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VOLUME 1

Foreword

About the Contributors (PDF)

Albania
Flutura Kola Tafaj

Angola
Sofia Martins and Ricardo Saraiva

Argentina
Roque J. Caivano and Alejandro M. Garro

Australia
Alex Baykitch

Austria
Stefan Riegler and Christian Koller

Azerbaijan
Sona Taghiyeva and Kamil Valiyev

Belarus
Alexey Anischenko and Valeria Dubeshka

Belgium
Ank Santens and Olivier Van Outryve

Bermuda
Jeffrey P. Elkinson

Bolivia
Fernando Aguirre B.

Brazil
Gilberto Giusti, Ricardo Dalmaso Marques, Fernanda Marques Dal Mas and Marília Machado Muchiuti

Bulgaria
Angel Ganev

Canada
J. Brian Casey

Cayman Islands
Alison Maxwell

Chile
Andrés Jana

China
Caroline Berube and Ralf Ho

Colombia
Eduardo Zuleta

Croatia
Alan Uzelac

Cyprus
Agis Georgiades

Czech Republic
Alexander Bĕlohlávek

Denmark
Steffen Pihlblad and Louise Parker

Ecuador
Juan Manuel Marchan

Egypt
Mohamed Abdel Raouf

El Salvador
Ricardo A. Cevallos and Harold C. Lantan

England and Wales
Guy Pendell

VOLUME 2

Fiji
Nicholas Barnes and Rajnil Krishna

Finland
Tanja Jussila and Riikka Kuha

France
Denis J. Bensaude

Germany
Stephan Wilske and Lars Markert

Greece
Ioannis Vassardanis

Guatemala
Luis Fernando Bermejo Quiñónez

Hong Kong, S.A.R
Chiann Bao, Queenie Lau, and William Wong

Hungary
Andrea Vincze

Iceland
Gardar V. Gunnarsson

India
Sherina Petit, Percival Billimoria, and Nosherwan Vakil

Indonesia
Karen Mills

Iran
Jamal Seifi and Shahbiz Shafe

Iraq
Noor Kadhim and Leonardo Carpentieri

Ireland
John P. Gaffney and Eileen Crowley

Israel
Daphna Kapeliuk

Italy
Domenico Di Pietro and Eva Paloma Treves

Jamaica
Christopher Malcolm

Japan
Masafumi Kodama

Jordan
Hamza Ahmad Hadad and Majdi H. Haddad

Kenya
Kananu Mutea and Paul Ngotho

Korea, Republic of
John Rhie

Kyrgyzstan
Nurzhan Albanov and Aizhan Albanova

Lao PDR
Danyel Thomson, Lasonexay Chanthavong and Brennan Coleman

Latvia
Gaļina Žukova and Inga Kačevska

Libya
Kamal Sefrioui

Lithuania
Rimantas Daujotas

Luxembourg
Guy Harles

Malaysia
Tan Sri Dato’ Cecil Abraham, Dato’ Sunil Abraham and Sidharth Shankar Asnani 

