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Key definition

IA definition

What does IA mean? In practice, IA is the common shorthand for the Investment Association, the UK trade body for investment managers. It is not defined in legislation or case law; the term is a widely used industry label. The IA issues influential, non‑binding guidance and policy statements used by legal advisers and listed companies, including the IA Principles of Remuneration and annual Shareholder Priorities, and it operates the Institutional Voting Information Service (IVIS), which produces red/amber/green voting research on governance, pay and capital management. IA materials are frequently consulted in UK corporate governance, executive remuneration, equity capital markets (for example placings and buy‑backs)...

SIAC Investment Arbitration Rules 2017: scope, procedure, early dismissal, emergency relief, third-party funding and transparency—comparisons with ICSID, PCA and SCC

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An introduction to the SIAC Investment Arbitration rules (2017)

From 1 January 2017, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Investment Arbitration Rules (SIAC IA Rules) took effect, applying—where agreed—to investment arbitrations begun on or after that date. Although tailored for disputes involving states, state-controlled entities or intergovernmental organisations, the SIAC IA Rules draw on features of SIAC’s international commercial arbitration rules to make investment proceedings more straightforward and efficient. They seek to respond to common user concerns, notably the belief that cases last too long and that the process can lack openness. The SIAC IA Rules also introduce several novel provisions tackling current themes, including third-party funding and emergency interim relief. These Rules emerged from a wide public consultation launched on 1 February 2016, when SIAC circulated a draft of the SIAC IA Rules for feedback—see News Analysis: Draft SIAC Investment Arbitration Rules 2016—an overview. SIAC then received and evaluated extensive submissions from law firms and in-house counsel based in jurisdictions across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. The draft rules were...

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Dharshini Prasad

WilmerHale

Dharshini Prasad is a triple-qualified lawyer with the International Arbitration Group of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in London where she focuses on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes. She has advised States, State entities and corporations on commercial, investment and international law issues and has represented clients in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations under various arbitral rules (including the ICC, SIAC, LCIA and UNCITRAL rules). She has worked on disputes in civil and common law jurisdictions in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas and has particular experience with the energy, mining, private equity, ammonia and pharmaceutical sectors. Ms Prasad has also sat as arbitrator.Prior to joining WilmerHale, Ms Prasad worked at a leading law firm in Singapore where her practice focused on international arbitration and litigation. She also worked at the United Nations International Law Commission in Geneva on issues of public...

Jonathan Lim

WilmerHale

Jonathan Lim is a Senior Associate with WilmerHale in London. He has represented governments and private corporations in commercial and investment arbitrations under all major arbitration rules sited across Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. He has also advised governments in Africa and Asia on a range of public international law issues and the drafting of arbitration legislation. In addition to his practice as counsel, Jonathan has a developing practice as an arbitrator, with appointments as sole and party-appointed arbitrator in proceedings seated in Europe and Asia. Jonathan also co-teaches a course on international arbitration at the National University of Singapore each January. He is listed in Who's Who Legal 2018 as a Future Leader in International Arbitration, and has been described by clients and peers as "a very smart all-round lawyer with a strong work ethic" and “a sure bet as a future...

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