New year, new views – Arbitration highlights in the Year of the Rat

As the world welcomes in the Year of the Rat, we take a look back at five recent decisions that made big waves in the Year of the Pig in their different ways, across Hong Kong, Singapore, and England.

31/03/2020 James Kwan, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong

At the crossroads of litigation and arbitration: restraining foreign litigation proceedings with an anti-suit injunction

Very often, parties to a contract may – whether intentionally or unintentionally – elect to disregard a binding agreement to arbitrate

16/09/2019 James Kwan, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong James Ng, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong

Pharma patent litigation in Russia: latest trends

In Russia 2018 and 2019 have been interesting years for patent litigation

18/08/2019 Natalia Gulyaeva, Hogan Lovells, Russia

Practical Tips on Arbitrating Intellectual Property Disputes

While traditionally resolved through litigation, parties are now increasingly referring their disputes concerning an intellectual property right (“IPR”) to arbitration, especially in cases where there is a cross border element

20/09/2018 James Kwan, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong James Ng, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong Brigitte Kiu, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong

New strategies in pharma patent litigation in Russia

It is known that, in the past, permanent injunctions were granted by Russian courts in patent disputes only upon actual commercialisation of the infringing product

19/09/2018 Natalia Gulyaeva, Hogan Lovells, Russia

A time of change: recent arbitration developments in Hong Kong

2017 was nothing short of an eventful year across the globe

25/04/2018 James Kwan, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong James Ng, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong

Reinsurance, set-off rights and insolvency under Spanish law

A usual query that arises in Spain in almost any single reinsurance transaction or contract where some money is advanced or handed over between the parties is whether it is possible to set-off mutual debts within an insolvency proceedings

04/09/2017 Luis Alfonso Fernández Manzano, Hogan Lovells, Spain Virginia Martínez, Hogan Lovells, Spain

Data Breaches: a GDPR response guide

Hacks, ransomware, theft of credit card details, phishing mails… data breaches are taking a prominent position in daily headlines

03/07/2017 Joke Bodewits, Hogan Lovells, Netherlands Chantal van Dam, Hogan Lovells, Netherlands

Is television regulation becoming internet regulation?

In 1996, Eli Noam predicted that “TV Regulation Will Become Telecom Regulation.”

03/05/2017 Winston Maxwell, Hogan Lovells, France

Challenges and Opportunities for Transactional Lawyers in 2017

Lawyers who have been in transactional practices over the last several decades have seen many changes in the practice of law

17/10/2016 Emil Arca, Hogan Lovells, US

Dispute resolution in China: Has the arbitral market opened up?

The arbitral market on Mainland China is regarded as a closed shop for foreign arbitral institutions in two ways

14/10/2016 James Kwan, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong Grace Zhu, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong

Intellectual Property Law in the Digital Society: Challenges and Opportunities

The advent of digital technologies has indeed changed the world and our life. Many areas of today’s reality are affected and among them intellectual property

26/08/2016 Natalia Gulyaeva, Hogan Lovells, Russia

Class actions “à la française”, the new cuisine

The introduction of a class action mechanism under French law has been discussed for decades

26/08/2016 Cécile Derycke, Hogan Lovells, France Christine Gateau, Hogan Lovells, France

Last trends in D&O policies and bail cover in Spain

In the last years, it can be perceived in Spain an important increase of the corporate crimes, such as fraud, improper management, misappropriation, etc., which are attributed to the directors and officers of listed companies or financial entities with a huge media impact

25/08/2016 Luis Alfonso Fernández Manzano, Hogan Lovells, Spain

China's New Rules on Concessions for Infrastructure Projects

On 1 June 2015, China implemented the Administrative Measures on Concession for Infrastructure and Public Utilities (the “Measures”)

24/06/2016 James Kwan, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong Grace Zhu, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong

Product compliance/investigation: the increasing cause of concern of manufacturers in Fance

While manufacturers are already exposed to civil product liability litigation following an incident or accident, a new type of litigation is emerging, giving rise to an unprecedented and threatening sword of Damocles over them in France

23/06/2016 Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Hogan Lovells, France

Trademark litigation in Russia/CIS: News & Trends

Each IP practitioner from the jurisdictions where IP law and dispute resolution do not have a longstanding tradition is always happy to have an opportunity to share with clients and peers news on positive trends and developments in the field

13/05/2016 Natalia Gulyaeva, Hogan Lovells, Russia

The Rise of Class Actions “À La Française”

For years, the introduction of a class action mechanism under French law was discussed and delayed due to political and procedural constraints

23/03/2016 Cécile Derycke, Hogan Lovells, France Christine Gateau, Hogan Lovells, France

Building that pipeline

There is a lot of talk these days about pipeline, about targets for female partners, directors and the like. In my own firm, Hogan Lovells, globally women comprise 23 per cent of partners and 53 per cent of associates and other lawyers. In finance women comprise 14 per cent of partners. We have a...

