The Government of India says it has sent notices to terminate bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with 58 countries, including 22 EU countries.  It has been reported that many of these BITs will cease to apply to new investments from as… Read more

Herbert Smith Freehills has issued the latest edition of its Indian international arbitration e-bulletin. In this issue, we consider Indian court decisions, including the rejection of forum non conveniens arguments by the Delhi High Court allowing restaurant chain McDonalds to… Read more

Herbert Smith Freehills has issued the latest edition of its Indian international arbitration e-bulletin. In this issue, we consider Indian court decisions on the arbitrability of fraud and the enforceability and execution of a foreign award against a "sick" Indian company.  We… Read more

The Indian Government has taken steps to implement long awaited arbitration reforms by promulgating an ordinance, the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 (the "Ordinance"), amending the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (the "Act"). These amendments have been on the… Read more

Monday 7 September 2015, 12.30 - 1.30pm BST With the Modi Government well into its second year, we review the economic, political and legal environment for foreign direct investment (FDI) into India. With some still calling for 'big bang' reforms… Read more

Herbert Smith Freehills has issued the latest edition of its Indian international arbitration e-bulletin. This issue considers a number of interesting decisions of the Indian courts, in particular a Delhi High Court judgment which clarifies issues of currency conversion and… Read more

Herbert Smith Freehills has issued the latest edition of its Indian international arbitration e-bulletin. This issue considers some significant decisions of the Indian courts, including two decisions on the arbitrability of fraud claims and a decision of the Supreme Court… Read more

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (the SIAC) introduced emergency arbitrator provisions in its arbitration rules in July 2010 and has had 34 applications filed before it to date where parties have asked for an emergency arbitrator to be appointed. The… Read more

Herbert Smith Freehills has issued its latest Indian International Arbitration e-bulletin. The e-bulletin considers some significant decisions of the Indian courts, including on the arbitrability of fraud claims and on the proper forum for deciding the scope of an arbitration… Read more

As reported in our blog posting on 6 September 2012, the controversial decision of the Indian Supreme Court in Bhatia International v Bulk Trading SA [1] has been overruled by the Indian Supreme Court in the case of Bharat Aluminium… Read more

The Indian Government has declared that China (including the Hong Kong SAR) is a territory to which the New York Convention applies under the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (the "Act"). We understand that the notification will be published… Read more