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Portugal joins the CISG

This post is authored by Ana Coimbra Trigo (Associate Lawyer at PLMJ Law Firm; PhD Candidate at NOVA Lisbon Univ.; LL.M. China-EU School of Law (China Univ. Political Science and Law, conferred by Univ. Hamburg); Law Degree from Univ. Coimbra), with contributions from Gustavo Moser. Today, on 7 August 2020, Decree 5/2020 of the Council […]

CJEU on the deceased’s habitual residence

Written by Vito Bumbaca, University of Geneva On 16 July the CJEU issued its

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New law on International Commercial Arbitration in Greece

A new law on international commercial arbitration was published on the 4th of February in Greece. It is the fruit of the efforts by a committee established by the Ministry of Justice. The previous law nr. 2735/1999 is abolished. The new law nr. 5016/2023 consists of 59 articles, whereas the predecessor had only 37 articles. […]

Chinese judgment on the third-party funding in arbitration

Wang Jingru, Wuhan University Institute of International Law   Background In November 2022, Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court delivered the landmark decision in Ruili Airlines Co. Ltd. and Others v. CLC Aircraft Leasing (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. For the first instance, the Chinese court confirmed the legitimacy of third-party funding in arbitration and clarified the standard […]

Virtual Workshop on February 14: Tobias Helms on the Proposal for a Council Regulation on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition of Decisions and Acceptance of Authentic Instruments in Matters of Parenthood

On Tuesday, February 14, 2023, the