On 18 February, 2022, India signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with the United Arab Emirates (CEPA). The deal – which came into force On 1 May – is India’s first free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and took less than three months to negotiate, making it the fastest agreement of its […]Read More
Western businesses are wondering how to cope with the new measures imposed by their governments regarding trade with Russia. Can legal systems bridge the world's divides?Read More
Introduction Ranking law firms is a very serious business. Law firm rankings or league tables are generally perceived as a vital indicator of status, achievement, capability, stability, and so on. They represent a plethora of characteristics about the presumed overall worthiness of a law practice. Clients are influenced by where a potential law firm ranks, […]Read More
This article considers the reasons that brought the European Court of Justice to declare the invalidity, first of the Safe Harbor and subsequently also of the Privacy Shield. To do this, it analyses the way that led to the drawing up of the Privacy Shield Agreement that regulates the personal dataflow from the European Union to the United States and its subsequent invalidity, declared by the Court of Justice of the European Union. The analysis begins with a description of the different approaches to personal data protection by both the US and the EU. Starting from the principles that constituted Read More
Participating in legal rankings is a lengthy and time-consuming process. However, the media exposure and positive recognition that a credible ranking brings can have a strong impact on how a firm and lawyers are regarded in the global legal market. With the legal industry becoming more and more competitive every year, market players take advantage […]Read More
Women participating in international peace negotiations were often not noticed or kept at an informal level. Significant examples include organisations like Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace and Serbia’s Women in Black. However, women’s status in international negotiations is changing all over the world. When Joe Biden was confirmed to be the next president, a […]Read More
Introduction Sometimes parties do not address the issue of the governing law of the contract leaving it up to the court or to the arbitral tribunal to determine the relevant legislation. When such situations arise, a decision by the Singapore Court of Appeal, issued on 10 February 2021, should prove to be of immense future […]Read More
On 31 May 2019 the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM) announced the creation of an Unreliable Entity List designed for foreign companies and individuals (UEL). Initial hints at what draft criteria would place a company on this list were few. However it was widely reported that it would affect businesses who ” … deviate […]Read More
Introduction In his address at the 2019 Mass Call address, Singapore’s Honourable Chief Sundaresh Menon drew acute attention to his view that “Technology is already beginning to displace lawyers from areas of practice, especially those involving the more routine areas which are more susceptible to automation.” Fast forward two years and the COVID-19 pandemic is […]Read More
The Supreme Court of India in its decision delivered on 20 April, 2021 in the case of PASL Wind Solutions Private Limited v. GE Power Conversion India Private Limited has upheld that: two companies incorporated in India had the right to choose a forum for arbitration outside India; an arbitral award in such a forum would […]Read More
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