Oliver Armas on International Arbitration

Recent New York decision highlights that courts can recognize a foreign judgment even without personal jurisdiction

In Cargill Financial Services Int’l, Inc. v. Barshchovskiy (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 18, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York clarified that recognition of a foreign monetary judgment by a New York court...more

3/11/2025 / Arbitration , Corporate Counsel , Cross-Border , Discovery , Enforcement Actions , Foreign Judgments , International Arbitration , Jurisdiction , Litigation Strategies , New York , Summary Judgment

The IBA publishes revised Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (2024)

The International Bar Association (IBA) Arbitration Committee has revised its Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration, with the aim of modernizing and refining certain areas, such as third-party...more

3/20/2024 / Arbitration , Arbitration Awards , Arbitrators , International Arbitration , International Bar Association (IBA)

High Court discovery ruling will transform international arbitration’

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous decision on June 13 in a pair of consolidated cases that will have broad ramifications for international arbitration. In ZF Automotive US Inc. v. Luxshare Ltd. and AlixPartners...more

6/20/2022 / 28 U.S.C. § 1782 , AlixPartners LLP v The Fund for Protection of Investors Rights in Foreign States , Arbitration , Commercial Arbitration , Discovery , Foreign Jurisdictions , Foreign Tribunals , International Arbitration , SCOTUS

U.S. Supreme Court considers whether domestic discovery applies to international arbitration proceedings

On March 23, 2022, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the challenges to whether international arbitrations, including private commercial arbitration and investor-state arbitration, qualify as “foreign or international...more

3/28/2022 / 28 U.S.C. § 1782 , Arbitration , Commercial Arbitration , Discovery , Foreign Jurisdictions , Foreign Tribunals , International Arbitration , International Litigation

Justice delayed, justice denied? District court pauses discovery in aid of international arbitration pending Supreme Court...

As the U.S. Supreme Court considers two cases involving the availability of discovery in international arbitration proceedings, a district court puts discovery in aid of arbitration on hold. What has happened U.S. courts...more

2/15/2022 / 28 U.S.C. § 1782 , Commercial Arbitration , Discovery , Foreign Jurisdictions , Foreign Tribunals , ICSID , International Arbitration , SCOTUS

Second Circuit confirms: No discovery for private international arbitrations

The Second Circuit confirmed this week that within the circuit, parties may not ask federal courts to order discovery for use in private arbitrations. The Second Circuit's ruling, In re Application and Petition of Hanwei Guo,...more

7/13/2020 / 28 U.S.C. § 1782 , Discovery , Discovery Disputes , Evidence , Foreign Tribunals , International Arbitration

In rapidly changing circumstances, look to arbitration for flexible interim relief

Hogan Lovells Publications | Emergency Arbitration Alert | 07 April 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is causing commercial relationships to change abruptly and drastically. Rapid developments such as supply chain disruptions and...more

4/7/2020 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Business Disputes , Business Disruption , International Arbitration , Relief Measures , Supply Chain

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