Survey of International Litigation Procedures: A Reference Guide
The Foundation of the IADC has published on its website an extensive guide that will offer an overview of civil justice systems relevant to defendants and potential defendants around the world. The “Survey of International Litigation Procedures: A Reference Guide” is a question and answer survey by country that includes for each country general information about local methods of adjudication, alternative dispute resolution, discovery, trial procedure, experts, privilege, limitations, costs rules, jurisdiction, and other topics of interest to potential litigants.
Thank you to Gord McKee of Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP in Toronto, Ontario Canada for his work leading and editing the project. We also thank all of the contributors who completed the surveys (information on contributors below was accurate at time of original publication).
To access a survey for a country below, please click on the country’s name, and it will open for you in PDF format.
| Country | Contributor(s) |
| Argentina | Name: Luis Eduardo Sprovieri Law Firm/Company: Forino-Sprovieri-Dell´Oca-Aielo-abogados Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Australia | Name: Colin Loveday Law Firm/Company: Clayton Utz Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Austria | Name: Daniela Karollus-Bruner Law Firm/Company: CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Location: Vienna, Austria |
| Belgium | Name: Paul Lefebvre Law Firm/Company: Hanotiau & Van Den Berg Location: Brussels, Belgium |
| Bermuda | Name: Jan Woloniecki Law Firm/Company: ASW Law Limited Location: Hamilton, Bermuda |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Name: Nedžida Salihovic- Whalen Law Firm/Company: CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Location: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Brazil | Name: Bruno D. Chiaradia Law Firm/Company: Bernardi & Schnapp Advogados Location: São Paulo, Brazil |
| Bulgaria | Name: Antonia Kehayova Law Firm/Company: Pavlov and Partners Law firm in cooperation with CMS RRH Location: Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Canada | Name: Robert Love Law Firm/Company: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Channel Islands | Name: Andrew Laws and Tim Molton Law Firm/Company: Babbé Location: St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands |
| Chile | Name: Felipe Ossa and Rosana Zamora Law Firm/Company: Clari & Cia. Location: Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile |
| China | Name: Ariel Ye Law Firm/Company: King & Wood Mallesons Location: Beijing, China |
| Colombia | Name: Martín Carrizosa Calle Law Firm/Company: Philippi, Prietocarrizosa & Uria Location: Bogotá, Colombia |
| Croatia | Name: Sandra Lisac Law Firm/Company: Law Firm Bardek, Lisac, Mušec, Skoko d.o.o. in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Location: Zagreb, Croatia |
| Czech Republic | Name: Robert Nemec, Dana Fiedlerová, Alžbeta Hermánková Law Firm/Company: PRK Partners s.r.o., advokátní kancelár Location: Prague, Czech Republic |
| Denmark | Name: Jes Anker Mikkelsen Law Firm/Company: Bech-Bruun Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark |
| England and Wales | Name: Bill Perry and Farah Chaumoo Law Firm/Company: Carter Perry Bailey LLP Location: London, England, United Kingdom |
| France | Name: Emmanuèle Lutfalla Law Firm/Company: SCP Soulie & Coste-Floret Location: Paris, France |
| Germany | Name: Dr. Anton G. Maurer, LL.M. (Suffolk) and Dr. Karsten Grillitsch, LL.M. (Canterbury) Law Firm/Company: CMS Hasche Sigle Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Greece | Name: Dimitris Emvalomenos and Christos Gramatidis Law Firm/Company: Bahas, Gramatidis & Partners Location: Athens, Greece |
| Hungary | Name: Zsolt Okányi Law Firm/Company: CMS Cameron McKenna LLP Location: Budapest, Hungary |
| Ireland | Name: Roddy Bourke Law Firm/Company: McCann FitzGerald Location: Dublin, Ireland |
