ARTICLES & COMMENTARY

A new article on Provisional Measures in Investment Arbitration co-authored by Benoit Le Bars and Tejas Shiroor, published by the Indian Journal of Arbitration Law in its Volume 6 Issue 1, is now available online.   This article discusses the current means by which provisional measures in investment arbitration are…

Jean-Claude Najar will co-chair the 4th Annual GAR Live in Istanbul on June 24.

In an article published in LesEchos.fr on April 26, 2016, managing partner Benoit Le Bars was quoted in connection with various educational initiatives in Africa.

India is often seen as the black sheep of international arbitration. Prior to 2012, Indian courts were severely criticized for their unwelcome intervention in foreign-seated arbitrations and lengthy, expensive ad hoc arbitration proceedings were seen as stumbling blocks to a pro-arbitration environment. Moreover, the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 did…

14 January 2016 – N°4141 – litigation & arbitration   Download the PDF (French)   Benoit Le Bars Co-founder and Managing Partner, Lazareff Le Bars     Simon Christiaën, Partner, Lazareff Le Bars      

Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou Senior Associate, Lazareff Le Bars       On 12 November 2015, the European Commission rendered public and put on the negotiation table with the United States a proposal regarding the investment chapter of the draft Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the US…

Benoit Le Bars, co-founder and Managing Partner, posts an article on La Tribune‘s website  in where he takes stock of Hamon Act, introducing French class actions, one year after being effective. Read the article (French)

OHADAC Draft Rules of the four domains of law selected for harmonization and for the success of the OHADAC project (Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in the Caribbean) are available on the OHADAC website since 18th September 2015. These are the following (from ohada.com website): The OHADAC Draft…

OHADA : Adoption de l’Acte Uniforme sur les procédures collectives (AUPC) Les 9, 10 et 11 septembre 2015, s’est réuni à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) le Conseil des Ministres de l’OHADA sous la présidence de son Excellence Daniel Kablan Duncan, Premier Ministre et Chef du Gouvernement de la République de Côte…