“The trap had a ghastly perfection”
- Stephen King, The Gunslinger
Introduction
China’s economic power has surpassed market expectations in the past decades. The World...
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Olga Boltenko
Chairperson, ICC Hong Kong Commercial Law and Practice Committee
Ms. Boltenko is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Hong Kong. She chairs the ICC Hong Kong Commercial Law and Practice Committee. Ms Boltenko specialises in investment arbitration. She has acted as legal counsel in investor-state disputes under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and as tribunal secretary in dozens of commercial disputes, both ad hoc and institutional (including SIAC, ICC, HKIAC, SCC), in a wide array of industries including oil and gas, infrastructure, construction, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals. She is listed as arbitrator on the HKIAC list of arbitrators, and on the KLRCA and CIETAC panels of arbitrators.
8 January 2019
“We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs.”
– Donald J. Trump
The Trump administration has...
3 August 2018
I. Introduction: Criticisms
Since the commencement of the Trump administration, the world has witnessed a surge in criticism of investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms. Critics describe the...
11 June 2018
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own laws. – Vladimir Lenin
Those who have knowledge, do not predict. Those who predict, do not have...
16 March 2018
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anais Nin
* The article traces a public lecture held in Hong Kong on 12 July 2017,...
3 October 2017
In recent years, international arbitration has emerged as a high-growth area for the litigation funding industry. All the major funders now have international arbitration cases in their portfolios,...
2 September 2016
On 4 October 2015, it was announced that negotiations for Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (“TPP”) have been concluded. The TPP is now in a ratification pattern, the outcome of which is by no...
17 May 2016
Arbitrating Disputes Arising out of Artist Agreements: Powerful Lessons from Hong Kong and Singapore
“This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The number of disputes in music and entertainment arising from agreements between musicians and their...
4 May 2016
