Organisation: Milan Chamber of Arbitration

Milan event looks at criminal law-IA interplay

This year's Milan Chamber of Arbitration conference looked at the interplay of criminal law and international arbitration, including discussion of the Lagergren case, which a speaker said marked the start of the transition from an "eyes shut" to a "zero-tolerance" approach to corruption 60 years ago, and of the more recent Enrica Lexie inter-state case between India and Italy.

28 January 2025

Change in leadership at Dutch institute

Camilla Perera-De Wit is stepping down as secretary general and director general of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) to return to private practice as counsel and arbitrator.

13 June 2024

The colour of money

The Milan Chamber of Arbitration's latest annual conference looked at economics-related issues in international commercial arbitration, including causation, the quantification of damages and interest, the taxation of awards and enforcement and asset tracing.

04 March 2024

Arbitration Chambers adds “next generation” members

Arbitration Chambers has added former Freshfields associate and ICSID counsel Lindsay Gastrell and Italian practitioner Niccolò Landi, who have worked extensively for chambers’ members alongside building their own practices, as “next generation arbitrators”.

19 October 2023

Planet of the arbitrators

After a successful “prima” in Rome last year, the second Italian Arbitration Day took place in Milan, focusing on fairness in international arbitration, and featuring a “Planet of the Apes”-inspired keynote speech by Toby Landau KC.

18 July 2023

Ukrainians call for moot ban for "warmongering" Russian universities

As the conflict enters its second year, the Ukrainian mooting community and arbitration association are calling for moot organisers to ban Russian universities that have openly expressed support for Russia's war against Ukraine from participating in forthcoming competitions.

20 February 2023