EQUITAS director Metehan C. Sonbahar has been recognised again as a Future Leader in Uluslararası Tahkim 2022 by Who’s Who Legal and Global Arbitration Review.
For further details please visit WWL Future Leaders 2022 website.
EQUITAS director Metehan C. Sonbahar has been recognised again as a Future Leader in Uluslararası Tahkim 2022 by Who’s Who Legal and Global Arbitration Review.
For further details please visit WWL Future Leaders 2022 website.
The Convention of Mediation On 07 August 2019 the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation was signed by the members of 46 countries at an official signing ceremony in Singapore including, Turkey, Qatar, the United states, China [1]. A full list of signatories is at the end of this post. The…
The ICC has published its 2018 dispute resolution statistics. Out of 842 new arbitration cases registered in 2018 224 involved disputes from the construction and engineering industry. This is a new record for the industry. Turkey remains the most represented nationality within Central and Eastern Europe with 62 parties. Another interesting development is that in…
On 7 November 2024 Equitas and ATCEA (Association of Turkish Consulting Engineers and Architects) jointly held the “Claims and Dispute Resolution in FIDIC Contracts with Practical Examples” seminar in Ankara, Turkiye. Participants at the event had the opportunity to discuss firsthand case experiences with Metehan Çağlar Sonbahar, a FIDIC Certified Adjudicator. For details please click…
Construction Disputes, Türkiye and London: What the ICC’s 2025 Statistics Tell Us The International Chamber of Commerce has published its 2025 Dispute Resolution Statistics. Beneath the headline numbers lies a clear message for the construction sector — and a particularly relevant one for parties operating between Türkiye and a London arbitral seat. Construction remains the…
Earlier this year the ICC Dispute Resolution Services published the preliminary dispute resolution figures for 2021. It is reported that in 2021 the ICC International Court of Arbitration registered 853 new cases in total, as compared to 946 new cases in 2020 which was the highest number since 2016. Despite the drop in case numbers, …
EQUITAS director Metehan C. Sonbahar has been appointed to act as a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitratior’s (CIArb) European Branch Committee. CIArb is an international centre for the practice and profession of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) with 16,000 members from 149 countries and is supported by an international network of 41 branches. CIArb…