Mexico
Reynaldo Urtiaga

Moldova, Republic of​
Cristina Martin and Nicolina Turcan

Monaco
Jean-Charles S. Gardetto

Mongolia
S. Demberel

Morocco
Amin Hajji and Nadia El Baroudi-Kostrikis

Mozambique
Sofia Martins and Ricardo Saraiva

Myanmar
Minn Naing Oo

New Zealand
Daniel Kalderimis

Nigeria
Elizabeth Idigbe and Emuobonuvie Majemite 

Norway
Anders Ryssdal and Kristian S. Myrbakk

Oman
Abdullah M. Alsaidi

Pakistan
Rizwan Hussain

Paraguay
José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez

Peru
Eduardo Barboza

The Philippines
Darwin P. Angeles and Ana Patricia Tobias

Portugal
Sofia Martins, Ricardo Saraiva and Leonor van Lelyveld

VOLUME 3

Romania
Crina Baltag

Russian Federation
Ivan Marisin and Roman Khodykin

Saudi Arabia
Torki A. Alshubaiki and Zlatan Meškić

Scotland
David R. Parratt and Angela T. Grahame

Senegal
Aboubacvar Fall and Amadou Dieng

Serbia
Vladimir Pavić

Singapore
Nicholas Song

Slovakia
Petra Hollá

Slovenia
Aleš Galič

South Africa
Pierre Burger

Spain
Pilar Perales Viscasillas

Switzerland
Philippe Bärtsch and Dorothee Schramm

Taiwan
Chang-Fa Lo

Thailand
Thawatchai Suvanpanich

Tunisia
Sami Houerbi

Turkey
Ali Yeşilırmak, Ömer-Faruk Kafali, and H. Yağızhan Kol

Uganda
Phillip Bliss Aliker and Michael Mafabi

Ukraine
Yaroslav Petrov, Dmytro Shemelin, and Olesya Omelyanovich

United Arab Emirates
Khadija S. Ali and Andrew Massey

United States
David Lindsey

Uruguay
Federico Florin, Santiago Gatica, Juan Manuel Rey, Andrea Rupenian, and Mateo Noseda

Vietnam
Nguyen Manh Dzung and Ha My Linh

APPENDICES
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ANGOLA
Law No. 16/03 of 25 July 2003

AUSTRALIA
International Arbitration Act 1974, Act No. 136 of 1974, as amended
Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States

AUSTRIA
Austrian Arbitration Act

AZERBAIJAN
Law of the Azerbaijan Republic on International Arbitration

BELGIUM
Belgian Judicial Code

BERMUDA
Bermuda Arbitration Act 1986
Bermuda International Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1993

BOLIVIA
Bolivian Conciliation and Arbitration Act (2015)

BRAZIL
Brazil Arbitration Act

BULGARIA
Law on International Commercial Arbitration

CANADA
ADR Institute of Canada Arbitration Rules 2016
Canadian Dispute Resolution Procedures 2015

CAYMAN ISLANDS
Age of Majority Law (27 of 1977) (1999 Revision)
Arbitration Law (2 of 1974) (1996 Revision)
Arbitration Law, 1974 (Law 2 of 1974)
Arbitration Law, 2012 (Law 3 of 2012)
Arbitration Law, 2012 (Law 3 of 2012) (Commencement) ORDER, 2012
Confidential Relationships (Preservation) Law (2009 Revision)
Bill for a Law to Make Provisions for the Enforcement of Contractual Terms by Third Parties; and for Incidental and Connected Purposes (2012)
Foreign Arbitral Awards Enforcement Law (Law 30 of 1975) Mental Health Law (22 of 1979) (1997 Revision)
Grand Court Law, Order 56 (1995 Revision)
Grand Court Law, Order 73 (1995 Revision)

CROATIA
Law on Arbitration

CYPRUS
Domestic Arbitration Law
International Commercial Arbitration Law

CZECH REPUBLIC
Act No. 2/1993 on the Promulgation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
Act No.216/1994 Coll. on Arbitral Proceedings and On Execution of Arbitral Awards (November 1, 1994) as amended by Act No. 245/2006 Coll. and Act No. 296/2007 Coll. and Act No. 7/2009 Coll.
Act No. 99/1963 Coll., Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended
Act No. 120/2001 Coll. on the Rules of Execution Procedure, as amended
Act No. 97/1963 Coll., On International Civil and Procedural Law
Act No. 40/1964 Coll. Civil Code, as amended
Act No. 182/2006 Coll., Act on Insolvency, as amended

ECUADOR
Arbitration and Mediation Law
General Process Organic Code (COGEP)

EGYPT
Law No. 27/1994 Promulgating the Law Concerning Arbitration in Civil and Commercial Matters

EL SALVADOR
Mediation Conciliation and Arbitration Law

ENGLAND AND WALES
Arbitration Act 1950
Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act 1966
Arbitration Act 1996
High Court and County Courts (Allocation of Arbitration Proceedings) Order 1996, SI 1996/3215
Unfair Arbitration Agreements (Specified Amount) Order 1999, SI 1999/2167

GERMANY
German Arbitration Act

GUATEMALA
Ley de Arbitraje/Arbitration Law--Decree 67-95 of Congress

HONG KONG, S.A.R.
Arbitration (Appointment of Arbitrators and Mediators and Decision on Number of Arbitrators) Rules (Cap. 609C)
Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)
Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 341)
Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609)
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance (Cap. 623)
Control of Exemption Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 71)
Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (Cap. 282)
Employment Ordinance (Cap. 57)
High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4)
International Arbitration Act (Cap. 143A) (Singapore)
Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1)
Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159)

HUNGARY
Act LXXI of 1994 on Arbitration

ICELAND
Act No. 53/1989, on Contractual Arbitration

INDIA
The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 with 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2023 Amendments
Delhi International Arbitration Centre Rules
Mediation Rules of the International Arbitration and Mediation Centre, Hyderabad
Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration Rules
Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre Rules
The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019

