Groups and organisations
EFILA to launch young network
The European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration, a Brussels-based think tank focused on EU investment arbitration policy, is launching a young practitioners network.
26 May 2022
International arbitration charity ball – in pictures
Photographs of the International Arbitration Charity Ball, which raised a record-breaking £553,263 for Save the Children last week, are now available.
18 May 2022
Charity ball raises over half a million for Save the Children
The International Arbitration Charity Ball returned to London last night for the first time in four years, raising a record-breaking £550,000 for Save the Children in an event that drew inspiration from the musical biopic The Greatest Showman.
13 May 2022
Moot organisers resist calls to exclude Russian teams
As the conflict in the east of Europe intensifies, organisers of international moot competitions have resisted calls to exclude Russian teams because of the invasion of Ukraine, generating angry debate on social media.
02 March 2022
Alexandrov next in line to steer ICCA
Bulgarian arbitrator Stanimir Alexandrov will take over next year as president of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, the organisation has announced.
11 February 2022
Beijing centre gears up for investment disputes
The Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC) has unveiled a panel of more than 100 arbitrators who can hear investment arbitrations at the institution, along with a new arbitrator code of conduct for such disputes.
09 February 2022
IBA committee announces new officers
The International Bar Association’s arbitration committee has announced its new line up of officers for the coming year, with Samaa Haridi of Hogan Lovells in New York stepping up to senior co-chair and Brazilian Valería Galíndez becoming junior co-chair.
11 January 2022
ICC announces leaders of disability inclusion task force
The ICC has named two leaders of its newly created task force on disability inclusion and international arbitration: Simon Maynard of King & Spalding in London and Toronto-based arbitrator and academic Todd Weiler.
06 December 2021
Space arbitration association blasts off
A new arbitration association has launched today in anticipation of a new wave of disputes arising from the increasing commercialisation of space, including space tourism.
23 November 2021
Banifatemi succeeds Gaillard as president of IAI
Yas Banifatemi has succeeded Emmanuel Gaillard as president of the International Arbitration Institute following his sudden death earlier this year.
10 November 2021