Hospitality & Construction Disputes Post-Covid

Steven G. Shapiro, FCIArb, teaches, writes, and speaks on hospitality issues and construction law at the American University Washington College of Law. He holds degrees from Georgetown University, plus a Masters of Engineering Degree from the University of Maryland. Shaheeza Lalani holds law degrees from McGill University and the University of Lausanne, where she currently manages the LL.M. Program. She has worked with the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution and has authored and edited several publications on international arbitration. Derek Heath is an LL.M. student at the University of Lausanne, where he specialized in international business disputes. He is licensed to practice law in the state of New York in the US. He holds a BA from Louisiana State University and a JD from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.

Foreword Hospitality and Construction – Two Candidates for Legal Harmonisation


List of Figures and Tables


Notes on Contributors


Part 1

  Introduction: Hospitality Disputes

  Hadrian Beltrametti-Walker



1 Funding Construction and Hospitality Disputes in the Time of covid

  Fernando Ortega and Giacomo Lorenzo



2 After covid, Unintended Economic Partners and Adversaries When Banks Foreclose on Properties – a Game Theory Approach: Coopetition

  Amadeu Blasco Muñoz



3 The Importance and Impact of Risk Allocation Clauses for Payment Obligations in Hospitality Contracts as Demonstrated by covid-19 Litigation

  John D. Wilburn, Richard D. Holzheimer, Jr. and Kang He



4 Disputes under Hotel Management Agreements: before, during, and After covid-19

  Thomas R. Snider and Greig Taylor



5 Government Measures and Investment Treaty-Based Claims

  Eckhard Hellbeck



6 The Private and Public International Law Dimension of Arbitrations Arising Out of the Hospitality Industry as a Result of the covid-19 Pandemic

  Bernhard Maier and Olivia Flasch



Part 2

  Introduction: Construction Disputes

  Katherine Simpson



7 Abeyance to Resuscitation – Construction Arbitration in the Post-covid Era

  Gautam Mohanty and Yasaschandra Devarakonda



8 Investor-State Arbitration and the International Construction Sector

  R. Zachary Torres-Fowler, Jamey Collidge, and Cindy Lee



9 Expedited Arbitration as an Alternative to Dispute Boards during the Course of International Construction Projects

  Pierre Yves Gunter and Anya Marinkovich



10 To What Port You Sail: Make Your Call on Demand Guarantees

  Martina Magnarelli



11 covid and Construction Disputes: Lessons Learnt and the Future Outlook

  Oluwaseun Oloruntimehin



  Conclusion

  Steven G. Shapiro



Index