On April 21, 2020, CLDP held a virtual consultation via video with participants from the Bangladesh government and private sector on current regulatory issues including data regulation and privacy. Representatives of the Department of Commerces International Trade Administration and the Federal...

On August 19-21, 2020, CLDP launched Phase I of the 2020-21 Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot (the Vis Moot) with four Burmese universities.

On December 13 to 18, CLDP held a Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) arbitration certification program and an advanced arbitration training for Maldivian and Sri Lankan arbitrators.The first three days, the six Maldivian arbitrators and seven Sri Lankanarbitrators took the Advanced Route to...

On Nov 20-23, CLDP held an advanced arbitration training for 15 arbitrators from the Maldives. The workshop focused on various advanced procedural and substantive topics in the field of arbitration. The program covered procedural issues of arbitral agreements, appointment of arbitrators, the duties...

On March 1-5, CLDP led a delegation from Sri Lanka to the P3C Conference in Dallas, which is the largest conference on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the United States.

Amidst the global impact of the coronavirus, the Annual Willem C. Vis Moot in Vienna and Hong Kong was cancelled. More than 400 teams from over 80 countries had anticipated to compete in the premier program this April. In response, on March 10-14, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, CLDP, in cooperation...

On September 17, the Attorney General of the Maldives deposited his countrys instrument of accession to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, also known as the New York Convention. The Convention will enter into force on December 16, 2019, making Maldives the...