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Jean-Christophe Honlet was re-appointed by ICC France as a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR for a three-year term effective 1 July 2024. The Commission on Arbitration and ADR is ICC Disputes Resolution Services’ unique think tank. To enable thought leadership in the field of dispute resolution, it pools expertise and raises awareness and understanding on practical and legal issues in arbitration…

On 6 May 2024, Bart Legum took part in a panel as part of the 2024 ICCA Congress in Hong Kong about “Judging the New York Convention” in company of The Hon. Justice Judith Prakash, The Hon. Judge Xi Xiangyang, Andrés Jana, Lindsay Gastrell, Guled Yusuf and Shirin Gurdova. Bart addressed the question of the human element in the success of the New York Convention.…

On 17 April 2024, Clara Motin spoke at a seminar on investment arbitration in the MENA region organized by the clinique juridique of the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne, in company of Jalal El Adhab (Bird & Bird), Jean-Pierre Harb (Jones Day) and Adam Malek (De Gaulle Fleurance). https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7183845041520414720/ Back

On 20 March 2024, Jean-Christophe Honlet took part in a panel on Post M&A disputes organized by Baker McKenzie as part of the Paris Arbitration Week, in company of Nicola Lancaster (Shell), Juliette Fortin (FTI Consulting) and Edward Poulton (Baker McKenzie), a discussion moderated by Clotilde Guyot-Richard and Markus Altenkirch (Baker McKenzie) . Back

Honlet Legum Arbitration went up the select international arbitration rankings in the newly released Chambers Global (2024) guide. Chambers’ rankings are exclusively prepared on the basis of client and peer-feedback. The firm moved up by one Band (now Band 4) in the French international arbitration rankings, where it had made its debut after just one year of existence in 2023. Chambers reported that “Honlet Legum…

Bart Legum spoke at IBA Arbitration Day in Singapore, addressing the topic: “The End of Intra-EU Investor-State Dispute Settlement: What Are the Consequences for Arbitrating Investment Disputes? Other panelists included Darius Chan, Ila Kapoor and Salim Moollan KC, under the expert moderation of Karina Goldberg. Back

Bart Legum has been appointed as one of two Vice Chairs of the Board of the Institute starting 1 January 2024, for a three-year year term. The SCC has an operational board consisting of a chairman, up to three vice-chairmen and up to twelve members. The Board’s role is to make decisions in accordance with the SCC Arbitration Rules. This may relate to the jurisdiction…

Bart Legum spoke on a panel addressing Energy Disputes: The Past and the Future organized by the SCC Arbitration Institute, the Swedish Arbitration Association, the Energy Disputes Arbitration Center, RPC and Boden Law in the framework of Istanbul Arbitration Week. Bart addressed an important subspecialty of energy disputes not often in the public view: price review arbitrations under long-term gas or LNG sales contracts. Back

Honlet Legum Arbitration is proud to partner with, and support, the 150th Anniversaries of the Institute of International Law and the International Law Association, two of the most prominent international law learned societies which were created within a few weeks from each other in 1873. The session of the Institute of International Law marking the Anniversary of the Institute is taking place in Angers (France)…

Honlet Legum Arbitration was included for the second year as part of the GAR 100 (2023) ranking, distinguishing the most recognized specialized international arbitration practices worldwide, whether large firms or boutiques.  GAR reported some recent public successes of the firm’s partners, indicating that “Honlet and Legum continue to act as counsel on select matters while taking on more arbitrator appointments than was possible at their…