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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)

Room 403, Floor 4

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, 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