Groups and organisations

Niyati Ahuja of Steptoe & Johnson has launched a new group to improve the representation of Indian women in international arbitration.

18 May 2023

After celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Ukrainian Arbitration Association has updated its arbitrator list to exclude Russian and Belarusian nationals and those whose firms work for Russian or Belarusian state interests or sanctioned parties.

11 May 2023

Indian-American business executive Ajay Banga is to take over from David Malpass as president of the World Bank and chair of ICSID’s administrative council.

04 May 2023

The International Bar Association has formed a new task force to review its guidelines on conflicts of interest in international arbitration, with amendments expected to be finalised next year.

13 April 2023

The University of Vienna has won this year’s Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, which this week celebrated its 30th anniversary.

06 April 2023

UNCITRAL’s working group III has completed work on a draft code of conduct for arbitrators in investor-state disputes after reaching a compromise on double-hatting.

04 April 2023

Lawyers at five firms have teamed up to launch a new group that aims to promote and support US-based arbitration practitioners with links to the Arab world.

02 March 2023

Catherine Amirfar and Annette Magnusson are to chair a high-level ICCA panel that will develop and promote a draft annex on conciliation of disputes for the Paris Agreement and its parent treaty, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

24 February 2023

The Paris Very Young Arbitration Practitioners group (PVYAP) has appointed four new co-chairs to its steering committee – Nil Daver, Florian Renaux, Ernest Morales Tonda and Karim Zein.

08 December 2022

Twenty-two law firms have formed an association to support lawyers advising clients on human rights issues relating to their business, including by promoting arbitration as a means of resolving human rights disputes.

29 November 2022