Organisation: Zoom

"Has international arbitration lost its way? And, is it a time for a reset?" were the questions posed to a group of leading practitioners from around the world at a roundtable held by GAR and the LCIA. 

23 July 2024

International arbitration specialists have shared personal tales for a new IBA competition inspired by the covid-19 pandemic, including heartfelt stories about family breakdowns and bereavements and the ugly undersides of the battles for gender and geographical diversity.

12 September 2023

Frustrated at the lack of progress reducing the gender gap on tribunals, ‘Mute Off Thursdays’ has launched a compendium of women arbitrators around the world to make it easier to find suitable women candidates.

22 December 2022

Cortex Capital, a consultancy that applies psychology and neuroscience to business and law, is inviting arbitration users to take part in a survey about their decision-making when selecting arbitrators.

23 November 2022

A Harvard Law School event saw two "diversity champions", the president of the ICC International Court of Arbitration Claudia Salomon and Proskauer Rose partner Peter Sherwin, speak about the court's new LGBTQIA network and enhancing opportunities in the field for members of this community. 

05 July 2022

In a twist to its usual activities, Young ICCA has held a technologically cutting-edge career development event for participants in its mentoring programme - with Dana MacGrath and Toby Landau QC sharing advice in the Metaverse. 

25 June 2022

The secretary to Campaign for Greener Arbitrations' North America committee Ryan Hicks, a Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer associate in New York, shares key takeaways from a global workshop on shaping the future of international arbitration conferences and training. 

06 June 2022

In the first McNair Lecture in London, Judge Abdulqawi Yusuf of the International Court of Justice explained why international law matters, highlighting its impact on daily life, and arguing that is no longer true that "in times of war, law falls silent". 

26 May 2022

Maguelonne de Brugiere, Helin Laufer and Luke Hard report on a Herbert Smith Freehills case study of the difference in the carbon footprint and costs of in-person and virtual hearings in international arbitrations, unsurprisingly finding that virtual hearings are significantly less carbon-intensive and cheaper.

12 April 2022

Well-known figures in international arbitration shared their memories of Emmanuel Gaillard in a video tribute shown at the GAR Awards, with his close colleague Yas Banifatemi accepting a lifetime achievement award on his behalf. The video is now available to view.

01 April 2022