Asia Arbitration Handbook

This comprehensive and practical reference work offers extensive coverage of international arbitration as practiced across 24 key jurisdictions. In recent decades, there has been an extraordinary growth in arbitration throughout Asia and consequently arbitration centres in Singapore, Hong Kong and mainland China continue to report a steady increase in the number of cases. This handbook is the first to offer practitioners detailed guidance to help resolve issues that are likely to arise throughout the arbitration process and advise them of localised particularities in some areas which have very different arbitration traditions and judicial systems. Containing specific chapters on jurisdictions throughout Asia (including Australasia) and a chapter devoted to the ICC in Asia, the book offers an impressive level of detail including information on key arbitration trends and statistics. A common structure allows for ease of navigation and quick, comparative cross-referencing between jurisdictions as well as ensuring consistent coverage across the chapters. The jurisdictions covered include Japan, Republic of Korea, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, Taiwan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Australia, and New Zealand. The editors Michael Moser and John Choong have worked with a strong author team of Asia arbitration experts to comment on the methods of practice in each specific area and provide practical solutions in response to practical issues. The Asia Arbitration Handbook is unique in its coverage of investor-state arbitration and bilateral investment treaties in this region, making it the first reference work to cover the law and practice of local arbitration, international commercial arbitration and investor-state arbitration in the key Asian jurisdictions. Its exhaustive scope both in terms of covered jurisdictions and content for each jurisdiction will make it a valuable addition to every law firm and in-house legal team library concerned with arbitration in Asia. The books exhaustive scope both in terms of covered jurisdictions and content for each jurisdiction make it a valuable addition to arbitration practitioners and in-house counsel concerned with arbitration in Asia. ASA Bulletin A truly impressive effort at assembling information and insights from the world's most populous continent. Jan Paulsson, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris Given its broad coverage, and the increasing significance of Asia in the world of international arbitration, it is an important addition to literature on the subject Professor Michal Pryles, Chairman of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre An encyclopaedic cornucopia of Asia's laws and practices. V V Vender QC, Essex Court ChambersPART I: NORTHERN ASIA ; 1. Japan - Yoshimi Ohara and Shuji Yanase ; 2. Republic of Korea - Kap-You (Kevin) Kim and James Morrison ; 3. People's Republic of China - Arthur Ma, Benjamin Miao , and Helen Shi ; 4. Hong Kong SAR - John Choong and Michael J Moser ; 5. Macau SAR - Beatriz Segorbe and Kathryn Sanger ; 6. Taiwan - Nigel NT Li and Angela Lin ; PART II: CENTRAL ASIA ; 7. Mongolia - Batzaya Bodikhuu and Peter Yuen ; 8. Kazakhstan - Yuliya Mitrofanskaya and Bakhyt Tukulov ; PART III: SOUTHERN ASIA ; 9. Philippines - Juan Paolo F Fajardo and Victor P Lazatin ; 10. Vietnam - Milton Lawson and Hoang Thi Thanh Thuy ; 11. Cambodia - Rupert JW Haw and Billie Jean Slott ; 12. Lao PDR - L-Martin Desuatels and William D Greenlee , Jr ; 13. Thailand - Alastair Henderson and Surapol Srangsomwong ; 14. Malaysia - Tan Sri Cecil Abraham and Th ayananthan Baskaran ; 15. Singapore - Lim Wei Lee and Alvin Yeo , SC ; 16. Brunei - Colin Ong ; 17. Myanmar - Th ida Aye and James Finch ; 18. Indonesia - Narendra Adiyasa and Charles Ball ; PART IV: INDIAN SUBCONTINENT ; 19. India - Shreyas Jayasimha and Zia Mody ; 20. Pakistan - Uzair Karamat Bhandari , Feisal Hussain Naqvi , and Iftikharuddin Riaz ; 21. Bangladesh - Moin Ghani and Dr Kamal Hossain ; 22. Sri Lanka - Dharshanie Illukpitiya and Avindra Rodrigo ; PART V: AUSTRALASIA ; 23. Australia - Bjorn Gehle and Professor Doug Jones AM ; 24. New Zealand - Sir Ian Barker ; PART VI: ICC ASIA ; 25. ICC - Jason Fry and Khong Cheng-Yee ; APPENDIX 1: ASEAN COMPREHENSIVE INVESTMENT AGREEMENT 2009