Preface Gary Born, Chair, International Arbitration Practice Group & Charlie Caher, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Expert Chapters 1 Recent Developments Surrounding the Use of Arbitral Secretaries in International Arbitration: The 2020 Yukos Court of Appeal Decision in The Hague Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP: Charlie Caher & Marleen Krueger 8 Obstacle or Opportunity: Will COVID-19 Revolutionise Arbitration? Kennedys: Katherine Proctor & Alexandra Miller 13 Pre-award Interest, and the Difference Between Interest and Investment Returns BDO LLP: Gervase MacGregor & David Mitchell Asia Pacific 17 Overview Dr. Colin Ong Legal Services: Dr. Colin Ong, QC 33 Australia HFW: Nick Longley & Chris Cho 45 Brunei Dr. Colin Ong Legal Services: Dr. Colin Ong, QC China Boss & Young, Attorneys-at-Law: Dr. Xu Guojian 54 67 India Kachwaha and Partners: Sumeet Kachwaha & Dharmendra Rautray 79 Japan Mori Hamada & Matsumoto: Yuko Kanamaru & Yoshinori Tatsuno 87 Korea Bae, Kim & Lee LLC: Tony Dongwook Kang & Hongjoong Kim 94 Singapore HFW: Paul Aston & Suzanne Meiklejohn Central and Eastern Europe and CIS 107 Austria Weber & Co.: Stefan Weber & Katharina Kitzberger 116 Bulgaria Georgiev, Todorov & Co.: Tsvetelina Dimitrova 127 Russia Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration: Yulia Mullina & Valeria Butyrina 139 Slovenia Fatur Menard Law Firm: Maja Menard & Anja Skof 147 Turkey Cavus & Coskunsu Law Firm: Ceren Cakir Western Europe 155 Overview DLA Piper France LLP: Michael Ostrove & Clementine Emery 160 England & Wales Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP: Charlie Caher & Matteo Angelini 177 Finland Attorneys at law Ratiolex Ltd: Timo Ylikantola & Tiina Ruohonen 185 France DLA Piper France LLP: Theobald Naud & Audrey Grisolle 195 Germany WAGNER Arbitration: Joseph Schwartz & Julian Bickmann 204 Italy Legance - Avvocati Associati: Stefano Parlatore, Daniele Geronzi, Daria Pastore & Bianca Berardicurti 214 214 Liechtenstein Walser Attorneys at Law Ltd.: Dr. iur. Manuel Walser & Lisa Sartor 223 Netherlands SSHJ Advocaten: Alexandra Schluep & Roelien van den Berg 232 Spain Andersen: Inigo Rodriguez-Sastre & Elena Sevila Sanchez 241 Switzerland Homburger: Felix Dasser & Balz GrossLatin America 251 Overview Hughes Hubbard & Reed: Luis O'Naghten & Diego Duran de la Vega 267 Brazil Costa Tavares Paes Advogados: Vamilson Jose Costa & Antonio Tavares Paes, Jr. 276 Ecuador Quevedo & Ponce: Alejandro Ponce Martinez & Maria Belen Merchan 285 Peru Montezuma Abogados: Alberto Jose Montezuma Chirinos & Mario Juan Carlos Vasquez Rueda Middle East / Africa 295 Middle East Overview Norton Rose Fulbright LLP: Sherina Petit, Aarti Thadani & Alexander Field 303 Botswana Luke and Associates: Edward W. Fashole-Luke II & Tendai Paradza 311 Kenya TripleOKLaw Advocates, LLP: John M. Ohaga & Isaac Kiche 321 Nigeria PUNUKA Attorneys & Solicitors: Elizabeth Idigbe & Betty Biayeibo 340 Qatar Sharq Law Firm: Rashid Al Saad, Josias de Salles & Abubakar Mahmoud 349 Sierra Leone GPKLegal: Gelaga P. King 356 United Arab Emirates Horizons & Co.: Ali Ismael Al Zarooni, Areen Jayousi, Justin Alexander Gambino & Danielle O'Brien 364 Zambia Eric Silwamba, Jalasi and Linyama Legal Practitioners: Joseph Alexander Jalasi, Jr. & Mwape Chileshe North America 374 Overview Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP: H. Christopher Boehning & Teresa G. Akkara 386 Bermuda Kennedys: Mark Chudleigh & Laura Williamson 396 Turks and Caicos Islands GrahamThompson: Stephen Wilson QC 403 USA Williams & Connolly LLP: John J. Buckley, Jr. & Jonathan M. Landy