ICC Institute Advanced Training - ‘Catch me if (and while) you can: How to Navigate Interim Measures in International Arbitration’

09.00 – 09.15 CEST / 15.00 – 15.15 HKT/SGT

Welcoming address, presentation of the ICC Institute, introduction and presentation of the mock cases

• May Tai, Managing Partner, Asia, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hong Kong
• Alan J. Thambiayah, Independent Arbitrator, The Arbitration Chambers, Singapore; Vice Chair, ICC Institute of World Business Law

09.15 – 9.45 CEST / 15.15 – 15.45 HKT/SGT

Arrangement on Interim Measures between PR China and Hong Kong – the ICC Perspective

• Pui-Ki Emmanuelle Ta, Counsel, Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration – Asia Office, Hong Kong

09.45 – 10.30 CEST / 15.45 – 16.30 HKT/SGT

Strategic considerations and procedures: When, how and to whom to request interim measures?

-Concept: must be temporary

-Powers of the ICC arbitral tribunals

-Role of the lex arbitri

-When can/should request for interim measures be made?

-To whom can/should interim measures be requested: emergency arbitrator, arbitral tribunal, national courts (concurrent jurisdiction)

-ICC procedure and statistics: Art. 28 ICC Rules

-Specific measures: security for costs, escrow accounts, stop payment orders relating to first demand bank guarantees, and counter-guarantees

• May Tai, Managing Partner, Asia, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hong Kong
• Mariel Dimsey, Partner & Co-Head, CMS International Arbitration Group, CMS, Hong Kong

10.30 – 11.15 CEST / 16.30 – 17.15 HKT/SGT

Mock Case

11.15 – 11.30 CEST / 17.15 – 17.30 HKT/SGT

Coffee break

11.30 – 12.15 CEST / 17.30 – 18.15 HKT/SGT

Practical considerations: The counsel’s perspective

-Burden of proof

-Types of measures that can be requested: a very broad range, but with limitations

-Ex-parte requests

-Discovery requests before national courts in aid of international arbitration (e.g., 28 USC 1782 requests)

-Most common defenses against requests for interim measures

• Jun Bautista, Counsel, King & Spalding, Singapore
• Sae Youn Kim, Partner, Kim & Chang, South Korea

12.15 – 13.00 CEST / 18.15 – 19.00 HKT/SGT

Mock Case

09.00 – 09.45 CEST / 15.00 – 15.45 HKT/SGT

Practical considerations: The arbitrator’s perspective

-Asymmetric information with the parties (especially at the outset of the case)

-Urgency and due process (can an arbitrator award ex-parte measures?)

-Risks: prejudgment, awarding or denying measures may have a permanent effect (e.g., where one of the parties risks liquidation, where assets may disappear, etc.)

-Can/should arbitrators take a more active role (e.g., escrow accounts managed by tribunals; order counter-security)

• Alan J. Thambiayah, Independent Arbitrator, The Arbitration Chambers, Singapore; Vice Chair, ICC Institute of World Business Law
• Tan Chuan Thye SC, Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, Singapore; Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law

09.45 – 10.30 CEST / 15.45 – 16.30 HKT/SGT

Q&A

10.30 – 10.45 CEST / 16.30 – 16.45 HKT/SGT

Coffee break

10.45 – 11.30 CEST / 16.45 – 17.30 HKT/SGT

Compliance, enforcement and other issues arising after interim measures are ordered/awarded

-“Order” v. “Award” of interim measures

-Enforcement considerations: what can the parties do?

-What can arbitrators do faced with a party’s refusal to comply with interim measures?

-Relevance of civil v. common law jurisdictions

• Tomohiro Tateno, Senior Associate, INPEX, Australia
• Jane Willems, Arbitrator, Mediator, BW ARBINTL Ltd, Hong Kong; Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law

11.30 – 12.15 CEST / 17.30 –18.15 HKT/SGT

Q&A

12.15 – 12.30 CEST / 18.15 – 18.30 HKT/SGT

Concluding remarks

• May Tai, Managing Partner, Asia, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hong Kong
• Alan J. Thambiayah, Independent Arbitrator, The Arbitration Chambers, Singapore; Vice Chair, ICC Institute of World Business Law