International Arbitration Under Review - Essays in honour of John Beechey

No. E772E

ISBN : 978-92-842-0580-6

This book celebrates John Beechey's distinguished service as President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. 

It is the tribute of many of John's colleagues and friends to his inspiration, his achievements and his abiding commitment to efficiency and quality, which has been the hallmark of his entire career in international arbitration. 

This collection of 34 articles provides informed commentary by leading arbitration specialists on some of today's most pressing subjects, including procedural efficiency, arbitrator independence and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). 

The book also contains articles on arbitral appeal procedures, responsibilities of institutions, dissenting opinions, remission of awards and party representation by foreign lawyers. 

Code ISBN : 978-92-842-0580-6
Number of pages : 469
Publishing date : 2015
Language : English

Contents 

 

Preface... 5

A Word from the Wings... 9

Advances in International Commercial Arbitration in Latin America during John’s Presidency of the ICC Court.... 11

Christian Albanesi

Neutrality in International Arbitration: Too Many Shades of Grey?... 45

Stefano Azzali

International Commercial Arbitration: Present Challenges and Future Prospects... 59

George A Bermann

Anti-Suit Injunctions by ICC Emergency Arbitrators... 69

Sébastien Besson

Whence and Whither International Arbitration... 91

Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel

The Bounds of Party Autonomy in Institutional Arbitration... 103

Andrea Carlevaris

The Champagne Case: Lessons from an Arbitration with John... 127

Yves Derains

Are Genuine Dissenting Opinions of Any Real Use?... 137

Antonias Dimolitsa 

The Advantages of the ICC over ICSID in Investment Arbitrations... 145

Hamid G Gharavi

Remission of Awards: Conditions and Consequences – A Review of Statute and Case Law... 153

Simon Greenberg and Jason Fry 

Challenges and Responsibilities of Arbitral Institutions... 173

Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof

‘Fly Away on Wings of Wind’: The Case for Arbitrating Contribution and Indemnity Disputes... 187

Karl Hennessee

Emergency Arbitrators and Interim Relief in International  Commercial Arbitration... 203

Doug Jones

ICC Arbitration from a CIS Perspective: If Not Faster and Cheaper, Why Choose It?... 215

Vladimir Khvalei and Galina Zukova 

The Gangnam Principles: A Blueprint for Efficiency in Arbitration... 227

Kap-You (Kevin) Kim

Site Visits in ICSID Arbitration... 247

Meg Kinnear and Randi Ayman

Shared Chambers: Much Ado About Nothing?... 259

Peter Leaver

What Makes Challenges Challenging?... 265

Marnix A . Leijten and Matthias L Kuscher 

The ICC's Contribution to Better Management of Time and Costs in Arbitration... 279

Wendy Miles 

The Exposure of Institutions to Post-Award Lawsuits and Attacks... 287

Salim Moollan 

Harmonizing Contrary Ideas on Information Exchange in International Arbitration... 295

Richard W Naimark 

A Few Words on Prolixity in International Arbitration... 301

Constantine Partasides 

A Call to Open the ICC Emergency Arbitrator Procedure to Investment Treaty Cases... 307

Philippe Pinsolle 

Where is Investor-State Arbitration Heading? Reflections on the Debate over EU Investor Protection Agreements... 319

Luca G Radicati di Brozolo 

Documentary Disclosure in International Arbitration: The IBA Rules and the Redfern Schedule... 343

Alan Redfern 

Re-evaluating Provisional Measures through the Lens of Efficiency and Justice... 353

David W Rivkin 

Solving Tensions between Expert Determination and Arbitration under M&A Contracts... 363

Klaus Sachs 

An Appellate Procedure in Arbitration? The Present State of Play... 373

Antonio Sánchez-Pedreño Kennaird 

Arbitration Advocates Sans Frontières: Lessons from Wellington to Nigeria....... 391

Audley Sheppard 

Some Remarks on the Contribution of ICC Arbitrators to the Development of International Commercial Arbitration Involving States and State Entities... 401

Eduardo Silva Romero 

Dispute Resolution under the New Mexican Energy Laws... 409

Claus von Wobeser 

Confidentiality of International Arbitration Proceedings in France: Some Reflections on the 2011 Amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure... 421

Michael Young 

Taking of Evidence in Arbitration: The Arab Experience... 435

Nassib G Ziadé 

Merck Revisited: A Decision Ten Years Late... 443

Eduardo Zuleta

Subscribers... 459 

Editors: Andrea Carlevaris, Laurent Lévy, Alexis Mourre and Eric A. Schwartz. 

Authors: 

Christian Albanesi 

Stefano Azzali

George A Bermann

Sébastien Besson

Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel

Andrea Carlevaris

Yves Derains

Antonias Dimolitsa 

Hamid G Gharavi

Simon Greenberg

Jason Fry 

Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof

Karl Hennessee

Doug Jones

Vladimir Khvalei

Galina Zukova 

Kap-You (Kevin) Kim

Meg Kinnear

Randi Ayman

Peter Leaver

Marnix A . Leijten

Matthias L Kuscher 

Wendy Miles 

Salim Moollan 

Richard W Naimark 

Constantine Partasides 

Philippe Pinsolle 

Luca G Radicati di Brozolo 

Alan Redfern 

David W Rivkin 

Klaus Sachs 

Antonio Sánchez-Pedreño Kennaird 

Audley Sheppard 

Eduardo Silva Romero 

Claus von Wobeser 

Michael Young 

Nassib G Ziadé 

Eduardo Zuleta