Newsletters
Philippe Girard-Foley's newsletters offer an informed perspective on legal news and international issues, aimed at businesses and executives.
The GIRARD-FOLEY law firm becomes counsel in international commercial mediation
GIRARD-FOLEY becomes an international commercial mediation consultancy. From early 2024, our firm will offer assistance to its clients in mediation proceedings aimed at resolving international commercial and industrial disputes. We will not act as mediators, but exclusively as lawyers supporting our clients in this emerging procedure.
The rise of hybrid mechanisms in international commercial dispute resolution: Mediation-Arbitration and Litigation-Mediation-Litigation
From “Alternative Dispute Resolution” to “Appropriate Dispute Resolution” or how Asia is redefining commercial litigation As we wrote in a previous Newsletter, mediation has finally gained full recognition as one of the methods of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) or, according to a formula used by the SICC Singapore International
The Permanent Expatriate: A Comeback?
The permanent expatriate, back in favour? In Hong Kong, where I lived for nearly seven years before settling in Malaysia, I met representatives from the previous era, when means of communication were vastly different from today. I was told that in an institution such as the Hong
International Commercial Disputes and Singapore’s advance in 2023
International commercial disputes: Singapore makes progress in January 2023 In January 2023, Singapore's three main institutions dedicated to international commercial dispute resolution announced two initiatives aimed at making Singapore a more attractive location. These initiatives concern the arbitration centre (Singapore International Arbitration Centre / SIAC) and the mediation centre (Singapore
When India awakes…
When India awakens... The world will not tremble, because unlike China, according to the title of Alain Peyrefitte's famous and prophetic book, India has no global hegemonic ambitions. But India's awakening is indeed a phenomenon unfolding before our eyes. A free trade agreement was recently (April 2022) signed
The Law as a tool to secure a long standing presence in the Indo-Pacific Region
For a stable and lasting presence in the Indo-Pacific Establishments in the Indo-Pacific As the world becomes increasingly compartmentalised due to the aftermath of the pandemic (travel restrictions, growth of remote conferences) and conflicts between blocs, a question arises regarding establishments in the Indo-Pacific: how can control be maintained, and at the lowest possible cost?