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TDM 1 (2010)

Transnational Dispute Management
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This new issue has a large number of articles and contributors, introducing some new categories such as "Costs of Arbitration" and "Rules & Best Practices". Other highlights of this issue include papers by Judge Stephen Schwebel, Michael Hwang, Professor Christoph H. Schreuer and Jan Paulsson.

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TDM 4 (2009) - Latin America

Latin America
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Latin America has become an important user of arbitration and the major arbitration institutions have established offices in the area. Many leading investment arbitration awards arise from conflicts in Latin American countries. We would like to thank Dr. Herfried Wöss, partner of the Wöss & Partners lawfirm in Mexico, for his work as as editor for this special.

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TDM 3 (2009)

NAFTA - Fifteen Years Later. Experiences and Future
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We're very pleased to be able to publish this transcript of the "First Debate on NAFTA" prepared by Professor Ignacio Gomez-Palacio and two other moderators, Messrs. Eduardo Siqueiros Twomey, Alejandro Faya Rodríguez. This was a ground-breaking event and we hope the issues raised at the debate will be discussed further on OGEMID.
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TDM 2 (2009)

The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IIRs) through International Investment Agreements (IIAs)
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This issue analyses the level of protection granted by International Investment Agreements (IIAs) in regard to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). This special was prepared by James Hosking (Chaffetz Lindsey LLP) and Markus Perkams (Clifford Chance).
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Other recent issues:
TDM 1 (2009)
TDM 4 (2008) - Arbitrator Bias
TDM 3 (2008) - Precedent in Investment Arbitration
TDM 2 (2008) - Venezuela: The battle of Contract Sanctity vs. Resource Sovereignty
TDM 1 (2008) - Expert Meeting on Development Implications of International Investment Rule Making
TDM 5 (2007) - Compensation and Damages in International Investment Arbitration
TDM 4 (2007) - New Aspects of International Investment Law ...
TDM 3 (2007) - Energy Litigation and Arbitration - Expert Perspectives

 

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Events

Legal aspects of the choice of law in international contracts under the new “Rome I-Regulation”
This two-day conference will explore the legal aspects of the choice of law in international contracts under the new "Rome I-Regulation". Speakers from eight different member States of the EU will discuss current issues relating to choice of law, in a comparative law approach based in particular on the national courts' pratice of the Rome Convention. 9 Sep 2010 - 10 Sep 2010 Dijon - France. The conference language will be French.
9 Sep 2010 - 10 Sep 2010 Bourgogne

More information is available at http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/-ROME-1-et-le-choix-de-loi-.html.

The Swedish Arbitration Days 2010 - Damages and other relief in international arbitration
The Swedish Arbitration Days 2010 will bring together leading international arbitration practitioners, well-known arbitrators, scholars, forensic evaluation experts and accounting experts in the appraisal of damages, among others, to discuss the issues of damages and other relief in international arbitration.
16 Sep 2010 - 17 Sep 2010 Stockholm

More information is available at www.swedisharbitration.se.


Construction Disputes Asia: Evolution or Revolution?
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the Society of Construction Law (Singapore) proudly present a one day conference on ‘Construction Disputes Asia: Evolution or Revolution’ on 17 September 2010 at the Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore. This prestigious conference offer an update of the new SIAC 2010 Rules (and its application to construction contracts including Institutional Arbitration); the problems and challenges of using a Construction Expert in dispute resolution; effective ADR from an international perspective from leading construction practitioners form United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong and Malaysia; and aspects specialist Energy sector Construction Contracts. Register before 31 August 2010 and pay the early registration fee. For a limited period only, register 4 delegates and pay for only 3. More information at www.siac.org.sg, email events(at)siac .org.sg or call +65 6221 8833.
17 Sep 2010 Singapore

More information is available at www.siac.org.sg.


IV Düsseldorf International Arbitration School
The last decades of the twentieth century have seen a phenomenal boom in international arbitration, with all the hazards and vagaries that come with sudden success. Anyone dealing with business transactions crossing borders now needs to be familiar with the special features of international commercial and investment arbitration. The five-day Düsseldorf International Arbitration School aims at providing young practitioners, post graduates and advanced students - especially Moot Court participants - with the requisite specific knowledge. The School is based on a highly practical, inter-active teaching concept.
20 Sep 2010 - 24 Sep 2010 Düsseldorf

More information is available at http://www.duslaw.eu/en/veranstaltungen/intensiv/arbitration_en.


Investment Treaty Arbitration
C5 has brought together the leading lawyers and arbitrators to provide you with the latest tools needed to initiate, conduct and succeed in investment treaty arbitration worldwide. In a series of highly practical sessions delivered by a faculty of the top minds in the field, you will get the most up-to-the-minute and relevant information possible on the issues shaping the investment treaty arbitration landscape now.
22 Sep 2010 - 23 Sep 2010 London

More information is available at www.c5-online.com/arbitration.


How to Handle Competition Issues in an International Commercial Arbitration
This three-day intensive seminar based on a mock arbitration case will provide critical skills and practical insight into handling arbitration cases primarily under the auspices of the ICC Rules of Arbitration.
12 Oct 2010 - 15 Oct 2010 Washington DC

More information is available at http://www.wcl.american.edu/arbitration/seminar.cfm.


