International arbitration

New York Convention and State Immunity
Case BriefsForeign Courts

The present appeal concerned the interplay between the enforcement obligations under the New York Convention and the doctrine of sovereign immunity. The Court of Appeal examined whether a Contracting State, by ratifying the Convention, submits to the jurisdiction of English courts in enforcement proceedings and held that Article III preserves, rather than waives, State immunity.

IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026
Eurasia Arbitration WeekEvents & CollaborationsInternational

Thomas Krümmel concluded the second day of IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 by reflecting on the conference’s progress and looking ahead to IAC EAW27, while Zmarak Khan brought the three-day programme to a close by highlighting the importance of ADR education, experiential learning and international collaboration.

Middle Corridor dispute resolution IAC EAW 2026
Eurasia Arbitration WeekEvents & CollaborationsInternational

Experts at Eurasian Arbitration Week 2026 discussed international arbitration, dispute resolution, arbitration reforms, legal certainty, and regional cooperation to strengthen cross-border dispute resolution along the Middle Corridor.

Regional Arbitration Centres
Eurasia Arbitration WeekEvents & CollaborationsInternational

During the IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026, “Regional Update: ADR Trends in Central Asia & South Caucasus” focused on how jurisdictions across Central Asia and the South Caucasus are strengthening their arbitration ecosystems through legislative reform, institutional development, judicial support, and enhanced enforcement practices.

Enforcing Arbitration Awards
Eurasia Arbitration WeekEvents & CollaborationsInternational

Leading arbitration practitioners at Eurasian Arbitration Week 2026 explored practical strategies for enforcing arbitral awards, discussing Kazakhstan’s evolving arbitration framework, the AIFC Court, sanctions, judicial predictability and the growing importance of enforcement planning in cross-border disputes.

AI in Arbitration at IAC EAW26
Eurasia Arbitration WeekEvents & CollaborationsInternational

The panel examined the evolving role of artificial intelligence in arbitration, discussing its practical applications, ethical boundaries and the principles that should guide its responsible use.

Queen Mary International Arbitration Survey IAC
Eurasia Arbitration WeekEvents & CollaborationsInternational

Prof. Loukas Mistelis traced the evolution of the Queen Mary International Arbitration Survey over the past two decades, highlighting arbitration’s continued dominance in cross-border disputes, Asia’s growing influence, user expectations, and the transformative role of artificial intelligence.

Lawrence Teh Eurasian Arbitration Week 2026
Eurasia Arbitration WeekEvents & CollaborationsInternational

Lawrence Teh highlighted the importance of institutional trust, judicial restraint, and cultural understanding in international arbitration, while encouraging Kazakhstan to build an arbitral identity rooted in its own strengths rather than replicating existing models.

Cross-Border M&A disputes IAC Eurasia
Eurasia Arbitration WeekEvents & CollaborationsInternational

From representations and warranties disputes to fraud, earn-outs, mediation and investment arbitration, panellists at the International Arbitration Centre’s Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 discussed why cross-border M&A disputes arise and how businesses can better structure transactions to prevent and resolve them.

Russia's Lugovoy Law Bombay High Court
Experts CornerKhaitan & CoLaw Firm

by Sanjeev Kapoor*, Dhritiman Roy** and Sania Abbasi***

IAC EAW 2026 Eurasia arbitration panel International Arbitration in Eurasia at IAC EAW 2026
Eurasia Arbitration WeekEvents & CollaborationsInternational

At the International Arbitration Centre Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 in Astana, Kazakhstan, speakers examined the role of courts and arbitral institutions, the interaction between different legal traditions, settlement and mediation in arbitration, and the future development of arbitration in Eurasia.

Gary Born International Arbitration
Eurasia Arbitration WeekEvents & CollaborationsInternational

Delivering the keynote address at Eurasian Arbitration Week 2026, Gary Born examined the evolution of international arbitration from ancient civilisations to the modern legal order, arguing that arbitration has always been rooted in party autonomy, contractual freedom and the pursuit of peaceful dispute resolution.

Vedanta foreign arbitral awards Delhi HC
Law Firms NewsNews

The judgment reinforces the finality of foreign arbitral awards in India and provides greater certainty for investors and commercial parties, particularly in sectors such as energy, infrastructure and natural resources, by limiting enforcement-stage challenges based on public policy grounds.

India UK dispute resolution
Events & CollaborationsGCAI ConferenceInternational

From the opacity of Bar Council rules on foreign lawyers to enforcement gaps and AI’s irreducibly human element, six practitioners discussed what it will take for the India-UK dispute resolution corridor to fulfil its potential.

India UK FTA arbitration dispute resolution
Events & CollaborationsICA Conference

At the ICA Conference in London, Deputy High Commissioner Kartik Pande underscored the importance of arbitration and ADR in supporting the growing India—UK economic partnership and fostering commercial confidence in cross-border trade and investment.

future of hybrid ADR in Indo-UK commercial dispute
Events & CollaborationsICA Conference

A technical session at the ICA Conference on “Arbitrating Indo-UK Commercial Disputes” highlighted that while hybrid ADR frameworks are gaining traction, corporate users remain cautious about mediation’s role in high-value disputes, and arbitration, despite concerns of cost and complexity, continues to be the preferred mechanism for certainty and enforceability in Indo-UK commerce.

mediation arbitration India UK commercial disputes
Events & CollaborationsInstitutional Events

At the UK Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant urged modern legal systems to shift from “forum convenience” to “process convenience,” positioning mediation as the next frontier of commercial justice while reaffirming the complementary role of courts and arbitration.

arbitration silent infrastructure globalisation
Events & CollaborationsICA Conference

In 1774, Lord Mansfield observed that ‘in all mercantile transactions the great object should be certainty.’ Two hundred and fifty years later, Arun Chawla, Director General of ICA, used that same principle to frame the case for arbitration as the silent infrastructure of globalisation and for the India-UK economic partnership’s dependence on credible dispute resolution institutions.

AI arbitrator New York Convention enforcement
Events & CollaborationsICA Conference

If the AI systems driving arbitral decisions are trained on materials from other jurisdictions, the awards they generate may be unenforceable or worse, systematically biased. Sir Geoffrey Vos used his keynote at the ICA’s 4th Indo-UK Commercial Disputes Conference to draw a line between AI in arbitration, where party consent makes adoption feasible, and AI in courts, where constitutional legitimacy makes it impossible.

force majeure geopolitical risk arbitration Geopolitical Disputes
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

A sanctions designation in Washington can simultaneously trigger a force majeure notice in Singapore, a MAC dispute in London and a valuation fight in a treaty arbitration. Five practitioners at LIDW 2026 examined each front, and found the same issue at the centre of every one: causation.