Philippines - Baker & McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook: 2012-2013
Donemark J.L. Calimon is a Partner in Quisumbing Torres Law Offices, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International in Manila. He specializes in commercial arbitration, both domestic and international. He is a member and an accredited arbitrator of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (PDRCI), an accredited arbitrator of the Philippine Intellectual Property Office, a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, East Asia Branch (Philippine Chapter), and a director/officer of the Philippine Institute of Arbitrators.
Lemuel D. Lopez is an Associate in Quisumbing Torres Law Offices, a member firm of Baker &McKenzie International in Manila. A member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, East Asia Branch, he has been involved in several arbitrations and has worked on projects and cases with international and foreign elements involving banking and financial institutions, energy, mining, manufacturing and agricultural industries. He received his Master of Laws in International Law and Master of Diplomacy from the Australian National University under the Australian Leadership Awards. He also teaches Private International Law.
Jay Patrick R. Santiago is an Associate in Quisumbing Torres Law Offices, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International in Manila. His practice covers commercial arbitration, both domestic and international, as well as general litigation. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, East Asia Branch (Philippine Chapter), a member of the Philippine Institute of Arbitrators and a member of Young ICCA.
Originally from: Baker & McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook: 2012-2013
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A. LEGISLATION, TRENDS AND TENDENCIES
A.1 Special Rules of Court on ADR
After the enactment in 2004 of Republic Act No. 9285, otherwise known as the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004 (“ADR Act”),4 and around the same time as the promulgation in 2009 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the ADR Act ("IRR of the ADR Act"),5 the Supreme Court issued the Special Rules of Court on Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR Rules").6
A. Legislation, Trends and Tendencies
A.1 Special Rules of Court on ADR
A.2 Executive Order No. 78 (series of 2012)
A.3 Executive Order No. 97 (series of 2012)
A.4 ADR Accreditation Guidelines and Training Standards
A.5 Trends and Tendencies
B. Cases
B.1 Foreign Corporations Doing Business in the Philippines without a License May Seek to Enforce Foreign Arbitral Awards
B.2 An Agreement to Submit Any Dispute to Arbitration May Be Construed as an Implicit Waiver of Immunity from Suit
C. The Grant and Enforcement of Interim Measures in International Arbitration
C.1 Tribunal-Ordered Interim Measures
C.2 Court-Ordered Interim Measures
C.3 Enforcement of Interim Measures