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NYU’s Intesa Sanpaolo Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial law is glad to be able to announce that West Academic has just published the 4th edition of the book ‘International Sales Law – CISG in a nutshell’, co-authored by the Center’s Executive Director, Franco Ferrari, the Clarence D. Ashley Professor of Law at NYU,

I. Introduction

Independence from a particular national legal system by opting for a neutral tribunal of arbitrators is considered to be one of the key advantages of international commercial arbitration[1]. To accommodate this, minimal judicial intervention is frequently regarded[2] as a key element in enhancing a country’s appeal as a preferred seat

Introduction

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the subsequent EU sanctions[1], the English Court of Appeal recently addressed a crucial issue in a decision from October 2023[2]: can an English court rightfully grant an anti-suit injunction (ASI) supporting a foreign seated arbitration to prevent proceedings initiated in Russia in

1. Introduction

While shareholder disputes are generally arbitrable under Austrian law, this is currently severely limited by Section 617 of the Austrian Code of Civil Procedure (“ACCP”).[1] The existing provision, Sec 617 ACCP[2] stipulates a very high threshold as to the validity of arbitration clauses concerning consumers. These restrictions—without exception—also apply to shareholders

The Intesa Sanpaolo Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law is glad to announce that it will host, together with SciencesPo Law School, the 5th edition of the Intergenerational Arbitration Symposium. The Symposium, which will take place this coning Monday, February 10, 2025, from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm at NYU School of Law,

Professor Franco Ferrari, the Director of NYU School of Law’s Intesa Sanpaolo Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law, has just published a commentary on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). The 740-page long article-by-article commentary, which Professor Ferrari authored together with German colleagues, is part of

NYU’s Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law is glad to announce that it will host, together with the Shanghai International Dispute Resolution Center, the Commercial Arbitration Research Center of the Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC), and Jincheng Tonga & Neal Law Firm (JT&N) an in-person event titled “Who Owns International Arbitration.” The event,

NYU School of Law’s Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law is glad to announce that its Executive Director, Professor Franco Ferrari, submitted an amicus curiae, co-authored with Professor Andrea Bjorklund from McGill University, in the matters CC/Devas Ltd. et al. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. et al., case number 23-1201, and Devas Multimedia Pvt.

Professor Franco Ferrari, the Director of NYU School of Law’s Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law has just published a paper in French on the importance of the law of the seat in the peer-reviewed Revue de droit international et de droit comparé (L’importance du siège de l’arbitrage, Revue de droit international et