Groups and organisations
New co-chairs for French under-40 group
The French Arbitration Committee’s under-40 group, CFA40, has named Anastasia Bondarenko of Vannin Capital, Anne-Marie Lacoste of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Julie Spinelli of Le 16 Law as its new co-chairs.
23 July 2020
ArbitralWomen unveils new board
ArbitralWomen has announced its new board of directors for 2020 to 2022, including arbitrators, in-house counsel, experts, practitioners and academics from many different countries.
15 July 2020
ICCA commits to diversity and inclusion
The International Council for Commercial Arbitration has published its first formal policy on diversity and inclusion as well as a plan for how it will be implemented.
10 June 2020
German under-40 group names new co-chairs
The German Institution of Arbitration’s young arbitrators group, DIS40, has appointed three new co-chairs.
02 June 2020
Change of leadership at Spanish club
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
Reed takes helm at ICCA (but not in Edinburgh)
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
African body unveils pandemic protocol
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
Virtual Vienna Vis won by Indian university
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
CIArb names new director general
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
Amirfar takes the helm at ASIL
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