INDONESIA
Law No. 30 of 1999 on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution

IRAQ
Iraqi Civil Code No. 40 of 1951 (the Civil Code)
Iraqi Code of Civil Procedure No. 83 of 1969 (the CCP)
Civil Evidence Law No. 107 of Year 1979
Law No 13 of 2006 (The Investment Law of Iraq)
Law No. 4 of 2006 (Kurdistan Regional Investment Law)

IRELAND
Arbitration Act, 1954
Arbitration Act, 1980
Arbitration (International Commercial) Act 1998

ISRAEL
Israel Arbitration Act 1968

JAPAN
Arbitration Law--(Law No. 138 of 2003)

JORDAN
Jordan Arbitration Law (Law No. 31 of 2001)

KENYA
Arbitration Act of Kenya 1995 (Amended 2010)
Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration Act 2013

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Arbitration Act Wholly Amended by: Act No. 6083, Dec. 31, 1999
Amended by Act No. 6465, Apr.7, 2001 Act No. 6626, Jan. 26, 2002

KYRGYZSTAN
The Law “On Arbitration Courts in the Kyrgyz Republic” dated 30 July 2002 No. 135

LATVIA
The Law of the Republic of Latvia–Civil Procedure Law
Arbitration Court
Arbitration Law

MEXICO
Mexican Commercial Code--Title Four: Commercial Arbitration

MOROCCO
Official bulletin n°5584 of Thursday, December 6, 2007 Dahir n°1-07-169 1428 of 19 Kaada (30 November 2007) promulgating the law n°08-05 repealing and replacing the Chapter VIII of Title V of the Procedure civil Code

MOZAMBIQUE
Law No. 11/99 of 8 July 1999

MYANMAR
The Code of Civil Procedure, English translation 
The Limitation Act 1908, English translation 
The Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act of 1939, English translation 
The Arbitration Act of 1944, English translation 
The Arbitration Law No.5/2016, English translation 
Myanmar Investment Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No 40/2016)

NEW ZEALAND
Arbitration Act 1996

NORWAY
Arbitration Act of 14 May 2004
The Courts Act (excerpts)
The Dispute Act (excerpts)

PARAGUAY
Ley de Arbitraje y Mediación (No. 1879/2002) (Law No. 1879/02 on Arbitration and Mediation)

PORTUGAL
Law 16/03 of 35 July 2003

ROMANIA
Book IV. Romanian Civil Procedure Code, Articles 340-370.on Arbitration (as amended in 1993)
Law No. 105 of 22 September 1992 on the Settlement of Private International Law Relations

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Law of the Russian Federation on International Commercial Arbitration No. 5338-1 of 7 July 1993
Arbitrazh Procedure code of the Russian Federation No. 95-FZ of 24 July 2002
Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation No. 138-FZ of 14 November 2002

SAUDI ARABIA
Arbitration Regulations of Saudi Arabia
Rules of the Implementation of the Saudi Arabian Arbitration Regulation

SCOTLAND
Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010
Scottish Short Form Arbitration Rules 2012

SERBIA
Arbitration Act, June 10, 2006

SINGAPORE
International Arbitration Act Chapter 143A (2002 Ed)

SLOVENIA
Arbitration Act, 2008

SOUTH AFRICA
Arbitration Act 42 of 1965
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Act 40 of 1977

SPAIN
Law No. 60/2003 of December 23 on Arbitration

SWITZERLAND
Chapter 12 of the Swiss Private International Law Act (‘PILA’)
Rules of International Arbitration (Swiss Rules), June 2012

THAILAND
The Thai Arbitration Act, B.E. 2545 (2002)

TURKEY
International Arbitration Law 2001

UGANDA
The Arbitration and Conciliation Act
First Schedule: The Arbitration Rules
Second Schedule: Forms

UKRAINE
ACT OF UKRAINE on International Commercial Arbitration
Annex No. 1 to the International Commercial Arbitration Act of 24 February 1994: Regulation on International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Trade and Commerce of Ukraine
Annex No. 2: Regulation on the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Chamber of Trade and Commerce of Ukraine 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Civil Procedure Code, Federal Law No. (11) of 1992
UAE joining the Convention of New York

