International Arbitration and Forum Selection Agreements

International Arbitration and Forum Selection Agreements: Drafting and Enforcing is a concise, practical primer on the fundamentals of drafting and enforcing international arbitration agreements and other dispute resolution clauses.

Key Features Include:

• Discussion of practical reasons for international arbitration and forum selection clauses
• Uncomplicated and concise guidance on drafting international arbitration and forum selection clauses
• Do's and don't's for drafting
• Model international arbitration and forum selection clauses that permit efficient and effective dispute resolution: more than 50 different model provisions
• Ad hoc versus institutional arbitration clauses
• Overview leading arbitral institutions (including ICC, SIAC, ICDR/AAA, LCIA, HKIAC, PCA, ICSID, WIPO, VIAC, DIS, NAI and CRCICA)
• Overview of advantages and disadvantages of leading arbitral seats
• Multi-tier dispute resolution provisions
• Optional provisions for international arbitration and forum selection clauses (including arbitrator selection, arbitral procedure, costs of arbitration, provisional measures, waiver of annulment and currency of award)
• Discussion of pathological arbitration clauses and commonly-encountered defects

And covers:

• Updated extensively to address developments through June 2016
• Key reference materials in easy-to-use appendices