IBA Annual Conference Seoul 2019
22 Sep - 27 Sep 2019
Room 403, Floor 4
Session information
Singapore convention: a game changer?
Tuesday 24 September (1115 - 1230)
Committee(s)
Mediation Committee
(Lead)
Description
The Singapore Convention (the 'Convention') was conceived to provide for international commercial mediations what the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Awards did for international arbitrations. The Convention, which only applies to settlements resulting from mediation of international commercial disputes, enables enforcing parties to pursue the enforcement of mediated settlement agreements directly in a court in a Convention country where enforcement is sought. The panel discussion covers: • the status of the Convention since its signing on 7 August 2019; • whether the Convention will prove to be a 'game changer' for the use of mediation in resolving international commercial disputes; • concerns on the application of the Convention; and • whether the Convention has led to a change in the practice of mediation of international commercial disputes.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
Tat Lim | Aequitas Law, Singapore, Singapore; Co-Chair, Mediation Committee |
Speakers
Gary Birnberg | JAMS, Miami, Florida, USA; Co-Chair, Mediation Committee |
Jalal El Ahdab | Bird & Bird LLP, Paris, France |
Athita Komindr | UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Incheon, South Korea |
Natalie Morris-Sharma | Ministry of Law, Singapore, Singapore |
Jawad Sarwana | Abraham & Sarwana, Karachi, Pakistan; Co-Chair, Mediation Techniques Subcommittee |
Mary Walker | Barrister, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Senior Vice Chair, Mediation Committee |