Arbitration in Asia - 2nd Edition

Price: $175.00 1340 pages. One Looseleaf Volume. Index. One CD-Rom. Published September 2008.
ISBN-13: 978-1-933833-20-0

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About the Book:
Asia has witnessed an extraordinary growth in the use of international arbitration in the past two decades.  Arbitration in Asia is an ideal reference to guide practitioners and business people in the proper selection of a suitable arbitral seat or jurisdiction in Asia.  The book includes contributions by the area’s leading arbitration practitioners and experts. The materials in this looseleaf volume provide a practical reference guide and resource tool for the law and practice of international commercial arbitration in Asia.

About the Editor:
Michael J Moser practices as arbitrator, mediator and counsel in international disputes, frequently involving Asian parties. He is currently Chairman of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and also serves as Co-Chair of the China Arbitration Forum, Vice President of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group and a Vice Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the IBA. Mr Moser is a Chartered Arbitrator and has acted as arbitrator or counsel in both ad hoc proceedings under the UNCITRAL Rules and in cases under the rules of the ICC, SIAC, SCC, LCIA, JCAA, AAA and other institutions in Asia, Europe and North America. He is also a member of the panel of arbitrators of CIETAC and was the first foreigner to be appointed as an arbitrator in China. A resident of China for more than 30 years, he speaks fluent Chinese. Mr Moser has written widely in the area of dispute settlement and is General Editor of The Journal of International Arbitration. He holds a JD degree from the Harvard Law School and a PhD degree from Columbia University. He is a partner with the firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP and an adjunct professor at the City University of Hong Kong and the University of Zurich.

About the Contributors:
Alastair Henderson is the Managing Partner in Bangkok for Herbert Smith and joint head of its dispute resolution practice in Southeast Asia.

Andrew Chan is a Partner in Litigation & Dispute Resolution and joint deputy head of the Corporate Reconstruction and Insolvency practice group for Allen & Gledhill LLP.

Angela Y. Lin has been a Partner and Senior Counselor for the legal firm of Counselor-Lee and Li Attorneys at Law since 1993.
Philip Yang is former Chair of the HKIAC and is President of APRAG.

Audray Souche is a Member of DFDL Mekong/Mekong Law Group.

Christopher To is currently the Secretary-General of the HKIAC. He is the chairman of the Hong Kong Internet Forum and the Inter-Pacific Bar Association Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee.

Custodio L. Parlade is the former Managing Partner of the Benitez Parlade Africa Herrera Parlade & Panga law offices and is currently Chair of the Committee on Arbitration of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Dato’ Cecil Abraham, is a Partner with Zul Rafique & Partners. He is the Deputy President of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators and Vice President of the APRAG. He is also the chairman of the Arbitration Committee of ICC Malaysia.

Fali S. Nariman, is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India, and President of the Bar Association of India. He was Vice-Chair of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, Paris and was Chair of ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration) for two successive terms from 1994. Since May 2002 he is an honorary Chair of ICCA.

James Finch is a Partner in the firm of Russin & Vecchi, where he opened the Hanoi office of the firm. In 1996 he became the managing partner of the its Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) office.

Kap-You (Kevin) Kim is the Founder and Head of Bae, Kim & Lee’s International Arbitration & Litigation Practice Group in Korea. He is a Court Member of the LCIA, Vice President of the Korean Council for International Arbitration, Vice Chair of the International Arbitration Committee of ICC Korea.

Karen Mills has practiced in Indonesia for almost 25 years and is one of the founders of the KarimSyah law firm in Jakarta. Ms. Mills is a Chartered Arbitrator, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and founder and Co-chair of the Indonesian Chapter of CIArb.

L-Martin Desautels is Managing Director of the Phnom Penh and Lao PDR Office.

Michael Hwang is currently a Vice chair of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, a Vice President of ICCA and a Court Member of the LCIA. He has served as a Vice Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the IBA.

Michael Pryles is the President of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, a Member of ICCA, a Court Member of the LCIA and is Co-Chair of the ICC Asia Arbitration Commission. Mr. Pryles was the foundation President of APRAG).

Milton Lawson is the Managing Partner of the Ho Chi Minh City office of Freshfields.

Nigel N.T. Li is Chair of the Chinese Arbitration Association in Taiwan.

Rupert Haw is an Advisor to the General Practice Group of DFDL Mekong.

Sambuu Demberel is the Chair and CEO of the Mongolian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Surapol Srangsomwong is a Partner in Herbert Smith's Bangkok office. Previously he worked with Baker & McKenzie in Bangkok before leaving to establish Siam Premier International Law Office, where he served as Managing Partner and Head of litigation.

Viengsavanh Phanthaly is an adviser for DFDL Mekong

Wang Wenying is currently the director of the Arbitration Research Institute. She served in the Department of Law of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) where she held the position of deputy representative and representative of CCPIT & CCOIC Hong Kong Representative Office from 1997 to 2000.

Yasuhei Taniguchi is Professor of law at Tokyo Keizai University, and attorney at law in Tokyo. Professor Taniguchi is former President of the Japanese Association of Civil Procedure and currently Vice-President of the International Association of Procedural Law.