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    22/01/2025
    International

    LCIA publishes latest costs and duration analysis: are parties getting value (and efficiency) for money?

    The London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”) has published its third report on the costs and duration of arbitrations conducted under the LCIA arbitration rules, following previous reports published in 2015 and 2017 (the “Report”).  The Report covers all 616 cases that reached a final award between 1 January 2017 and 12 May 2024. This is the longest time period studied by the LCIA to date and apparently the longest time period covered by any costs and duration analysis by any arbitral institution to date.  In that period, the LCIA received the highest...
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    10/12/2024
    International

    Construction contracts and choice of law for non-con­trac­tu­al obligations: risks and opportunities

    Non-contractual claims can in certain circumstances provide additional rights of action which are not otherwise available under a construction contract. The ability to choose the law governing such rights therefore provides an opportunity to employers and contractors to influence the extent to which such claims can be brought. A growing number of countries now permit parties such a choice, either through their domestic conflict of laws rules or as part of their arbitration law. In this Law-Now, we provide a summary of the relevance of non-contractual claims to construction disputes and some recommendations...
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    28/11/2024
    International

    CMS’s insights on COP29 themes

    The discussions at COP29 Azerbaijan show how difficult it is to achieve global environmental goals. CMS lawyers have been reflecting on the themes of the conference in short videos and articles, housed on the CMS COP29 hub.A summary of CMS’s coverage is below and if you’d like to hear directly from the CMS COP29 delegates, now home from Baku, please join their discussion on Friday 29 November by registering here: CMS at COP29 online sessionBridgett Majola reflects on the need to align climate finance contributions with global needs and the current situation in Africa.Munir Hassan discusses...
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    25/11/2024
    International

    Pre-hedging: IOSCO publishes delayed Consultation Report

    On 21 November 2024, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) published a consultation paper in response to concerns about the appropriateness of pre-hedging practices raised by various market participants, standard setters and national and supra-national authorities. In short, pre-hedging is the well-established practice by which dealers in certain markets look to hedge their exposure to anticipated client orders for a number of reasons, including to enable the dealer to take on the risk of the client order once confirmed, and to offer a competitive price.BackgroundEuropean...
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    19/11/2024
    International

    ESG update: transition planning, sus­taina­bi­li­ty disclosures and enforcement

    A lot has happened in the world of ESG over the last few weeks. We have seen important announcements from the UK Government, the conclusion of COP16 and the ongoing COP29 (which you can read about here, here and here). We have also seen some important updates from the UK, EU, US and international bodies relating to transition planning, sustainability disclosures and enforcement action in respect of corporate reporting. We discuss some of these developments below.A. Transition Planning1. TPT publishes final reportOn 25 October 2024, the Transition Plan Taskforce (“TPT”) – which...
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    08/11/2024
    International

    COP16 – some breakthroughs made, but key issues left unresolved

    2 November 2024 marked the conclusion of the 16th meeting of the conference of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (the “Convention”) in Cali, Columbia (“COP16”). Over 23,000 representatives from governments, civil society and businesses attended COP16 - a record number for a biodiversity conference – which is a testament to the increasing importance being attributed to mitigating the risks associated with biodiversity loss. Much was expected of COP16, but despite some positive breakthroughs on using genetic resources and representation of indigenous...
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