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Japan Arbitration Day 2020 in Context - Opening Ceremony for Tokyo’s Hearing Center

This newsletter reports on the opening ceremony of Tokyo’s first dedicated hearing center for arbitral hearings, the JIDRC Tokyo. It highlights the JIDRC’s advantages and explains how it forms another important step in promoting Japan as preferred venue or seat for international arbitrations.

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Authors

ラース・マーケルト

Lars’ practice is focused on commercial and investment arbitration. He has particular expertise in contentious proceedings involving post-M&A, commercial, manufacturing, construction, and distribution matters, in areas such as life sciences, automotive, and energy. Lars also deals with cases involving governments, and has advised foreign investors and sovereign states on issues of foreign direct investment and public international law, including related negotiations and investor-state disputes. He has been involved in more than 50 international arbitrations as counsel and arbitrator under the arbitration rules of institutions such as the ICC, DIS, SAC, NAI, ICDR, KCAB, JCAA, SIAC, and ICSID, as well as under the UNCITRAL Rules.