L’arbitrage au Maroc trouve ses origines pendant la période où l’État marocain était sous Protectorat français. C’est donc l’ancien code de procédure civile français de 1912 qui a tracé les amorces de l’arbitrage marocain.[1] Lorsqu’il devint indépendant en 1956, le Maroc adopta sa propre législation avec notamment le Dahir portant loi n° 1-74-447 du 28 […]
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Aceris Law Successfully Resolves Another Arbitration Under the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration
Aceris Law is pleased to announce the successful resolution of an arbitration case for another of our clients, based in the UAE, in the construction industry. The dispute, which was governed by the laws of Switzerland, concerned defects in construction work being carried out in Egypt and payment disputes, and it was resolved under the […]
Aceris Law Succeeds in ICC Arbitration under Russian Law
We are pleased to announce that our firm has recently won an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration involving a construction dispute under Russian law. The dispute arose over delays in a construction project in Moscow. It concerned penalties that were imposed by the Respondent against the Claimant in order to set-off amounts that were […]
Conservative and Interim Measures in ICC Arbitration
Conservative and interim measures (sometimes called provisional measures) represent an important tool in international arbitration designed to protect the parties’ interests while awaiting the resolution of their dispute via a final award. These measures may often appear essential “[o]wing to the time gap between the commencement of the arbitration, the substantive hearing and the final […]
Aceris Law Comments on Nantong Deep Sea Fisheries Co Ltd v Cristal Fish SA, RG n° 21/04655
Aceris Law (William Kirtley and Seda Dundar) have commented on the French Court of Appeal decision in Nantong Deep Sea Fisheries Co Ltd v Cristal Fish SA, RG n° 21/04655 for LexisNexis. The case is interesting insofar as it provides guidance regarding applications to annul arbitral awards in France on the ground that the arbitral […]
Aceris Law Defeats USD 254 Million in Claims in SCC Arbitration
Aceris Law has scored a significant victory for a Southeast Asian client, defeating USD 254 million in claims against a publicly-traded company in the petrochemical industry that threatened the continued existence of the company. The complex dispute, which was resolved following 3 ½ years of SCC arbitration proceedings, notably concerned claims for delay penalties, claims […]
Aceris Law Resolves Large Dispute Concerning Eco-Tourism Project in France via ICC Mediation
Aceris Law is pleased to announce that it has assisted another client in resolving another long-running international dispute via ICC mediation, without the need to resort to more costly and time-consuming ICC arbitration. Aceris Law often assists clients in resolving international disputes via mediation, which can be done even if an international arbitration is already […]
William Kirtley and Isabela Monnerat Mendes Comment on French Court of Appeal’s Decision on Parties’ Waiver to Jurisdictional Challenge to ICC Arbitration
In a recently-published article by LexisNexis, William Kirtley and Isabela Monnerat Mendes provide an analysis of the French Court of Appeal’s decision rendered in Antrix Corp Ltd v. Devas Multimedia P. Ltd. The Court of Appeal, deciding on referral from cassation, rejected the appellant’s objection that an ICC arbitral tribunal was improperly constituted and lacked […]
Aceris Law Successfully Resolves Another LCIA Arbitration in the Chemical Industry for American Respondent
Aceris Law is pleased to announce that it has successfully resolved another LCIA arbitration for an American client, in another dispute subject to English law. The arbitration, chaired by a three-member arbitral tribunal, involved two contracts, a sales representative agreement and a sales and purchase agreement, concerning the supply of wholesale chemicals to the American […]
