Groups and organisations

The German Institution of Arbitration’s young arbitrators group, DIS40, has appointed three new co-chairs.

02 June 2020

Carlos de los Santos, head of litigation and arbitration at Garrigues in Madrid, has been appointed president of the Spanish Arbitration Club, which has also welcomed 12 new members to its board of directors.

15 May 2020

Lucy Reed has taken over as president of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, on what would have been the last day of the planned ICCA Congress in Edinburgh that has been postponed owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

13 May 2020

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Africa Arbitration Academy has unveiled a protocol on virtual hearings in Africa, taking into account the specific challenges that may arise in that continent.

30 April 2020

The Vis moot has come to an end, with a team from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata taking the prize in the competition which this year had to happen virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic.

20 April 2020

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators has named Catherine Dixon, former chief executive of the Law Society of England and Wales, as its new director general.

17 April 2020

Catherine Amirfar, co-chair of public international law at Debevoise & Plimpton, has begun her two-year term as president of the American Society of International Law.

08 April 2020

The largest and most international event in the arbitration calendar, the biennial ICCA Congress – which was due to take place in Edinburgh in May – has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

19 March 2020

The International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) has elected former Allen & Overy partner Judith Gill QC as vice president of its executive body – and appointed six new members to its governing board.

03 February 2020

Anthony Abrahams is retiring as director general of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators after eight years.

04 December 2019