01/09/2015 Sharon Lewis, Hogan Lovells, France

Air accidents and statute of limitations: still an issue in Spain

In Spain, there are several legal texts that could be applicable to resolve compensation derived from an air accident. Each one of those legal texts regulates different maximum terms to exercise the civil liability action in order to claim for the compensation derived from an air accident. Spanish...

26/04/2015 Luis Alfonso Fernández Manzano, Hogan Lovells, Spain Macarena Correa, Hogan Lovells, Spain

Patent developments in Germany

The UPC is coming

In the advent of the Unitary Patent patent holders, in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, ask themselves what the future will bring. It's not the continuing uncertainty about the fee schedule, but first and foremost the question of the right choice. Some patentees have gotten so...

13/04/2015 Andreas von Falck, Hogan Lovells, Germany

Leaving the storm behind

The Spanish economy grew in 2013 at its fastest pace in almost six years, raising well-grounded hopes that the country is finally on the road to recovery. Even if the insurance sector had resisted the crisis strongly, these prospects are welcomed by insurers and mediators who have lived through...

01/06/2014 Joaquín Ruiz Echauri, Hogan Lovells, Spain

Product liability for suspected defects? Landmark ruling by ECJ awaited

The German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof - BGH) has referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) the question as to whether producers can be held liable for suspected defects.

The ruling of the ECJ on this question might influence many rulings on product liability law. The question...

01/03/2014 Ina Brock, Hogan Lovells, Germany

US insolvency law developments leave much to be resolved in the year to come

Peter A Ivanick Hogan Lovells New York

From the US Supreme Court to the Treasury Department to insolvency forums, including state courts in insurance insolvency cases, 2013–2014 developments were significant.

The US Treasury Department, through the Financial Stability Oversight Council, designated a...

