Russian companies are increasingly turning to Hong Kong for dispute arbitration services and adopting Hong Kong’s governing law in commercial contracts, writes Nikkei in its latest report. This shift is due to sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine war, limiting access to Western courts, including London’s common law legal system that Russian companies traditionally […]
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