Organisation: Asian International Arbitration Centre

Nominations for the 12th annual GAR Awards continue as we publish shortlists for the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge Award and Campaign for Greener Arbitration Award for sustainable behaviour.

15 February 2022

Singapore disputes boutique Breakpoint has hired KC Lye who has left his role as Norton Rose Fulbright’s head of disputes in the city-state after 22 years at the firm.

19 January 2022

Koh Swee Yen, partner in the international arbitration practice at WongPartnership and former vice-chair of the IBA arbitration committee, has been appointed Senior Counsel in Singapore.

11 January 2022

The late Emmanuel Gaillard, Italian arbitrator Loretta Malintoppi and lifetime achievement award winner Alan Redfern were all honoured at tonight’s GAR Awards, with a global audience tuning in for the ceremony as it was held virtually for the second year running.

01 July 2021

On the same day the Delhi High Court enforced a SIAC emergency arbitrator’s order restraining Amazon’s Indian business partner from proceeding with a US$3.4 billion asset sale, a panel at GAR Interactive India discussed the value of emergency relief in the jurisdiction. 

24 March 2021

Doha-based English barristers’ set McNair Chambers has added former Malaysian chief justice Arifin bin Zakaria, US academic Zachary Calo and Libyan lawyer Ali Abu Sedra to its international arbitration team.

11 March 2021

Laos has asked a Malaysian court for an injunction to prevent a Thai coal-mining company from pursuing a second UNCITRAL arbitration worth more than US$450 million over a power plant project, arguing the case is abusive.

10 February 2021

Fan Yang has left King & Wood Mallesons, where she acted in a number of commercial disputes involving Chinese parties, to join the partnership at Stephenson Harwood in Hong Kong.

03 December 2020

A Malaysian federal court judge, Suriyadi Halim Omar, has been appointed director of the Kuala-Lumpur based Asian International Arbitration Centre after Vinayak Pradhan died earlier this year. 

16 November 2020

Gavin Margetson, who has practised in Asia for 16 years, has joined Mishcon de Reya’s new Singapore office as its first dedicated disputes partner.

25 September 2020