01/09/2013 Peter A Ivanick, Hogan Lovells, US

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Expert	Practice area	Country
Ackermann, Tobias	Rising stars	Germany
Aftanas, Richard B	Best of the Best USA, Capital Markets	US
Ali, Rahail	Banking, Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best, Capital Markets, Islamic Finance	United Arab Emirates
Anderson, Scot	Energy and Natural Resources	US
Angell, Penny	Banking, Banking, Finance and Transactional, Women in Business Law	United Kingdom
Arca, Emil	Best of the Best USA, Structured Finance and Securitisation	US
Armas, Oliver (Ollie) J	Best of the Best USA, Commercial Arbitration	US
Atkins, Nick	Best of the Best, Insurance and Reinsurance	United Kingdom
Baird, Jonathan	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Investment Funds	United Kingdom
Bakowska, Magdalena	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Balañá, José M	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Mergers and Acquisitions	Spain
Balas-Noszczyk, Beata	Insurance and Reinsurance, Women in Business Law	Poland
Balayan, Oxana	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Mergers and Acquisitions, Women in Business Law	Russia
Bannister, Joe	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Restructuring and Insolvency	United Kingdom
Bannister, Joe	Banking, Finance and Transactional	United Kingdom
Battaglia, Lauren	Rising stars	US
Bennett, Stephen	Patents	United Kingdom
Berliri, Marco	Best of the Best, Information Technology	Italy
Bisschop, Klaas	Patents	Netherlands
Blöcker, Katlen	Women in Business Law	Germany
Bodewits, Joke	Rising stars	Netherlands
Bomhard, Roland	Real Estate	Germany
Borocci, Sabrina	Competition and Antitrust, Women in Business Law	Italy
Bothe, Andreas	Trademarks	Germany
Brandt, Sven	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Structured Finance and Securitisation	Germany
Bright, Susan	Competition and Antitrust, Women in Business Law	United Kingdom
Brock, Ina	Best of the Best, Product Liability, Women in Business Law	Germany
Brockland, John	Best of the Best USA, Information Technology	US
Brook, Daniel	Patents	United Kingdom
Carvalho, Isabel Costa	Best of the Best, Capital Markets, Women in Business Law	Brazil
Castedo, Ana	Trademarks, Women in Business Law	Spain
Catrain, Lourdes	Best of the Best, International Trade, Women in Business Law	Belgium
Cevher Conti, Mehtap	Aviation, Women in Business Law	US
Cheffings, Nicholas	Litigation, Real Estate	United Kingdom
Chen, Eugene	Product Liability	China
Ch'en, Frederick	Life Sciences	Japan
Cisnal de Ugarte, Salomé	Best of the Best, Competition and Antitrust	Belgium
Ciuffetelli, Bruno	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Competition and Antitrust, Mergers and Acquisitions	Venezuela
Climan, Richard	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best USA, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions	US
Colton, Lauren S	Product Liability, Women in Business Law	US
Cordewener, Manon	Litigation, Women in Business Law	Netherlands
Costa Carvalho, Isabel	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Capital Markets, Women in Business Law	Brazil
Cottis, Matthew	Banking, Banking, Finance and Transactional	United Kingdom
Craughan, Julian	Structured Finance and Securitisation	United Kingdom
Crowley, Laurence	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Restructuring and Insolvency	United Kingdom
Davison, Michael D	Commercial Arbitration	United Kingdom
de Dampierre, Marie-Aimée	Best of the Best, Trademarks, Women in Business Law	France
de Jong, Anita A	Labour & Employment	Netherlands
Debiec, Andrzej	Tax	Poland
Di Mauro, Christian	Product Liability	Italy
Dimsdale Gill, Angela	Litigation	United Kingdom
Doussin, Aline	International Trade, Women in Business Law	United Kingdom
Downey, Roberta	Construction, Women in Business Law	United Kingdom
Druon, Philippe	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Restructuring and Insolvency	France
Dudko, Alexei	Commercial Arbitration	Russia
Dupoux, Cécile	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Restructuring and Insolvency, Women in Business Law	France
Dye, Alan L	Best of the Best, Best of the Best USA, Corporate Governance	US
Eagan, Mark J	Real Estate	US
Emch, Adrian	Competition and Antitrust	China
Faber, Tobias	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Project Finance	Germany
Fähndrich, Martin	Patents	Germany
Farquhar, Michele C	Best of the Best USA, Women in Business Law, Telecommunications	US
Faust, Sebastian	Rising stars	Germany
Felwick, Matthew	Life Sciences, Product Liability	United Kingdom
Fernández Manzano, Luis Alfonso	Aviation, Best of the Best, Insurance and Reinsurance	Spain
Fille-Lambie, Olivier	Banking, Banking, Finance and Transactional	France
