Transnational Construction Arbitration

Renato Nazzini is a Professor of Law at Dickson Poon School of Law and Director of Research of the Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at King’s College London. Professor Nazzini is one of the leading experts in Commercial Arbitration, ADR and Civil Procedure, as well as Transnational, EU and UK Competition Law. He is regularly appointed as an arbitrator and advises clients in complex commercial disputes both in international arbitration and in court proceedings. Previously, he was a Professor of Competition Law and Arbitration at the University of Southampton.

Introduction



The law governing the arbitration agreement: a transnational solution?



Multi-tier dispute resolution clauses in construction contracts



The rise of arbitral institutions and their role in private dispute resolution



Arbitration and the expanding circle of consenting parties: joinder of additional parties and consolidation of related claims



Multi-party arbitration under institutional rules



Role of expert witnesses in construction arbitration: delay and disruption and quantum issues



Construction contracts as ‘investments’ for the purposes of investment treaty arbitrations



Expropriation of contractual rights in investment treaty arbitration



The enforcement of foreign arbitral awards: main recent developments and prospectives



Recognition and enforcement of domestic and foreign arbitral awards in the Middle East



Remedies at the seat and enforcement of international arbitral awards: res judicata, issue estoppel and abuse of process in English law



Dispute boards



Enforcement of DAB decisions under the FIDIC 1999 Forms of Contract



Emergency arbitration and the interplay with other pre-arbitral mechanisms