Dispute Resolution in the telecommunications sector: current practices and future directions

The global telecommunications sector has been transformed over the past decade by privatization, liberalization, technological change, and growth in demand. These trends have contributed to economic growth and improved sector governance, but they also have produced an increasing number and variety of disputes that call for faster, more cost-effective and better resolution.

 

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Giovanni Di Falco - Dispute Boards in PPP Transaction

BIOGRAPHY: Giovanni Di Folco is the Senior Partner of Techno Engineering & Associates, an international consulting firm specializing in claims and dispute resolution internationally. He is a civil engineer with more than 25 years’ experience of managing multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects around the world. Mr. Di Falco also has extensive experience in project and contract management, contract administration, and claims preparation and defence in international arbitrations and adjudications.

Dispute Resolution Board Foundation: Use of Dispute Boards in PPP Transaction by Kurt Dettman

SPEAKER: Kurt Dettman, President-Elect of Region 1 (USA and Canada) of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation 

Session 3: Use of Dispute Boards in PPP Transactions 

 

DESCRIPTION: Presentation video and slides by Kurt Dettman on PPP Day (19 November 2013), held as part of the World Bank Group's Law Justice and Development Week 2013.

 

Dispute Settlement in International Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property Course

This is a course Dispute Settlement in International Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property consists of some forty modules.

This module surveys the basic features of the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards under the New York Convention of 1958 (hereinafter: NYC). The recognition and enforcement proceedings constitute the final stage of any arbitration whenever the arbitral award is not executed voluntarily.

可用的争端解决体系

重要的一点就是要了参与某基础设施项目的各方能够获得什么形式的法律救济。海外投资者对于其不了解及/或知晓的法律体系一般都会感到紧张。项目授予机构希望保持低成本,并且尽量在本地以高效的方式解决各种争端。

争端解决检查表

在查看或起草某协议的时候,重要的一点就是仔细研究争端解决条款。这样可以确定争端审理的地点和方式,且必须通过本地律师确认此类条款在相关管辖地是适当且可执行的。各争端解决机制可能有很大差别,且在起草协议时应特别慎重,尤其要关注如何对其进行解读,以及是否可以执行。此类条款的重要性再怎么强调也不为过。