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Arbitration in Practice Lecture: Parallel Proceedings in Arbitration and International Law
On Wednesday 18 June, Angela Ha, Counsel at Volterra Fietta, will deliver the Arbitration in Practice lecture of the 2025 London Summer Arbitration School on the topic of “Parallel proceedings in arbitration and international law”. The lecture will take place at 6:00 pm London time. Online attendance is free of charge to those who registers […]
11 June 2025
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Closing Keynote: Arbitration and Armed Conflict
On Friday, 20 June, Suzanne Spears, Founder and Principal of Paxus LLP, will deliver the closing keynote address of the 2025 London Summer Arbitration School. The lecture will address Arbitration and Armed Conflict. We live in an era in which the number of armed conflicts globally has reached the highest level since World War II, […]
13 May 2025
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Opening keynote: Arbitration and Environmental Disputes
On Monday, 16 June 2025, Professor Tomoko Ishikawa from the University of Nagoya will deliver the opening address of the 2025 London Summer Arbitration School. The keynote will be devoted to arbitration of environmental disputes. Attending the event in the online format is free of charge for those who registers in advance. It will be […]
29 April 2025
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Basel Winter Arbitration School
The 2026 Basel Winter Arbitration School will take on 2-6 February 2026. Please apply by completing this form.
The Basel Arbitration School will feature an interactive five-day programme introducing participants to different types of public, private and hybrid arbitration and related practice development and career opportunities. Young practitioners and graduate students working in the field of dispute resolution will particularly benefit from this programme.
The University of Basel, founded in 1460, is the oldest university in Switzerland. The school will feature prominent arbitration practitioners and academics covering different arbitration topics and will include speakers from international arbitration institutions headquartered in Switzerland and other countries.
The programme of the 2025 Basel Winter Arbitration School is available here and the 2026 programme will largely follow the same structure.

Prof. Dr. iur. Anna Petrig, LL.M. (Harvard)
Chair of International Law and Public Law at the University of Basel

Prof. Dr. Dr. Yarik Kryvoi, LL.M. (Harvard)
Senior Fellow in International Economic Law and Director of the Investment Treaty Forum at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (London)

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Anne Peters, LL.M. (Harvard)
Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg

Judge Liesbeth Lijnzaad, LL.M. (Amsterdam)
Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Hamburg) and Professor of Practice of International Law (Maastricht)