Michael McIlwrath

This is a response to yesterday's post by Duarte Gorjão Henriques, "Incorporating IBA Guidelines Into A 'Code of Ethics': A Step Too Far?" My unambiguous answer to his title question is "right…

This morning, a colleague in Asia forwarded me an article with news of the latest efforts by Singapore to establish itself as a preferred location for international dispute resolution: an ambitious…

“The Gang of Four” (and I’m not making this up) is the name taken by four of Europe’s leading arbitration institutions to describe their loose affiliation for discussing common issues and sharing…

Improving the search for information about arbitrators Last week I received an invite to a summer gathering organized by English mediator, David Richbell. One of the events is “Speed dating: Senior…

Construction work at the Florence Chamber of Commerce has forced the city’s arbitration and mediation services to relocate to new offices the city was able to scrounge up. View from new offices of…

Arbitral institutions must feel at times like the psychiatrist in the joke from Annie Hall: A man goes to a psychiatrist and says, “my brother has a real problem. He thinks he’s a chicken.” The…

The new international survey on arbitral practices has just been released. Now in its fourth iteration, the survey has come a long way since its inception in 2006 at the School of International…

LONDON OLYMPICS, August 1, 2012 — Badminton officials took the extraordinary step today of tossing out four teams for deliberately trying to lose their preliminary matches. The eight disciplined…

Here are some recent issues colleagues or acquaintences tell me they are facing with international arbitration, without (or with slightly altered) information that might identify a particular…