Artificial Intelligence ("AI") has dominated the discourse of many law topics in recent years. This year’s Paris Arbitration Week ("PAW") was no exception, with several panels discussing the ethical…
Montesquieu cautioned in the Spirit of Laws (1748) that “unnecessary laws weaken necessary ones”. Spain’s Ley Orgánica 1/2025 (the “LO 1/2025”) illustrates this point. In pursuit of efficiency, LO…
This post reports on the topics discussed during the panels held on the second day of ICCA Madrid 2026, the 27th ICCA Congress held from 12 to 15 April and addressing the theme International…
The first full-day of ICCA Madrid 2026, held under the overarching theme International Arbitration: Local, Global or Both?, set the tone for the ICCA Congress (“Congress”) grappling with the central…
The 27th biennial International Council for Commercial Arbitration (“ICCA”) Congress opens today in Madrid by welcoming the international arbitration community to three days of discussion, reflection…
The session “Law, Facts & Figures: A 360° Approach to Pre-Arbitration Decision Making”, hosted by Accuracy during Paris Arbitration Week 2026, explored what happens before arbitration truly…
Held in one of the most elegant rooms of the Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères, the in-house counsel event on the second day of the 10th Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) brought together…
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.…
In June 2021, China enacted its first Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law (“AFSL”). The AFSL aims to deter foreign parties from implementing or assisting in the implementation of sanctions against Chinese…
Investor-State arbitration (“ISA”) has been criticised for giving investors room to pressure host states. While most ISA cases proceeded all the way to the issuance of arbitral awards, around one-…
