Executive Summary

Young-OGEMID's sixth virtual symposium advised junior practitioners, academics and law students on the legal and strategic issues associated with parallel (simultaneous) proceedings involving international arbitration. As YO moderator, Professor S.I. Strong noted when introducing the event, "the increasing complexity of cross-border investment and commercial transactions, combined with an aggressive, "never say die" attitude toward certain tactical decisions, have generated rising numbers of parallel proceedings. In these cases, a party will have different parts of a dispute heard in ...