Tag: Dispute resolution

Kevin Nash will join the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) as director general in January 2025

Deacons has hired Gillian Lam as a partner to strengthen its litigation and dispute resolution practice

Shihui Partners has welcomed dispute resolution specialist Zhao Baao as a new partner in Beijing

In Ajay Madhusudan Patel v Jyotrindra S Patel, the Supreme Court allowed non-signatories to join arbitration under a family arrangement agreement, applying the Cox & Kings tests

India and the UAE have signed a bilateral investment treaty, providing reciprocal investment protection to investors from both nations

In SBI General Insurance Co Ltd v Krish Spinning, the Supreme Court defined the limits of judicial intervention when courts appoint arbitrators under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

Lee & Ko has hired arbitration expert Park Eun Young to lead its international disputes group

Clayton Utz has bolstered its commercial litigation practice in Melbourne by appointing Sophy Woodward as a partner specializing in insurance disputes

LAW Partnership has added Shaun Tan as a partner and Rachel Tan as an associate, expanding its dispute resolution practice

Hogan Lovells has hired Dechert partners Michael Wong and Maria Sit from its closing Hong Kong office

The Ministry of Finance released the Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Rules, 2024, effective from 1 October 2024

Tahota Law Firm opens first northeast China branch in Harbin, expanding influence to Russia and northeast Asia

Ajay Kumar has joined Triumvir Law as partner, expanding the firm’s services in arbitration, litigation and dispute resolution

Commercial dispute resolution specialist Wu Bin has joined W&H Law Firm as a senior partner based in Shanghai

Global Law Office has added partners Ryan Ren, Yan Shiye, Cai Ying, and Le Yuxin

Delhi High Court has held that where there are two contracts and the parties in both agreements are not identical

A dispute resolution team from Norton Rose Fulbright has recently joined Dentons Hong Kong, including Philip Nunn, Alfred Wu, and Muriel Cheng

Rajah & Tann Thailand, a member of Rajah & Tann Asia, has appointed Melisa Uremovic and Supawat Srirungruang as co-managing partners

About 100 in-house counsel and legal experts gained knowledge from the Indonesian Corporate Counsel Association

Ashurst has appointed Felicity Healy as a commercial litigation partner, bolstering the firm’s dispute and investigations practice

The Korea In-house Counsel Association (KICA) and South Korean Ministry of Justice partnered a workshop conference

The finance ministry’s about-face on arbitration runs against established aspirations of making India a hub

Norton Rose Fulbright’s associate firm in Indonesia, TNB & Partners, has strengthened

Duan & Duan Law Firm has expanded its partnership with the addition of Vincent Zhu, Peter Zeng and Liu Hongjun

One of Singapore’s big four law firms Rajah & Tann is expanding its presence in China for the first time in 21 years

Atsumi & Sakai has continued its global expansion with a Vietnam office launch in Ho Chi Minh City

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted 15 lawyers in various practice groups to partnership in Mumbai, Delhi NCR and Ahmedabad

Burgeon Law has secured the addition of Ketan Mukhija as a senior partner and Abhinav Agnihotri as a partner from Dentons Link Legal

Our international A-list lawyers predict the practice areas that are bursting to boom this year

Sridhar Mothe has joined Singhania & Co as a partner to bolster the firm’s construction and infrastructure arbitration practice in Hyderabad

Chance Bridge Partners beefed up its Beijing and Shenzhen teams

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Mister of Railways, Communications, Electronics

Anli Partners has hired Chen Luming as a partner to boost the law firm’s dispute resolution capabilities in the Shanghai office

Du Xiaocheng, a former principal at TianTong Law Firm in Xi’an, has joined JunHe as the head of the team in the capital of Shaanxi province

Wintell & Co expands with new offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, welcoming senior partners Ray Li and Wei Yi, along with senior adviser Eding Yi

JILA's annual In-house Legal Awards ended at Tokyo's Shangri-La Hotel on Jan 16, 2024

Presolv360 – an online dispute resolution institution collaborating with various courts, government and private entities – has established an advisory council

DOCVIT strengthens IP and tax practices with the addition of experienced patent attorney Wang Miao and taxation specialist Wei Zhibiao

Appleby will add John McCarroll SC as a partner to bolster its dispute resolution team in Hong Kong which takes effect in mid-April