3rd St.Gallen International Dispute Resolution Conference
Organised by the University of St.Gallen in cooperation with the University of Texas School of Law. Speakers and Moderators: Prof. Rachel Brewster, - Prof. Lucius Caflisch, - Ambassador Dr. Christian Etter, - Prof. Susan Franck, - Daniel Hochstrasser, - Prof. Dr. Christine Kaddous, - Prof. Dr. Juliane Kokott, - James Loftis, - Paul Mahoney, - Prof. Dr. Markus Müller-Chen, - Sir Richard Plender, QC. - Prof. Alan Rau, - Dean Lawrence Sager, - Prof. Akio Shimizu, - Dr. John Temple Lang, - Prof. Dr. Peter Van den Bossche, - Edwin Vermulst, - Dr. Michael Waibel, and Prof. Dr. Franz Werro.
14 Oct 2010 - 15 Oct 2010 St.Gallen

More information is available at www.sg-disputeresolution.com.


Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Competition (FDI Moot)
The 2010 Oral Rounds will be held 22-24 October 2010 at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, Cailfornia (on the Pacific Coast 20-45 minutes north of Los Angeles). The "FDI Moot Problem 2010" and other information is available on the website http://www.fdimoot.org/
22 Oct 2010 - 24 Oct 2010 Malibu

More information is available at http://www.fdimoot.org/.


International Investment Arbitration - The Need of Change of Legal Regulations
The Chairs of the Conference are prof. Andrzej Szumanski, the President of the Court of Arbitration at PCPE Lewiatan and dr Marcin Dziurda, President of the State Treasury Solicitors' Office. The panelists will be: dr Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, dr Marek Swiatkowski, dyr. Maria Szymanska, mec. Bartosz Kruzewski, dr Andrzej W. Wisniewski, dr Maciej Jamka, mec. Pawel Pietkiewicz, dr Wojciech Sadowski, mec. Wojciech Jaworski, dr Katarzyna Michalowska, mec. Sylwester Pieckowski, dr Maciej Szpunar, prof. dr hab. Stanislaw Soltysinski, prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Domanski, mec. Maciej Laszczuk and mec. Justyna Szpara. The Conference is a part of the project “Promotion of amicable methods of commercial dispute resolution” co-financed by the European Union Funds within the framework of the European Social Fund. Therefore, the Conference is free of charge. The Conference will be held in Polish and English (simultaneous translation)
26 Oct 2010 Warsaw

More information is available at http://www.sadarbitrazowy.org.pl/en/conference26october.


Cross-Examination in International Arbitration
Juris Conferences will be putting on a day-long seminar at the Grand Hotel in Vienna on Cross-Examination in International Arbitration. The seminar will be directed toward an expected audience of lawyers with civil law backgrounds who would like to have greater familiarity with the techniques of cross-examination, because it is a major part of international arbitration hearings.
5 Nov 2010 Vienna

More information is available at http://www.jurisconferences.com/.

Fifth Annual Lecture on International Commercial Arbitration
The annual lecture offers an eminent figure in international arbitration a platform on which to share his or her ideas on novel issues and current trends in international arbitration, while providing practitioners and academics an exclusive opportunity to participate. The 2010 Annual Lecture will feature Yves Derains, Partner, Derains Gharavi & Lazareff.
11 Nov 2010 Washington DC

More information is available at http://www.wcl.american.edu/arbitration/2009/annuallecture.cfm.

HKIAC 25th Anniversary Celebration
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre ("HKIAC"). To celebrate this special occasion, the HKIAC will host a series of events from 17-20 November in Hong Kong.
17 Nov 2010 - 20 Nov 2010 Hong Kong

More information is available at http://www.hkiac.org/25th.


The 15th Geneva Global Arbitration Forum - Ahead of the Curve
Sessions: - Another way to settle disputes – can the success story of Dispute Boards be extended beyond construction to other fields? - Best practices for international commercial arbitrators: how far are we? - The arbitrator as a creator of value - Arbitration as a growth industry: where will the growth come from - the BRICs and other emerging economies? Is it a case for supply-side economics? - Preventing a backlash against investment arbitration: could the WTO be the solution? Please visit www.ggaf.ch for updates of the conference programme.
8 Dec 2010 - 9 Dec 2010 Geneva

More information is available at http://www.ggaf.ch/.


Note: a list of prior events can be found here.

Published Articles

We have published nearly 1200 articles, of which 1050+ are fully downloadable documents.

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TDM Studies

TDM also publishes a series of 'Special Studies':

The World Bank Guidelines as a Foundation for a Global Investment Treaty: A Problem-Oriented Approach
by Dr. Claudia Wendrich, LL.M.
The paper - following the structure of the Guidelines - addresses admission and treatment of FDI, expropriation of foreign investments, inter-State and investor-State dispute resolution as well as the proposed Convention's scope of application. In addition, it contains an overview of numerous past attempts multilaterally to regulate FDI. Each chapter selects key problems which often arise out of investment transactions, such as restrictions on admission of foreign investors, monetary transfers and compensation for expropriated investments....

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Arbitrating International Petroleum Disputes: an Analysis of Key Substantive Law Issues by Dr. Zeyad A. Alqurashi

The exploration and development of oil and gas in developing countries have often been conducted by international oil companies rather than the countries themselves. International petroleum companies and host governments and/or governmental agencies conclude agreements for this purpose. Such agreements have over time retained certain fundamental characteristics.

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State Regulation of Foreign Property Rights: Between Legitimate Regulation and Nationalisation - an Analysis of Current International Economic Law in Light of the Jurisprudence of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
by Abba A. Kolo
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A number of new publications are currently being prepared.

Special Features

We have published a number of special features in our TDM Journal. In preparation: TDM Special on China; TDM Special on the Intersections between investment treaty law and the WTO world, and more .... Contact us if you would like to contribute.

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