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  • Equitas Consulting Director Joins Fellow Speakers at Annual Conference by CIArb European Branch

    • Saturday April 24th, 2021
    • Posted by: EQUITAS
    • Category: Arbitration, News
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    On the 16th of April 2021, EQUITAS director Metehan C. Sonbahar joined fellow panelists and moderators participating in the CIArb European Branch annual conference on “State Immunity and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: Protecting Against What and Whom?”. For further details please visit the CIArb website.

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  • Equitas Consulting Hosting an ICC Event on Expert Evidence in International Arbitration

    • Tuesday December 8th, 2020
    • Posted by: EQUITAS
    • Category: Arbitration, News
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    EQUITAS is hosting an ICC YAF webinar on “Expert Evidence in International Arbitration” between 16.00 -18.00 (GMT +3) on the 9th of December 2020. The panelists Adrian Bell, Damla Erensoy  from CMS International Law Firm and Equitas director Metehan Caglar Sonbahar will discuss the difference between an expert advisor and an expert witness, a party

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  • ICC has updated its Force Majeure Clause to Include Epidemic!

    • Thursday October 15th, 2020
    • Posted by: EQUITAS
    • Category: Articles, COVID-19, News
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    Force Majeure is a French phrase commonly used in commercial contracts to describe exceptional circumstances or events affecting the contract, parties obligations  and that are completely outside the parties’ control. Such events may include, acts of God, war, strike, epidemic, riot etc. Black’s Law Dictionary describes force majeure as ‘ An event or effect that

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