International Arbitration 2012
9th Edition
A practical cross-border insight into international arbitration work
The International Comparative Legal Guide to:
Abreu Advogados
Advokaturbüro Dr Dr Batliner & Dr Gasser
Aivar Pilv Law Office
Akerman Senterfitt
Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa, S.C.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Boss & Young
Clayton Utz
Clifford Chance CIS Limited
CMS Cameron McKenna SCA
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Dr. Colin Ong Legal Services
Dr. K. Chrysostomides & Co LLC
Ferreira Rocha & Associados
G Grönberg Advokatbyrå AB
Geni & Kebe
Georgiev, Todorov & Co.
GESSEL Attorneys at law
Gleiss Lutz
Habib Al Mulla & Co.
Hajji & Associés – Avocats
Homburger
Jiménez Cruz Peña
K&L Gates LLP
Kachwaha & Partners
King & Spalding International LLP
Lazareff Le Bars
Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law
Lenczner Slaght
Lendvai & Szörényi
Linklaters LLP
Maples and Calder
Matheson Ormsby Prentice
Miranda Correia Amendoeira & Associados RL
Motieka & Audzevičius
Nunziante Magrone Studio Legale Associato
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
PUNUKA Attorneys & Solicitors
Quisumbing Torres, member firm of Baker & McKenzie International
Sedgwick Chudleigh
Sergio Bermudes Advogados
Sherby & Co., Advs.
Sidley Austin LLP
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
Tilleke & Gibbins
Tonucci & Partners
Vasil Kisil & Partners
Wald e Associados Advogados
WEBER & CO.
Werksmans
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
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The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2012
General Chapters:
1A Comparative Review of Emergency Arbitrator Provisions: Opportunities and Risks – Marc S. Palay &
Tanya Landon, Sidley Austin LLP 1
2I Know I am Going to Win, but What About my Money? Ensuring that Arbitration is Worth
the Effort – Tom Sprange & Tom Childs, King & Spalding International LLP 8
3Mandatory Arbitration and Consumer Class Actions in Canada and the United States –
Lawrence Thacker, Lenczner Slaght 15
4When is an Arbitration International and What Are the Implications? A Traditional Perspective on
the Enforcement of Annulled Awards – Gustavo Fernandes de Andrade & André Chateaubriand Martins,
Sergio Bermudes Advogados 21
Preface:
Preface by Gary Born, Head of International Arbitration Group, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Asia Pacific:
5Overview Dr. Colin Ong Legal Services: Dr. Colin Ong 27
6Australia Clayton Utz: Doug Jones AO 37
7Brunei Dr. Colin Ong Legal Services: Dr. Colin Ong 47
8China Boss & Young: Dr. Xu Guojian 56
9Hong Kong Clayton Utz in association with Hayley & Co: Glenn Haley & Patrick Daley 67
10 India Kachwaha & Partners: Sumeet Kachwaha & Dharmendra Rautray 79
11 Indonesia Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro: Sahat A.M. Siahaan &
Windri Marieta Ayuningtyas 88
12 Japan Anderson Mori & Tomotsune: Aoi Inoue 98
13 Philippines Quisumbing Torres, member firm of Baker & McKenzie International:
Donemark J.L. Calimon & Camille Khristine I. Aromas 106
14 Singapore K&L Gates LLP: Ian Fisher & Andrea Utasy 114
15 Taiwan Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law: Angela Y. Lin & Jeffrey Li 122
16 Vietnam Tilleke & Gibbins: Michael K. Lee & Doan Ngoc Tran 130
Continued Overleaf
Central and Eastern Europe:
17 Overview GESSEL Attorneys at law: Dr Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, FCIArb 138
18 Albania Tonucci & Partners: Neritan Kallfa & Majlinda Sulstarova 142
19 Bulgaria Georgiev, Todorov & Co.: Alexander Katzarsky & Georgi Georgiev 150
20 Cyprus Dr. K. Chrysostomides & Co LLC: George Mountis & Victoria-Zoi Papagiannis 160
21 Estonia Aivar Pilv Law Office: Pirkka-Marja Põldvere & Ilmar-Erik Aavakivi 169
22 Hungary Lendvai & Szörényi: András Lendvai & Gábor Baranyai LL.M 177
23 Lithuania Motieka & Audzevičius: Ramūnas Audzevičius & Rimantas Daujotas 184
24 Poland Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak: Dr. Marcin Olechowski & Sławomir Uss 192
25 Romania CMS Cameron McKenna SCA: Horia Draghici & Bogdan Vetrici-Soimu 200
26 Russia Clifford Chance CIS Limited: Timur Aitkulov & Julia Popelysheva 210
27 Ukraine Vasil Kisil & Partners: Oleksiy Filatov & Pavlo Byelousov 221
Western Europe:
28 Overview Gleiss Lutz: Stefan Rützel & Stephan Wilske 230
29 Austria WEBER & CO.: Stefan Weber & Ewald Oberhammer 234
30 Belgium Linklaters LLP: Joost Verlinden & Stijn Sabbe 242
