International arbitration may be the answer if you need a confidential, effective and fast method to resolve a commercial dispute.
Our expert commercial dispute resolution solicitors match the best alternative dispute resolution (ADR) option to your UK based or international commercial dispute, including international arbitration.
What is international arbitration?
International arbitration is particularly suited to resolving cross-border disputes. Often, within a disputed commercial contract, there will be a dispute resolution clause where there may be a requirement to use international arbitration as the method of ADR.
The exact arbitration process that applies to a dispute depends on the rules of the relevant arbitral institution overseeing the dispute. Our international arbitration solicitors will guide you through the arbitration process.
Why international arbitration?
International arbitration is often used as the ADR method to resolve international and cross-border disputes. Arbitration enables the parties to agree on a neutral country and venue and select an international arbiter with the experience and expertise suited to the dispute.
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International arbitration services
Our commercial and corporate lawyers work to help your business to succeed and are always on hand. In our experience, we know that disputes can and do occur in any commercial relationship. That is where our commercial litigation and dispute resolution solicitors can help.
Every international arbitration is different, but our specialist international arbitration lawyers can advise you on:
- the international arbitration process and procedure
- the arbitral institution and selection of arbiter
- the law of the arbitration seat and the legal context in which the arbitration will work
- the role of the national courts in the arbitration process
- likely costs and timescales
- enforcing the arbitration decision
The benefits of international arbitration
International arbitration is often chosen as the ADR method for a cross-border dispute because it avoids expensive litigation over which country has jurisdiction to resolve the claim. However, jurisdiction disputes can be just as complex as the central issue between the parties.
The benefits of international arbitration include:
- specialist arbiters determine highly complex international cross-border disputes, so there is quality of decision making
- in international and cross-border disputes, arbitration can take place in a neutral country with the selection of a neutral arbiter
- it is flexible and quick in comparison to traditional commercial litigation
- it is confidential, and this can be important where reputations or brand image are at stake
- an arbiter’s decision is binding and enforceable
- it is more cost-effective than prolonged and complex commercial litigation with disputed jurisdictional issues
- if you want to continue a commercial relationship, then arbitration is more likely to achieve this than commercial litigation
IMD Solicitors – the right lawyers for your business
Our expert dispute resolution solicitors provide specialist commercially driven advice tailored to your business circumstances, combining technical excellence and exceptional client care to resolve the most complex international and cross-border disputes.
IMD Solicitors have offices in London, Birmingham and Manchester, and in several European cities, with many trusted partners throughout Europe. We resolve UK and EU based disputes, corporate transactions and commercial law matters governed by UK or EU law.
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List of notable dispute resolution cases
- Multi-jurisdictional dispute involving international consortium of corporate shareholders of a Saudi oil and gas subsidiary, involving allegations of fraud and breaches of contractual obligations. Liquidation of the subsidiary was sought by a proportion of shareholders. Settlement was reached between all and liquidation successfully prevented.
- Dual-jurisdictional dispute involving essentially a battle between conglomerate of companies, with proceedings lodged with various courts across two jurisdictions involving complex jurisdictional and commercial matters.
- Claim against international plc involving defending allegations of fraud. Concluded successfully and saved the Client from insolvency.
- Acting for a Claimant in a dispute with a global payment processing institution, involving misconduct allegations and challenge to jurisdiction. Case settled at over 80% of the amount claimed despite initial arguments and denial by the institution.
- Defended a breach of contract claim involving a cross-border supply of goods. Using strong defence arguments but preserving our client’s commercial position, we managed to resolve the matter through a reduction of the main claim by 75% and potential costs liability by 80%.
- Acted for a construction company in a claim to recover an unpaid contractual fees. Judgment in favour of the Client secured a trial despite little documentary evidence available and relying mostly on witness evidence.
- Represented a company Director in a successfully defended claim involving allegations of fraud and breach of fiduciary duties
- Acting for a claimant in a construction dispute. The matter proceeded to trial where the Claimant successfully obtained a judgement for the full amount.
- Acting for a defendant who failed to file a defence and had default judgement entered against him prior to instructing our firm. The judgement was set aside and eventually the value of the claim was reduced by 75%.
- Acting for a creditor in a reported High Court case relating to enforcement of a foreign judgement in the UK. Successfully defended an application by a debtor to declare the judgement unenforceable.
- Regularly acting for a group of companies dealing with medical equipment manufacturing and worldwide distribution. Assisting with both contentious and non-contentious cases ranging from commercial and employment to GDPR compliance.
- Represented a Client in a complex shareholders’ dispute concluded by the way of agreement and voluntary liquidation of the company.
- Acting for the UK based construction company in a dispute with a contractors. Settled the claim for circa. 90% of the amount originally claimed.
- Pursuing a claim against a firm of solicitors who have provided our client with negligent advice. Successful recovery of circa 80% of the loss incurred.
- Acting for a large meat supplier in a dispute with the distributor arising due to faulty product being introduced earlier in the supply chain.
- Successfully defending a client from committal to prison, in a private prosecution brought by the insurers of a third party following a road traffic collision.
- Acting in a dispute with the main contractor on a construction project. Successfully recovered our client’s losses incurred as a result of the main contractor and successfully defended all counterclaims that were brought against our client.
- Acting for an investor in a dispute with a trading company. Successfully obtained a judgment for the sums deducted from the client’s account by the trading company.
- Acting for a landlord in possession proceedings. Successfully obtained a court order for possession and evicted the tenant using the court appointed bailiff.
- Acting for a claimant in a Professional Negligence matter, successfully settling the case before trial.
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