Organisation: NATO

The second edition of the Berlin Dispute Resolution Days featured a GAR Live focused on contract-based arbitrations against states, sessions on energy, construction and franchise disputes, and the autumn conferences of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) and its under-40 group (DIS40).

10 November 2023

In a keynote speech at GAR Live Istanbul, Allen & Overy partner Patrick Pearsall warned that a resurgent nationalism is contributing to public mistrust of arbitration – and called on practitioners to make the case for it as the best means of peacefully settling international disputes.

26 June 2023

Charles N Brower's gripping new memoir tells of his time on the Iran-US Claims Tribunal and experience of "the intoxicating puzzle box that is international arbitration", as well as mounting an eloquent defence of this form of dispute settlement at a time when it is increasingly under threat. 

20 April 2023

A soon-to-be-released memoir by leading arbitrator Charles N Brower has received glowing reviews from key figures in the international law field. 

05 April 2023

Brooks Daly has stepped down as deputy secretary-general and principal legal counsel of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague to pursue a career as an independent arbitrator, as two of the institution’s longest-serving lawyers take over his duties.

03 January 2023

The latest round of panels formed at ICSID includes double appointments for Canadian arbitrators Stephen Drymer and Henri Alvarez and academics Stephan Schill of Germany and John Crook of the US.

27 September 2022

Dorothee Schramm has left the partnership at Sidley Austin to launch an independent arbitrator practice in Geneva and Zurich. 

01 September 2022

Debevoise & Plimpton partner Catherine Amirfar used a keynote address at GAR Live Vienna to defend international law’s role in "ordering a disordered world” – arguing that while it is no panacea as the war in Ukraine illustrates, we shouldn’t lose sight of its importance in maintaining peace and security.

01 June 2022

Finland’s state-owned gas company has said it is bringing an arbitration against Gazprom’s export arm – the first reported case arising from Russia’s demand that gas supplies be paid for in roubles.

18 May 2022

As the conflict in the east of Europe intensifies, organisers of international moot competitions have resisted calls to exclude Russian teams because of the invasion of Ukraine, generating angry debate on social media. 

02 March 2022