Finnis, Jerome	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Fitzgerald, Ari Q	Best of the Best USA, Telecommunications	US
Flaum, Keith	Mergers and Acquisitions	US
Fornasier, Victor	Insurance and Reinsurance	United Kingdom
Foster, Stephen	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best, Restructuring and Insolvency	United Kingdom
Foubister, William	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Fowler, Imogen	Trademarks, Women in Business Law	Spain
Fox, David M	Life Sciences	US
Franceschi, Jean-Marc	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Capital Markets	France
Fugard, Robert	Aviation	United Kingdom
Fulford, Nicola	Women in Business Law, Privacy & Data protection	United Kingdom
Gallego, Gonzalo F	Information Technology	Spain
Garrido, Santiago	Environment	Spain
Gateau, Christine	Product Liability, Women in Business Law	France
Gazulla, Javier	Tax	Spain
Goebel, Burkhart	Trademarks	Spain
Goggin, Tim	Insurance and Reinsurance	United Kingdom
González, Daniel E	Commercial Arbitration	US
Graham, Luis Enrique	Commercial Arbitration	Mexico
Gregory, Deborah	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Restructuring and Insolvency, Women in Business Law	United Kingdom
Grodek, Marek	Real Estate	Poland
Guerrero Rodríguez, Luis Omar	Commercial Arbitration, Competition and Antitrust	Mexico
Gulyaeva, Natalia	Life Sciences, Patents, Trademarks, Women in Business Law	Russia
Gundt, Miriam	Patents, Women in Business Law	Germany
Günther, Martin	Real Estate	Germany
Handke, Sabrina	Rising stars	Germany
Hardman, Chris	Best of the Best, Litigation	United Kingdom
Haridi, Samaa A	Best of the Best USA, Commercial Arbitration, Women in Business Law	US
Hass, Detlef	Litigation	Germany
Heaton, Nicholas	Competition and Antitrust	United Kingdom
Helm, Ulrich	Construction	Germany
Helms, Dietmar W	Structured Finance and Securitisation	Germany
Hernández-Ojeda Alvírez, Hugo	Labour & Employment	Mexico
Hill, Stuart	Insurance and Reinsurance	United Kingdom
Hill, Timothy	Construction	Hong Kong
Hirschmann, Matthias	Energy and Natural Resources	Germany
Holman, Nicholas	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Investment Funds	United Kingdom
Howard, Eve N	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Corporate Governance, Women in Business Law	US
Hughes, Karen	Tax, Women in Business Law	United Kingdom
Ivanick, Peter A	Restructuring and Insolvency	US
Jaletzke, Matthias	Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity	Germany
Jeffrey, Sheri	Media and Entertainment	US
Jelsma, Karen	Rising stars	Netherlands
Jones, Mark	Competition and Antitrust	United Kingdom
Kacperek, Ewa	Rising stars	Poland
Kahnert, Tobias	Rising stars	Germany
Kaplan, H Deen	Best of the Best, Best of the Best USA, International Trade	US
Karow, Susanne	Trademarks, Women in Business Law	Germany
Katz, Philip	Life Sciences	US
Kay, Alex	Restructuring and Insolvency	United Kingdom
Keenan, Kevin D	Energy and Natural Resources	US
Keller, Erhard	Trademarks	Germany
Kettlewell, William H	White Collar Crime	US
Kim, Suyong	Competition and Antitrust, Women in Business Law	United Kingdom
Kiu, Brigitte	Commercial Arbitration	Hong Kong
Klicznik, Alexander	Patents	Germany
Koch, Alexander	Rising stars	Luxembourg
Krauss, Joseph G	Competition and Antitrust	US
Kwan, James	Best of the Best, Commercial Arbitration, Construction	Hong Kong
Lach, Sebastian	Product Liability	Germany
Langbein, Stuart M	Best of the Best USA, Healthcare	US
Legendre, Xenia	Tax	France
Leibenluft, Robert F	Best of the Best USA	US
Leonard, Jason A	Life Sciences	US
Leung, Joyce	Rising stars	Hong Kong
Lévy, Michaël	Rising stars	France
Lévy, Antonin	White Collar Crime	France
Lewis, Craig A	International Trade	US
Lewis, Sharon	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Capital Markets, Structured Finance and Securitisation, Women in Business Law	France
Lin, Mark	Litigation	Hong Kong
Lipworth, Claire	White Collar Crime	United Kingdom
Lolliri, Fabrizio	Transfer Pricing	US
Loos, Alexander	Commercial Arbitration	Germany
Lorenzo, Richard C	Commercial Arbitration	US
Luh, Carla	Project Finance	Germany
Mahomed, Imraan	Labour & Employment	South Africa
Maier, Désirée	Rising stars	Germany
Mailly, Jacqueline	Women in Business Law	Belgium
Mansani, Luigi	Patents, Trademarks	Italy
Marshall, Tony	Construction, Project Finance	United Kingdom
Martin, Stefan	Labour & Employment	United Kingdom
Martínez, Virginia	Insurance and Reinsurance	Spain
Maruyama, Warren H	International Trade	US
Maxwell, Winston	Best of the Best, Media and Entertainment, Telecommunications	France
Mazo, Mark E	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Mergers and Acquisitions	US
McConnell, Mark S	International Trade	US
McEwan, Steven	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Meltzer, John	Best of the Best, Product Liability	United Kingdom
Mendy, Doiminique	Labour & Employment	France
