World Arbitration Caseload 2024 – Mapping the Terrain

With arbitration becoming increasingly popular worldwide, Arbitration Lab is excited to launch its annual “World Arbitration Caseload” report, tracking case trends across major global arbitral institutions. The World Arbitration Caseload relies on publicly available data to capture the current landscape and trends in arbitration. The first edition provides a broad overview, while future editions will […]

5 November 2024

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Games and Esports Arbitration – Closing Keynote by Leandro Toscano

As part of the 2025 Basel Winter Arbitration School, Leandro Toscano from the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center will deliver a keynote on resolution of video games and esports disputes. The keynote will be delivered on Friday, 7 February 2024 at the Alte Universität building of the University of Basel. Attendance in […]

7 October 2024

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Arbitration and Territorial Disputes – Video of Closing Keynote by Prof Jure Vidmar

Professor Jure Vidmar delivered the closing keynote address of the 2024 London Summer Arbitration School on 21 June 2024. Professor Anna Petrig and Professor Yarik Kryvoi co-moderateed this event. This keynote considered the patterns, strengths and pitfalls of arbitrating territorial disputes. It focused on two main issues: how international arbitration is used as a method […]

4 September 2024

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21st Century Arbitration: The Question of Trust in the Web3 Economy – Recording of Opening Keynote by Sophie Nappert

Sophie Nappert delivered the opening keynote address of the 2024 London Summer Arbitration School on Monday, 17 June 2024. Those who are not attending the school in person as faculty members or participate can join the event online by registering free of charge here. The keynote was co-moderated by Prof Yarik Kryvoi and Prof Anna […]

19 August 2024

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Basel Winter Arbitration School invites applications

The Basel Winter Arbitration School will take place on 3-7 February 2025 at the Law Faculty of the University of Basel, Switzerland’s oldest university. The school will feature prominent arbitration practitioners and academics covering different types of public, private and hybrid arbitration, and will include speakers from international arbitration institutions headquartered in Switzerland and other countries. The school’s […]

19 August 2024

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The Impartiality and Legitimacy of International Arbitrators – Video of Opening Keynote by Prof Catherine Rogers

Professor Catherine Rogers from Bocconi University delivered the opening keynote address of the 2024 Basel Winter Arbitration School on 5 February hosted by VISCHER. The recording of the keynote is now available online. Professor Anna Petrig and Professor Yarik Kryvoi moderated this keynote and the Q&A session, which followed. This keynote proposes a new theory […]

16 April 2024

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Investment Arbitration: How to Get Through? Video of Closing Keynote by Prof Thomas Schultz

Professor Thomas Schultz (King’s College London and the University of Geneva) delivered the closing keynote address of the 2024 Basel Winter Arbitration School on Friday, 9 February 2024. The video of the keynote is now available online. Investment arbitration, as a system, seems not to change much. Change the BITs, the decisions come out the […]

28 March 2024

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London Summer Arbitration School is inviting applications

The 2024 London Summer Arbitration School will bring together leading practitioners, academics and representatives of arbitral institutions. The school will take place on 17-21 June 2024 at the Bush House, Aldwych. Online participation is also possible. While many are familiar with commercial arbitration, fewer know about more specialised areas of international arbitration. The interactive five-day programme […]

21 March 2024

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2024 Basel Winter Arbitration School is inviting applications

The Basel Winter Arbitration School will take place on 5-9 February 2024 at the Law Faculty of the University of Basel in Switzerland. It will also be possible to attend the school in an online format. The school will feature an interactive five-day programme introducing participants to different types of public, private and hybrid arbitration and related practice […]

7 September 2023

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‘Climate Change Arbitration’ – Keynote Address by Wendy Miles KC

Wendy Miles KC, barrister at Twenty Essex, delivered the closing keynote address of the 2023 London Summer Arbitration School, titled “Climate Change Arbitration” on 30 June 2023.  Her keynote discussed the myriad ways in which state commitments pursuant to the Paris Agreement touch upon matters before international arbitration tribunals. Wendy Miles KC is a member […]

2 September 2023

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