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15 May 2024

Register to attend London International Disputes Week 2024 (3 - 7 June)

Now in its fifth year, the much-anticipated London International Disputes Week (LIDW) 2024 will be taking place on 3-7 June 2024, bringing together legal …

02 June 2023

PAULA HODGES KC CONTRIBUTES TO NEW RESEARCH REPORT FOR THE UK MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

  The UK dispute resolution community has a role to play in reassuring businesses that arbitration is a reliable process to settle disputes in …

16 March 2022

London Launch Event – Guide to Dispute Resolution in Africa, 3rd Edition

Herbert Smith Freehills is hosting a special in-person event in London to celebrate the launch of our updated Guide to Dispute Resolution in Africa …

31 July 2018

ARBITRATION IN AFRICA - QUO VADIS? AFRICARB LAUNCHES IN PARIS

Announced during Paris Arbitration Week, AfricArb held its launch event in Paris on 14 June 2018. Dr Gregory Travaini, Senior Associate in Herbert Smith …

03 October 2017

Environmental and Human Rights issues in Africa have international implications - know what rights and remedies apply

In the first of our regular Africa themed webinars, on Thursday 5 October 2017, 1.00 - 2.00pm BST, we will consider the international implications of …

20 March 2017

New York Convention 1958 to enter force in Angola on 4 June 2017

Angola has become the 157th Contracting State to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. On 6 March 2017, …

10 February 2017

Inside Arbitration: Issue #3 of the publication from Herbert Smith Freehills’ Global Arbitration Practice

We are delighted to share with you the latest issue of the publication from Herbert Smith Freehills' Global Arbitration Practice, Inside …

19 August 2016

Angola becomes 157th Contracting State to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

Angola has ratified the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.  Its ratification was endorsed …

24 August 2015

HSF/CEPMLP Conference: Oil and gas in East Africa: An international legal perspective

This 1½ day East African Oil and Gas conference in Nairobi provides a unique forum for an engaging and interactive legal discussion on the state of play …

03 February 2015

New York Convention enters force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Today, 3 February 2015, the Democratic Republic of the Congo became a Contracting State to the New Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of …

03 September 2014

Burundi becomes 150th state party to the New York Convention

Burundi, a state in East Africa, has become the 150th state party to the New York Convention 1958 (the Convention). Burundi made a "commerciality …