbitration.
See you next year.