Frasers Law has welcomed energy specialist Gwendoline Yi-Quin Brooker as a partner to support the firm’s growing Hanoi office

Kshama Loya has joined as a partner in Denton Link Legal’s Mumbai office, specialising in dispute resolution

The city-state is a prominent arbitration hub, including for India; growth expected, says Ban Jiun Ean, Maxwell Chambers CEO

Hylands Law Firm has welcomed Gao Qingchao, Han Aili and Jiang Ruipeng to the Beijing office as partners, bolstering its dispute resolution capabilities

Senior partners of Chinese and international law firms share legal updates and fresh developments in mutual judicial assistance for cross-border dispute resolution

Heading the Hyderabad office are partners Durga Bose Gandham and Altaf Fatima who have joined from DSK Lega

Zhonglun W&D Law Firm adds partners Chen Xirong and Shaw Liu, boosting practice areas: financing, investments, capital markets, and dispute resolution

Maritime-focused firm Ince has seen an additional 10 staff in Hong Kong jump ship to Hill Dickinson, following the departure of eight from its Shanghai office within a month

DOCVIT Law Firm has added senior partner Dong Geng to the Beijing branch to improve the dispute resolution practice

Failing to prepare for the eventuality of disputes can cost organisations significant time and money, with the risk that the outcome will not profit any of the parties

India’s mediation bill has been passed by both houses of parliament to alleviate the staggering backlog of court cases

Partner Zhao Xizhu joins DOCVIT Law Firm in Shanghai to establish its intellectual property protection and dispute resolution practice

Harish Khedkar and Siddharth Ratho have joined Naik Naik & Co as associate partners designate to strengthen the firm’s disputes practice

Milanka Chaudhury joins Trilegal as partner in the dispute resolution practice in New Delhi, taking the firm’s partnership strength to 104

More than 190 delegates attended the Federation of Indian Corporate Lawyers (FICL) second flagship annual one-day conference, Delhi Discourse 2023, at the Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi on 26 May

Singapore-based aviation claims and insurance specialist Terence Liew is set to join Clyde & Co as a global aviation practice partner after 11 years, including four as a partner, at Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW)

Multiple firms have announced the advancement of talent among their various practice groups during April when annual promotions are made for the new fiscal year

Mandatory retirement ages for judges may be depriving the system of its finest assets. What are the pros and cons?

White & Case’s head of greater China dispute resolution practice, Melody Chan, has left the firm to join Allen & Overy as a partner in Hong Kong

K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore office of K&L Gates, has strengthened its litigation and dispute resolution practice with the hiring of Joan Lim-Casanova as a partner

As Hong Kong reopens its borders, Mariel Dimsey, secretary-general of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, explains her plans to enhance the city’s reputation as a leading dispute resolution hub

Former Khatan & Co lawyer Rajat Jariwal joins Trilegal as a partner in the disputes resolution team at the New Delhi office from this month

Tian Yuan Law Firm has opened an office in Wuhan, its 13th branch in China, to provide legal services in dispute resolution, real estate and infrastructure, family and wealth management, tax and compliance

OYO (Oravel Stays) senior legal adviser Tejal Patil has joined Wipro as the general counsel and senior vice-president

Clifford Chance hired white-collar expert Vasu Muthyala as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution practice in Singapore.

SNG & Partners has promoted two key personnel, Sanjay Gupta to managing partner and Amit Aggarwal as senior partner

Tian Yuan Law Firm has opened an office in Nanjing, the group’s 12th, to provide legal services in areas such as capital markets and securities, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, finance and asset management, antitrust, and dispute resolution

HS Bobby Chandhoke and Sudhir Sharma, both senior partners at L&L Partners, have left to join DSK Legal and have taken along with them 63 lawyers including 19 partners

Mumbai-based SNG & Partners and southern-based firm R&P Partners have created a pan-India presence after establlishing a joint venture

Ashwathh Legal, on behalf of Dabur India, filed a lawsuit before the District Court, Saket, in New Delhi, rebuking the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) for false accusations over an advertisement breach for their client’s new energy drink, Dabur Vita

Ameya Deosthale has joined Stratage Law Partners as an associate partner in the dispute resolution practice

Tahota Law Firm has opened a new office in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, to cover business in north and central China in liason with teams in Beijing, Jinan, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xian and Taiyuan