VIETNAM
Law 54 on Commercial Arbitration (17 June 2010) Civil Procedure Code, Law No. 92/2015/QH13
Resolution No: 01/2014/NQ-HDTP, Guiding the Implementation of Certain Provisions of the Law on Commercial Arbitration

About the Editors:

Professor Loukas Mistelis, LLB, MLE, FCIArb, is an acknowledged authority on international dispute resolution and investment treaty law. In 2006 he was listed as one of the “leading lights in international arbitration”, 45 under 45, amongst the top 15 highlighted members of the list, is listed on the Who’s Who Commercial Arbitration since 2007 and also a member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators as well as the recipient of the GAR Award for best arbitration lecture of 2013. He is also listed as one of the Thought Leaders in International Arbitration.

Loukas Mistelis is the Clive M Schmitthoff Professor of Transnational Commercial Law and Arbitration and the Director of the School of International Arbitration at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London. He joined Queen Mary University of London in 1998 and became a professor in 2005. He was also Visiting Professor, NYU in London (2006-2012), a Visiting Professor at Pepperdine University London program (2008-2011); he is Distinguished Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore (2013); he was Visiting Scholar at Columbia University Law School (spring semester 2007), Visiting Fellow at NYU Law School (2012), Visiting Professor at Keio University, Tokyo (2008), LUISS, Rome (2009) and Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon (2007, 2009).  He is coordinating the LLM specialisa¬tion in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution. He teaches at the LLM programs in London and Paris and is the coordinator of the courses in International Arbitration Law and Practice II, Investment Treaty Arbitration and Investment Arbitration: Substantive Protection and also teaches on the International Commercial Law and International Energy Transactions courses. In Paris Loukas Mistelis teaches Inter-national Investment Dispute Settlement, Regulation and Infrastructure of International Arbitration and Applicable Law and Procedures in International Arbitration. Loukas Mistelis has also developed directs our Diploma in International Arbitration by Distance Learning, the Diploma in International Mediation (ADR) by Distance Learning and the Diploma in International Arbitration, which is offered by CCLS with accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Professor Mistelis was the Secretary of the CISG-AC (Advisory Council of the Convention on Contract for the International Sale of Goods) from 2001 to the end of 2007. He is a member of the Academic Committee of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration, an academic member of the Investment Treaty Forum, British Institute of Inter¬national and Comparative Law and a member of the Advisory Board of the EFILA (European Federation of Investment Law and Arbitration) and a member of the Academic Committee of AIPN, Chair of Academic Committee of the Civil Mediation Council and President of the Court of CEDRAC (Cyprus Eurasia Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Centre).

Professor Mistelis was educated in Greece (LLB Hons Athens 1991); France (Certificate in International & Comparative Human Rights, IIHR, Strasbourg, 1990); Germany (MLE, 1992, Law School, Hanover, Germany, 1998); and Japan (Certificate in Japanese international trade law, Law School, Keio University, Tokyo, 1998). He has been a member of the Athens Bar since 1993. He is fluent in English, German and Greek, and has good knowledge of French, and basic knowledge of Polish, Russian and Spanish. Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) since 2001, became Fellow of the CIArb (FCIArb) in December 2016.

Laurence Shore became a Partner at BonelliErede in September 2017 and is the Co-head of the firm’s international arbitration practice group. He is resident in the Milan office. Previously, Laurence practiced law in New York and London, where he was a partner at Herbert Smith (1999-2008, 2013-2017) and Gibson Dunn (2008-2013). Laurence has been the lead advocate in a large number of arbitration cases under, for example, the ICC, LCIA, ICDR, AAA, UNCITRAL, Cairo Regional Centre, and Swiss Rules. Laurence also has been called as an arbitrator on more than 25, ICC, ICDR and other arbitrations.

He has experience serving as co-arbitrator, tribunal chair and sole arbitrator in the following arbitral seats: New York, Connecticut, London, Geneva, Paris, The Hague, Montreal, Cairo, Tel Aviv and Cyprus.  In addition to his work as an arbitration practitioner, Laurence has tried cases in the United States courts and in England’s High Court. His publications include “You Can Bet the Company but Not the State: The Proper and Improper Conduct of Sovereigns in Arbitration,” World Arbitration and Mediation Review (2009 Vol. 3, Nos. 4-5); “Arbitration, Rhetoric, Proof: The Unity of International Arbitration across Cultures,” in Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation: The Fordham Papers (2009), Ed. A.W. Rovine (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010).