Arbitral institutions and hearing centres

ICSID deputy secretary general Martina Polasek has been elected as the institution’s next secretary general, after the centre outlined measures to avoid potential conflicts of interest arising from her marriage to White & Case arbitration partner Petr Polášek.

02 May 2024

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre says it recorded its second-highest number of cases in 2023, with an overall value of US$11.9 billion. 

30 April 2024

JAMS has published new rules governing cases involving artificial intelligence, becoming the first institution to create specialised rules for AI disputes.  

23 April 2024

KCAB International has appointed Seung Wha Chang, a professor at Seoul National University School of Law and a specialist in international trade and arbitration, as its new chairman. 

19 April 2024

Jonathan Ulrich and Alejandro Martinez de Hoz have left White & Case to join Paul Hastings as of counsel in Washington, DC – a month after partner Jonathan Hamilton made the same move to become practice co-chair.  

15 April 2024

Sanna Kaistinen has stepped down as secretary general of the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce to return to private practice – with Henrik Sajakorpi of Roschier taking over the role.  

09 April 2024

Ten new panels have formed at ICSID in recent weeks, including first time appointments for Colombian arbitrator and academic Rafael Rincón Ordóñez and Italy’s Michele Potestà of Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler in Geneva.

27 March 2024

A groundbreaking treaty between Bahrain and Singapore has created a new Bahrain International Commercial Court, which is modelled on the Singapore International Commercial Court and will allow appeals to a designated body of that court.

20 March 2024

As Paris Arbitration Week kicks off today, the ICC International Court of Arbitration has announced details of its new hearing centre in the French capital.

18 March 2024

The first-ever Riyadh International Disputes Week has heard how the Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration aims to be the “preferred choice” for ADR users in the Middle East and North Africa by 2030 and is likely to see a surge in cases arising from investment in mega and giga projects in the kingdom.   

07 March 2024