The most important results of the XXII Latin American Summit of Heads of State and Government which was held on 16 and 17 November in Cadiz under the slogan “A renewed relationship on the Bicentennial of the Constitution of Cadiz” focused on the role of SMEs and arbitration. The Ibero-American SMEs' Charter has been approved to create and develop micro, small and medium enterprises. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will dedicate $ 420 million to medium-sized enterprises to facilitat...

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We are pleased to inform you of the upcoming conference (program) on arbitration in large infrastructure projects organized by the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the IBA on August 24th in Panama. This event will be followed by a seminar organized by the IBA on the Guidelines on conflicts of interest. The latter seminar dedicated to conflicts of interests will hopefully emphasize the obligations of arbitral institutions to uphold strictly the values and principles of international arb...

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Under the auspices of Dr. Josep Maria de Dios i Marcer, illustrious Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and the initiative of Dr. Rafael Arenas García, Professor of Private International Law, took place the First OHADA / OHADAC Presentation Meeting in the Conference Room of the Faculty of Law at the U.A.B. with the participation of lawyers from the University of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona, and...

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Under the auspices of Dr. Josep Maria de Dios i Marcer, illustrious Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and the initiative of Dr. Rafael Arenas García, Professor of Private International Law, will take place the First OHADA / OHADAC Presentation Seminar in the Conference Room of the Faculty of Law at the UAB in Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona). The Conference, supported by the associations UNIDA, chaired by Judge Seydou Ba, and ACP LEGAL, conducte...

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Mr. Iván Ogando at the Secretary General of the OECS in late February, with Mrs. M. Bini, H. Ramírez and K. Compton from ACP Legal Guadeloupe, Dominican Rep. and Saint Lucia in presence of Ms. V. Paul, Director. The Secretariat of the CARICOM / CARIFORUM announced this week in Guyana, that the Dominican Ivan Ogando Lora took office as the first Director General of CARIFORUM. CARIFORUM is comprised of fourteen member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Haiti and the Dominican Repu...

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