International trade law

OHADA organises not one arbitration but two. General law arbitration falls under the Uniform Act on Arbitration of 23 November

Eight concepts are enough to understand an OHADA arbitration file and to re-read a clause usefully. The arbitration agreement, which

A Haute-Savoie engineering company obtains in November 2026 a SIAC award declaring it creditor of 4,100,000 Singapore dollars against an

On 1 January 2025 the Singapore International Arbitration Centre brought the seventh edition of its rules into force. The text

A Bordeaux wine and spirits trader signs, in January 2025, a three year exclusive distribution contract with a Singapore importer.

A French company loses a SIAC arbitration in January 2027. The award orders it to pay 6,800,000 Singapore dollars, and

A Vendée manufacturer of lifting equipment learns on 3 March 2026, from a former employee of its Singapore distributor, that

A Lyon electronic components company receives, in February 2026, the draft framework supply contract of its new customer, a Korean

A French trader learns on a Friday that its counterparty, against which it holds a 4.1 million euro claim acknowledged

An ICC award rendered in Paris in March 2026 orders a Turkish buyer to pay 2.8 million euros. The creditor