Commentary from Watkins on the transactions, disputes and regulatory shifts shaping international practice — no jargon, no filler.
Most cross-border contracts are signed with the arbitration clause treated as boilerplate. It shouldn't be. The seat you choose determines which courts can intervene, how enforceable your award will be, and how long the process ultimately takes. A practical look at what actually matters when drafting that clause.
Discuss this with counselRegulatory approval timing, employment liabilities and IP chain-of-title issues account for most of the deals that stall after signing. Here's how to catch them earlier.
Emergency arbitrator provisions have changed how quickly parties can secure interim relief — but only if the underlying agreement is built to use them.
Moving leadership across borders alongside a corporate restructure creates timing traps that are entirely avoidable with the right sequencing.
Companies that treat sanctions compliance as a closing condition rather than an ongoing program are the ones that end up in front of regulators.
Cross-border estate planning fails most often at the coordination layer — not because any single jurisdiction's rules are unclear.
The best time to negotiate what happens when partners disagree is before the disagreement exists. A short, practical framework for deadlock provisions.