This is the second part of an edited version of a paper given to an evening meeting of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (East Asia Branch) on 3 December 2007. The author considers some of the principal factors that influence party choice of venue for international arbitrations, in particular factors arising from the legal environment. This part discusses the impact of privacy and confidentiality, arbitral impartiality and the implementation of new arbitration rules and legislation, in particular the UNCITRAL Model Law. Part I of this article was published at [2008) Asian DR 44.
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