Modise, Lavery	Labour & Employment	South Africa
Moezi, Leanne	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Morales, Margarita	Rising stars	Spain
Morphet, Lesley	Competition and Antitrust, Women in Business Law	South Africa
Mufti, Imran	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Islamic Finance	United Arab Emirates
Mullen, Paul	Banking, Banking, Finance and Transactional	United Kingdom
Naqvi, Faraz	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Neiens, Gérard	Tax	Luxembourg
Neuhaus, Stephan	Rising stars	Germany
Newstead, Jackie	Best of the Best, Real Estate	United Kingdom
Ng, James	Construction	Hong Kong
Norris, Daniel	Real Estate	United Kingdom
Oakley, Bruce D	Aviation	US
Oosting, Bert	Patents	Netherlands
Ordonez, Melissa	Rising stars	France
Parker, Lloyd	Best of the Best, Trademarks	Japan
Parsons, Mark	Information Technology	Hong Kong
Peters, Beth	Best of the Best USA, International Trade, Women in Business Law	US
Phillips, Kent	Commercial Arbitration	Singapore
Pickles, Jeremy	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Picone, Luca	Best of the Best, Mergers and Acquisitions	Italy
Pieper, Thomas N	Commercial Arbitration	Germany
Pilyugina, Vironika	Rising stars	Russia
Plassmann, Clemens	Patents	Germany
Polly, Sebastian	Best of the Best, Product Liability	Germany
Poole, Graham	Transfer Pricing	United Kingdom
Pörnbacher, Karl	Commercial Arbitration	Germany
Quéré, Michel	Banking, Banking, Finance and Transactional, Structured Finance and Securitisation	France
Ramos Miranda, Carlos	Energy and Natural Resources, Insurance and Reinsurance	Mexico
Rapinet, Crispin	White Collar Crime	United Kingdom
Reese, Birgit	Insurance and Reinsurance, Women in Business Law	Germany
Revenga, Carolina	Life Sciences, Product Liability, Women in Business Law	Spain
Rice III, J Evans	Rising stars	US
Ridderinkhof, Dirk-Jan	Rising stars	Netherlands
Rieger, Alexander Stefan	Rising stars	Germany
Ritz, Christian	Rising stars	Germany
Rix, Charles	Insurance and Reinsurance	United Kingdom
Rolla, Francesca	Best of the Best, Product Liability, Women in Business Law	Italy
Ross, Jane	Mergers and Acquisitions, Women in Business Law	US
Roth, Barbara M	Labour & Employment	US
Roux-Vaillard, Stanislas	Patents	France
Roy, Fabien	Rising stars	Belgium
Ruiz Echauri, Joaquín	Best of the Best, Insurance and Reinsurance, Life Sciences	Spain
Rumsey, Clive	Best of the Best, Construction	South Africa
Sánchez, Miguel Ángel	Tax	Spain
Sartori, Michele W	White Collar Crime	US
Savill, Lydia	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Schlitt, Michael	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best, Capital Markets	Germany
Schneider, Jeffrey G	Best of the Best USA, Healthcare	US
Schöning, Falk	Competition and Antitrust	Germany
Schuppert, Stefan	Best of the Best	Germany
Schuppert, Stefan	Information Technology	Germany
Schweiger, Matthias M	Product Liability	Germany
Schwiger, Matthias M	Rising stars	Germany
Shah, Imtiaz	Investment Funds, Islamic Finance	United Arab Emirates
Shah, Imtiaz	Banking, Finance and Transactional	United Arab Emirates
Shah, Rustum	Best of the Best, Islamic Finance	United Arab Emirates
Shah, Rustum	Banking, Finance and Transactional	United Arab Emirates
Shaw, Anna Kurian	Trademarks, Women in Business Law	US
Smith, Craig H	Best of the Best USA, Healthcare	US
Smith, Jennifer M	Commercial Arbitration, Energy and Natural Resources, Women in Business Law	US
So, Damon	Construction	Hong Kong
Spivack, Peter S	White Collar Crime	US
Sullivan, Mary Anne	Energy and Natural Resources, Women in Business Law	US
Sura, Martin	Competition and Antitrust	Germany
Thieme, Hinrich	Best of the Best, Real Estate	Germany
Thomas, Christopher	Competition and Antitrust	Belgium
Thomas, Gillian	Construction	United Kingdom
Tonkin, Paul	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Tschauner, Heiko	Restructuring and Insolvency	Germany
Ustaran, Eduardo	Information Technology	United Kingdom
van Dam, Chantal	Rising stars	Netherlands
van der Velden, Ruud	Life Sciences	Netherlands
Vickery, Ann Morgan	Best of the Best USA	US
Voermans, Yvette	Rising stars	Netherlands
von Falck, Andreas	Patents	Germany
Weinstein, Mark J	Media and Entertainment	US
Welter-Birk, Tina	Rising stars	Germany
Werner, Marc P	Real Estate	Germany
Whitehead, Dan	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Wiese, Elena	Rising stars	Germany
Wilder, Marcy	Women in Business Law, Privacy & Data protection	US
Wilkinson, Phoebe A	Product Liability, Women in Business Law	US
Wolf, Christopher	Information Technology	US
Wünschmann, Christoph	Competition and Antitrust	Germany
Wynne, Richard L	Restructuring and Insolvency	US
Zawislak, Piotr	Banking, Banking, Finance and Transactional	Poland
Zhu, Grace	Best of the Best	Hong Kong
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