We are proud to announce our member, Mr. Patrick M. Norton, has published a new article in the University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review named "China's Belt and Road Initiative: Challenges for Arbitration in Asia".

Abstract:

The focus of international arbitration has begun to shift to Asia in the wake of that continent’s increasingly prominent role in cross-border trade and investment. China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (“BRI”)2 promises to exacerbate this trend. The BRI will require a broad range of complex, inter-related commercial transactions with significant political and economic ramifications. These transactions can be expected to generate both commercial and investor-state disputes, principally in Asia, and many of these disputes will be submitted to arbitration. This article considers the significant challenges that these developments will present for international arbitration.

You can access a copy of the article here.