Arbitration - Page 6

ICC reappoints van Leeuwen as chair of influential Arbitration Commission

Melanie van Leeuwen, a Paris-based arbitration partner with Derains & Gharavi, will serve a second term as chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR

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Arbitration Bill back on UK legislative agenda, government confirms in King’s Speech

Legal practitioners welcome efforts to reform the Arbitration Act 1996, but rue missed opportunity to bring back Litigation Funding Bill

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Quinn Emanuel sets up shop in Singapore

Office led by partner Duncan Watson KC recognises city-state’s arbitration prowess

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ICC reappoints Claudia Salomon as president for second term

Salomon became the first women president of the court back in 2021

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Signature opens in Frankfurt with double partner hire from Mayer Brown

Partners recruited to co-found disputes firm’s third European office outside London base

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Stewarts launches profession-wide pledge to help promote Indian arbitrators globally

India Promise addresses under-representation of Indian arbitrators on tribunals

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Freshfields arbitration partner opts for the Bar

Peter Turner KC joins 39 Essex Chambers after 27 years as a partner at Magic Circle firm

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Lady Chief Justice calls for greater ‘cross-fertilisation’ between mediation, arbitration and litigation

Dame Sue Carr moots establishment of ‘London Dispute Resolution Committee’ in LIDW keynote

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Bird & Bird’s former London arbitration head launches own practice

Nick Peacock ‘excited to be truly independent and conflict-free for first time’

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Arbitration and litigation funding legislation falls as UK heads to the polls

Laws clamping down on power of Big Tech and exonerating victims of Post Office Horizon scandal rushed through

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Gillard and Goldsmith join speaker line-up for London International Disputes Week

Former Australian prime minister and UK secretary general will discuss state-related dispute resolution at June event

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HFW hits Eversheds Sutherland for international arbitration team in Paris

Partners Julien Fouret and Gaëlle Le Quillec join alongside a senior associate

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Former Clifford Chance arbitration head departs for Twenty Essex

Audley Sheppard KC is latest leading practioner to become an independent arbitrator

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The end of an era as HSF’s arbitration head Paula Hodges bows out

After 16 years at the helm, Hodges will hand reins to new practice co-heads, reports Ben Rigby

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