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,
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Germany’s New Arbitration Law: Enhancing the Appeal as a Seat of Arbitration through Judicial Recourse against Native Jurisdictional Decisions?
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…
Anti-Suit Injunctions in International Arbitration: An Analysis of the Decision Deutsche Bank AG v. Rus ChemAlliance LLC
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…
Arbitration in Corporate Disputes Involving Consumers: An Analysis of Austria’s Current Arbitration Law and Recent Law Proposal
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…
Intesa Sanpaolo Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law hosts 5th Intergenerational Arbitration Symposium
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 contributes to German language commentary on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
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 hosts arbitration conference in Shanghai
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,…
Professor Franco Ferrari submits an amicus curiae brief in two matters pending before the Supreme Court of the United States
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.…
2025 Hague Conference of Private International & PCA summer internships
The Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law is pleased to announce that both the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) will each again be offering a summer internship for students who have or can obtain NYU PILC grants. These grants are only available to JD students. …
Professor Franco Ferrari publishes a paper in French on the importance of the seat of arbitration
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…