The Situation: In February 2024, the International Bar Association ("IBA") updated its Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration ("Guidelines"). The Guidelines provide detailed guidance for arbitrators...more
In February 2024, the International Bar Association (IBA) published the 2024 edition of its Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration....more
Users of arbitration know that one of the most important decisions they can make is the selection of the arbitrator. As arbitration grows more ubiquitous, more experienced arbitrators are being selected more frequently, and...more
The International Bar Association (IBA) Arbitration Committee has revised its Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration, with the aim of modernizing and refining certain areas, such as third-party...more
Users of commercial arbitration — particularly those that employ the top institutional rules, such as those of the ICC or ICDR-AAA — have a number of basic expectations. They want their dispute to be decided by competent,...more
December 14 of this year will mark the five-year anniversary of the Rules on the Efficient Conduct of Proceedings in International Arbitration (the “Prague Rules”). At the 17th Century Renaissance Martinic Palace in Prague,...more
On Feb. 15, the International Bar Association released the long-awaited update, adopted by the IBA Council on Dec. 17, 2020, to the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration. Originally published in...more
On 15 February 2021, the International Bar Association (the IBA) released its updated Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (the IBA Rules or the Rules). The updated Rules were adopted on 17 December...more
In a landmark decision handed down on November 27, 2020, the U.K. Supreme Court has confirmed that the English law of arbitration imposes a duty on arbitrators to disclose matters which would or might lead to the conclusion...more
The Report illustrates wide-spread use of IBA soft law instruments; provides snapshot of international arbitral practice and regional trends. The Subcommittee on IBA Guidelines and Rules recently released the results of...more