Arbitral institutions and hearing centres

After a decade as director general of the LCIA, Jacomijn van-Haersolte van Hof has joined Fountain Court Chambers as a door tenant and full-time arbitrator. 

08 January 2025

The new ICC Hearing Centre in Paris, which opened this week four years after the closure of the last centre, offers secure, state-of-the-art hearing rooms for in-person, hybrid and virtual hearings that span the upper ground floor of a new five-storey complex. 

20 December 2024

At the CRCICA's biennial event in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egyptian practitioner Karim A Youssef discussed "hub-formation": how to transform Middle Eastern and North African seats into global arbitration hubs, with reference to the GAR-CIArb Seat Index and White List of arbitration centres worldwide. 

18 December 2024

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has updated it rules for the first time in almost a decade, while also introducing a new fee schedule and a draft protocol for insolvency-related disputes.

17 December 2024

Delos Dispute Resolution, created 10 years ago to serve small and medium-sized businesses and large ongoing projects, has announced a new board of advisors and updated its global arbitration consultative committee in its first leadership handover. 

12 December 2024

The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration has appointed Egypt's former minister of foreign affairs Nabil Fahmy as chair of its board of trustees following the death of Nabil Elaraby, who previously held the role. 

26 November 2024

Olena Perepelynska has stepped down as president of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association after eight years, as her colleague Serhii Uvarov succeeds her in the role.

25 November 2024

In the latest Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Alexander Lecture, ICC Court president Claudia Salomon discussed how arbitral institutions should not just administer cases but protect the integrity of the arbitral process, fairly control participation and access to justice and help parties navigate their way though the process.

13 November 2024

The London Court of International Arbitration has named Kevin Nash as its new director general to succeed Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof as she steps down after a decade in the role. 

11 November 2024

White & Case and the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London are seeking responses for the 2025 edition of their international arbitration survey. 

28 October 2024