The week of the 23rd of March marks the 10thanniversary edition of Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”). The 10th edition opened with reflections on how the initiative has grown since its launch in 2017.…
The newly released 2025 edition of Prof. Selma Lemes’s influential report on arbitration in Brazil (the "Report") is here, and it paints a detailed picture of the development of arbitration in the…
The past year brought a significant maturation of the arbitration landscape in East and Central Asia, characterized by pivotal legislative enactments and the fortification of regional hubs. Most…
The Government of Japan has, for many years, pursued coordinated efforts to promote Japan as a seat for international arbitrations and encouraged the use of international arbitration in Japan.…
2025 was a year of transition for France being in the midst of reforming its arbitration law. This post highlights significant developments and judicial decisions of the past year. Reform of…
The Journal of International Arbitration (“JOIA” or “the Journal”) was first published in 1984. Since then, it is published six times a year by Wolters Kluwer. Under the leadership of Professor Dr.…
In line with the global movement of reform in Europe (see previous posts on recent reforms in the UK, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, Greece and Switzerland) and worldwide (e.g. China or Nepal), France…
In a year marked in France by the Paris Olympics and political instability, 2024 proved to be somewhat less eventful in terms of arbitration-related developments than previous ones (see 2023, 2022,…
As citizens of more than 190 countries unite to commemorate Earth Day on 22 April, the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations (“CGA”) continues to progress its mission to guide the international…
On a theoretical level, the ultimate source of an arbitral tribunal’s jurisdiction is the parties’ consent to refer disputes to arbitration. The source of authority of individual members of a…
