ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners (ASAR), Kuwait's corporate, litigation and finance law firm,co-organized a leading seminar on adjudication with the International Court of Settlement of the International Chamber of Commerce - Paris (ICC). The ICC is among the oldest and most prominent adjudication institutions in the world and gotten in 2016, 966 new cases entailing 3,099 celebrations from 137 countries, which makes up a record year because the establishment of the Court in 1923.

The seminar was held on Tuesday, 9 May 2017 at the JW Marriot Hotel in Kuwait City with the presence of, the French and Ukrainian ambassadors, senior representatives from the ICC, prominent arbitrators and settlement specialists from Kuwait and the region and ASAR companions and lawyers, who shared substantial insights on the new ICC regulations of mediation and the adjudication legal framework in Kuwait.

The seminar was specifically made and organized to shed light on latest amendments to the ICC Guidelines of Arbitration which entered pressure as of 1 March 2017 and the adjudication lawful landscape in Kuwait which needs specific improvements to enhance international investors' defense and motivate them to enhance their investment in the country.

The seminar was included two panels and featured key note speeches by ICC senior agents, Mrs Ziva Filipic and Sami Jouerbi, Prof. Mohammad Abdulwahab (vice President of the ICC International Court of Settlement), Dr. Yousef Al Ali ((former minister of Business and Industry of Kuwait) along with ASAR's agents, Ahmed Barakat and Ibrahim Sattout.

The first panel highlighted the expedited procedures system introduced by the latest amendments to the ICC Rules of Settlement developed for instances of reduced value declares I.e., which does not surpass two million United States Dollars) with decreased ranges of charges. These treatments intend to increase the adjudication procedures through, to name a few things, the referral of the matter to a solitary mediator (as opposed to three arbitrators) notwithstanding any kind of contrary agreement in between the events, allowing the mediator to select the disagreement based upon the documents traded by the parties without the should held hearings, and issuing the arbitral award within a six months duration.

The second panel focused on the arbitration legal landscape in Kuwait and talked about the main challenges for financiers relative to adjudication in Kuwait, consisting of the restrictions set by the Council of Ministers' choices of 1988 and 1990 on government organizations, ministries and government possessed business to turn to settlement with respect to agreements and projects implemented in Kuwait except with the authorization of the Council of Ministers, the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards on the basis of the New York Convention of 1958 for the enforcement of international arbitral awards, and the various improvements to the settlement lawful framework and which are vital to enhance foreign financiers' self-confidence and to render Kuwait a much more eye-catching venue for arbitration in the region.

Mr. Ahmed Barakat, Managing Partner at ASAR said: "It offers ASAR terrific pleasure to have actually co-organized such a popular occasion with the ICC International Court of Arbitration; we are additionally honored to have had the visibility of the French and Ukrainian ambassadors along with the noticeable and popular speakers. We have been working carefully with public institutions and ministries in Kuwait and with worldwide customers and have know the importance and duty of settlement in motivating international investments by providing investors with familiar tools to address disputes in one of the most efficient, fair and impartial manner.

Mr. Ibrahim Sattout, Partner at ASAR stated: "Today's seminar has actually played a significant role in detailing the significance for Kuwait of having a strong adjudication lawful framework in line with international requirements. It is of prime significance to have these kinds of platforms arranged among the general public authorities, industry experts and other key market gamers to trade concepts on how you can boost the efficiency, reliability and openness of the investment market landscape in Kuwait."

With dedicated offices in Kuwait and Bahrain paired with its associated workplaces and connections, ASAR provides clients across a comprehensive range of industry sectors with bespoke, functional legal guidance and assistance for their business tasks in Kuwait, Bahrain, across the GCC and past. The company has been constantly rated as the leading business and lawsuits firm in Kuwait by reputable lawful guides such as the International Financial Law Review (IFLR), Chambers Global Guide, and Legal 500. In 2016, ASAR was recognized as the IFLR Kuwaiti Law Firm of the Year; an award which ASAR has been delighted to get for 8 successive years.