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Interim measures keep a dispute from going sideways before the tribunal can decide it, and we pursue and defend emergency relief, preliminary injunctions, security for claims, and asset preservation orders so your position holds.

When an arbitration is pending, the real fight is often over what happens in the meantime. Assets move, evidence disappears, and competitors keep operating. We pursue and defend interim measures in arbitration, including emergency relief, preliminary injunctions, security for claims, and asset preservation orders, so the eventual award still means something.

Emergency Arbitrator Applications

Most major institutions now offer emergency arbitrator procedures that deliver relief before the tribunal is even constituted. We file and defend these applications under tight deadlines, building the urgency-and-irreparable-harm case the procedure demands. We know which rule sets provide emergency relief, how quickly an emergency arbitrator is appointed, and what a tribunal will expect to see when it later revisits the order.

Asset Preservation And Security

A favorable award is worthless if there is nothing left to collect against. We seek freezing orders and security for claims to lock down assets while the case proceeds, and we defend against overreaching requests that would tie up your operations on thin evidence. We coordinate with local courts where a tribunal cannot reach the assets directly, since arbitral interim orders often need judicial teeth to be enforced.

Preserving Evidence And Status

Some disputes turn on keeping things exactly as they are, especially when source code, trade secrets, or technical records are at risk. We request orders preserving evidence and maintaining the status quo, and we frame them so a tribunal can grant relief without prejudging the merits. Our engineering background helps us explain to arbitrators why technical material is fragile and what concrete steps will actually protect it.

Frequently asked questions

A tribunal can order things like preserving assets, keeping the status quo in place, stopping evidence from being destroyed, posting security for the claim or costs, and in some cases an anti-suit injunction to halt parallel court proceedings. What's actually available depends on the rules you agreed to and the law of the seat.

Often yes. Many institutions offer an emergency arbitrator procedure for urgent situations before the full tribunal is constituted. An emergency arbitrator can grant provisional measures within days of your application, though how easily that order can be enforced varies by jurisdiction.

You can often go to either. Most arbitration laws and rules let you seek interim relief from a national court or from the tribunal. A court order is immediately enforceable, while a tribunal order may need a court's help to enforce in some places. The right choice depends on urgency, the seat, and where the assets are.

Typically you need to show urgency, a real risk of harm that money alone can't fix later, a credible case on the merits, and that the balance of hardship favors granting the relief. The exact standard varies by institution and applicable law, so the showing required isn't identical everywhere.

It depends on the jurisdiction. Many modern arbitration laws let courts enforce tribunal-ordered interim measures, but some jurisdictions still have gaps. Emergency arbitrator decisions can be harder to enforce, so it's worth checking enforceability where the assets are before you rely on the order.

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