{"id":27615,"date":"2021-06-21T09:14:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T09:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=27615"},"modified":"2022-01-18T16:49:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:49:01","slug":"practical-guidance-for-international-arbitration-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/webinars-home\/practical-guidance-for-international-arbitration-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical guidance for international arbitration &#8211; Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the effects of Covid-19 continue to be felt around the world, businesses continue to face significant levels of instability and uncertainty caused by weakened financial markets and disruption to supply chains, workplace operations and business pipelines. Such instability and uncertainty will result in a growth in the number and types of disputes, and we have already seen judicial systems twist and turn to adapt to the new global &#8216;norms&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In this\u00a0webinar,\u00a0brought to you by The Legal 500, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlapiperafrica.com\/en\/nigeria\/about.html\">Olajide Oyewole LLP<\/a>, and DLA Piper Africa, we discussed the evolving <span data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">arbitration<\/span> scene and provided practical guidance on managing international disputes in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The end user\u2019s perspective: how GCs can stay on top of disputes.<\/li>\n<li>Ways to ensure cost effective and efficient dispute resolution proceedings.<\/li>\n<li>How to win virtual\u00a0<span data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">arbitration<\/span> hearings.<\/li>\n<li>What do in-house counsel expect from external firms during the arbitral process?<\/li>\n<li>The logistics of initiating\u00a0<span data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">arbitration<\/span> proceedings &#8211; planning, choice of counsel, costs, impact on business \u2013 some practical considerations.<\/li>\n<li>Choosing the \u2018right\u2019 arbitral rules and seat of the\u00a0<span data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">arbitration<\/span> &#8211; enforcement and other issues.<\/li>\n<li>Arbitrator selection and the &#8216;quality of arbitrators&#8217; &#8211; tools, in-house and external counsel roles and appointment mechanisms.<\/li>\n<li>Harmony of dispute settlement provisions (expert determination, negotiation clauses, and\u00a0<span data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">arbitration<\/span>).<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability in\u00a0<span data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">arbitration<\/span> \u2013 reducing the environmental impact on disputes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the effects of Covid-19 continue to be felt around the world, businesses continue to face significant levels of instability and uncertainty caused by weakened financial markets and disruption to supply chains, workplace operations and business pipelines. Such instability and uncertainty will result in a growth in the number and types of disputes, and we &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/webinars-home\/practical-guidance-for-international-arbitration-nigeria\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Practical guidance for international arbitration &#8211; Nigeria&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":27617,"parent":20789,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27615","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32124,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27615\/revisions\/32124"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}