On 16 October, VERBA LEGAL hosted a webinar titled “Arbitration in Unfriendly Forums: Practical Aspects of Disputes under Historical Clauses”.

Tatiana Neveeva, Managing Partner, Attorney-at-Law, LL.M., and Anton Alifanov, Counsel, Attorney-at-Law, LL.M., covered the following topics:

• Arbitral institutions in unfriendly jurisdictions – key issues in appointing arbitrators, determining the seat of arbitration, handling payments, overall administration, and language considerations.

• Changing the seat of arbitration – practical implications and procedural nuances, reasons and possibilities for relocating arbitration, parties’ consent, and drafting of new arbitration clauses.

• Risks and legal consequences related to the nationality and personal law of arbitrators from “unfriendly” states – mandatory due diligence on candidates, impact of citizenship and residence, the need to form a balanced arbitral tribunal, and strategies for identifying neutral arbitrators from common and civil law jurisdictions.

The webinar recording is available on the VERBA LEGAL RUTUBE channel here.