| Israel | Name: David Fohrer Law Firm/Company: Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co. Location: Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Italy | Name: Alessandro P. Giorgetti Law Firm/Company: Studio Legale Giorgetti Location: Milan, Italy |
| Japan | Name: Noriko Higashizawa Law Firm/Company: City-Yuwa Partners Location: Tokyo, Japan |
| Malaysia | Name: Sitpah Selvaratnam Law Firm/Company: Messrs Tommy Thomas Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Mexico | Name: Fernando Pérez Correa Camarena Law Firm/Company: Solórzano, Carvajal, González y Pérez Correa, S.C. Location: Mexico City, Mexico |
| Netherlands | Name: Bertjan de Lange, Bert Oosting/Manon Cordewener, Ianika Tzankova and Christiaan Scholten van Aschat Law Firm/Company: Streefkerk Advocaten (Voorburg), Hogan Lovells (Amsterdam), BarentsKrans (The Hague), CMS Derks Star Busmann (Amsterdam) Location: The Netherlands |
| New Zealand | Name: Robert Gapes Law Firm/Company: Simpson Grierson Location: Auckland, New Zealand |
| Northern Ireland | Name: Brian J. Stewart Law Firm/Company: O’Reilly Stewart Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Philippines | Name: Llewellyn L. Llanillo and Russel L. Rodriguez Law Firm/Company: SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan Location: Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Portugal | Name: João Nuno Barrocas, Carlos Costa e Silva, and João Manuel Silva Pereira Law Firm/Company: Barrocas & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, R.L. Location: Lisbon, Portugal |
| Republic of Korea | Name: Tony DW Kang Law Firm/Company: Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| Russia | Name: Maxim A. Zgodko Law Firm/Company: Ackermann Bellmer Law Firm Location: Moscow, Russia |
| Saudi Arabia | Name: Saud Al-Ammari, Jassim Albuainain Law Firm/Company: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Location: Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| Scotland | Name: Michael Dean Law Firm/Company: Maclay Murray & Spens LLP Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Serbia | Name: Nedeljko Velisavljevic, Partner and Nenad Kovacevic, Associate Law Firm/Company: AOD Petrkic & Partneri in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Location: Belgrade, Serbia |
| Singapore | Name: Jonathan Leach (Partner, Hogan Lovells) and Matthew Saw (Partner, Lee & Lee), assisted by Adam Mickley and Cia Ai Eng (Associates, Hogan Lovells) Law Firm/Company: Hogan Lovells and Lee & Lee Location: Singapore, Singapore |
| Slovenia | Name: Luka Fabiani, Local Partner, Ela Omersa, Senior Associate and Živa Nucic, Associate Law Firm/Company: CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz – Slovenia Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Spain | Name: Santiago Nadal Law Firm/Company: SNAbogados Location: Barcelona, Spain |
| Sweden | Name: Susanna Norelid Law Firm/Company: Advokatfirman NorelidHolm Location: Stockholm, Sweden |
| Switzerland | Name: Dieter Hofmann (Head Litigation & Arbitration) and Antonio Carbonara (Senior Associate) Law Firm/Company: Walder Wyss Ltd. Location: Zurich, Switzerland |
| Taiwan | Name: Edgar Chen Law Firm/Company: Tsar & Tsai Law Firm Location: Taipei, Taiwan |
| Thailand | Name: Suwit Suwan/Patrawadee Sawatdipong Law Firm/Company: Navinlaw Location: Pakkred, Nontaburi, Thailand |
| Turkey | Name: Dr. Döne Yalçin Law Firm/Company: CMS Istanbul Location: Istanbul, Turkey |
| UAE | Name: Richard Kiddell Law Firm/Company: Hogan Lovells Location: Dubai, UAE |
| Ukraine | Name: Taras Tertychnyi, Andriy Yanchuk, Oleksandra Kondratenko Law Firm/Company: CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Kyiv Location: Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Uruguay | Name: Andrés Duran Hareau and Juan F. Orticochea Law Firm/Company: Bragard & Duran Abogados Location: Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Vietnam | Name: Ngo Thanh Tung Law Firm/Company: Vietnam International Law Firm (VILAF) Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |