Le 23 et 24 novembre 2017, lors de sa session annuelle, le Conseil des Ministres de l’OHADA, désireux de favoriser et promouvoir les modes alternatifs de règlement des différends, a adopté un nouvel Acte uniforme relatif au droit de l’arbitrage et a apporté des modifications importantes à son Règlement d’arbitrage. L’OHADA L’Organisation pour l’harmonisation en […]
GETMA INTERNATIONAL, NCT NECOTRANS, GETMA INTERNATIONAL INVESTISSEMENTS & NCT INFRASTRUCTURE & LOGISTIQUE v. THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA – ICSID 28 June 2012
This decision relates to the Respondent’s request to disqualify one of the arbitrators, namely Mr. Bernardo M. Cremades, who had been appointed by the Claimant. The Claimant had filed for arbitration at the ICSID on 29 September 2011 under the ICSID Convention and the Investment Code of the Republic of Guinea. The Parties agreed that […]
The OHADA Arbitration Act
The OHADA Arbitration Act is potentially applicable for arbitrations with their seat in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire), the Ivory Coast, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Niger, the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Senegal, Chad and Togo. The OHADA (Organisation pour l’harmonisation en Afrique du […]
Aceris Law SARL’s Diverse Clients
Aceris Law LLC has a diverse set of clients thanks to its lawyers’ flexibility, their language skills, their multicultural backgrounds and Aceris’ heavy reliance on modern technology. Since we provide legal representation only for international disputes, Aceris Law LLC has been designed from the ground-up with only this in mind. While we maintain permanent access to offices in 120 […]
Côte d’Ivoire Arbitration Regime
The Côte d’Ivoire arbitration regime is similar to many regimes in French-speaking West Africa. Côte d’Ivoire’s specific domestic law on arbitration (Law n° 93-671 of 9 August 1993 on Arbitration) was replaced by the OHADA provisions of 1999. The unified legislation supersedes the previous national legislation in each member state but does not prevent them from […]