Arbitrations involving more than two parties and complex multicontractual issues represent more than one third of international arbitration cases, and this proportion increases every year. This book is a thorough and up to date guide to this area of practice and provides a comprehensive analysis of all the issues arising from mutliparty-multicontract arbitrations.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-384) and index.
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I. Who are the parties to the contract(s) or to the arbitration clause(s) contained therein? the theories applied by courts and arbitral tribunals; II. May an arbitration clause be extended to non-signatories: individuals, states or other companies of the group?; III. The possibility of bringing together in one single proceeding all the parties who have participated in the performance of one economic transaction through interrelated contracts; IV. Joinder of parties and joinder of claims: voluntary and compelled intervention of third parties, cross-claims and consolidation; V. Setting in motion of arbitral proceedings and appointment of arbitrators; VI. Arbitration proceedings; VII. Enforcement of the arbitral award; VIII. The Res Judicata effect of an award rendered in a connected arbitration arising from the same project; IX. Classwide arbitration.