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In the Summer 2009 issue...
Focus: Arbitration in Latin America
Trends in Latin AmericaContributing Authors: Jonathan C. Hamilton and Michael Roche
The Latin American arbitration wave continues, and this issue of International Disputes Quarterly focuses on recent developments in commerical and investment arbitration related to Latin America. We feature a survey of trends in Latin American arbitration, and the 2009 Edition of the "Compendium of Latin American Arbitration Law."
Click here for a printable version of the current Compendium of Latin American Arbitration Law, Jonathan C. Hamilton, editor
Mexican Dispute Resolution
Contributing Authors: Erika M. Serran, Michelle Holmes Johnson
This section focuses on Mexico, including new regulations pertaining to Mexico's state-owned petroleum company and the effect of signatures of the United States and the European Community on the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements.
Developments in Latin American Arbitration
Contributing Authors: Sabina Sacco, Francisco X. Jijon, Javier Ferrero, Guido Clichevsky, Michael Roche, Mairée Uran-Bidegain
This section features articles on Peru's legal stability regime, the denunciation of bilateral investments treaties by Ecuador, the recent entry into force of a Trade Promotion Agreement between the United States and Peru, the status of the emerging Union of South American Nations, and new domestic arbitration laws for the Dominican Republic and Peru.
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Practitioner Recognition
"The team's Latin American presence is formidable...." - Legal 500 US 2009
Jonathan C. Hamilton (Washington, DC) served as a working group member of a new report released by the Trade Advisory Group of the Council of the Americas/Americas Society entitled "Building the Hemispheric Growth Agenda: A New Framework for Policy."
White & Case sponsored the Americas Workshop entitled "Damages in International Arbitration: Strategies, Techniques and Presentation" held in Mexico City on April 1-2, 2009 by the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and Comisión de Mediación y Arbitraje de la Cámara Nacional de Comercio de la Ciudad de México.
"A superb firm" with "a diverse group of lawyers who can all provide reasoned and detailed opinions and an informed global perspective." - Chambers 2009
On December 6, The Bar Association of the District of Columbia, founded in 1871, named Carolyn Lamm (Washington, DC) their 2008 Lawyer of the Year at their annual banquet.
Practitioner Appointments
Paul Friedland (New York) was named Chair of an International Bar Association ("IBA") task force responsible for developing guidelines for drafting arbitration agreements. Paul also serves on an IBA subcommittee developing a new set of IBA rules for "Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration."
Anders Reldén (Stockholm) has been appointed Chairman of the Arbitration Association for Young Lawyers at the SCC Institute ("SYJ"). SYJ brings together Swedish lawyers under the age of 45 who work in arbitration and commercial litigation and aims to increase the younger lawyers' knowledge of and interest in Swedish and international arbitration.
Past IDQ Issues
International Disputes Quarterly, Winter 2009
International Disputes Quarterly, Spring 2008
International Disputes Quarterly, Winter 2008International Disputes Quarterly, Fall 2007
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