Arbitration experts from across the world meet virtually in 2020 for annual ’round table’ event to discuss arbitral institutions – are they a necessity or a burden?

On 16 September, arbitration specialists from across business, law firms, arbitral institutions and academia came together for a lively discussion on arbitral institutions, debating the question of whether they are a necessity, or a burden. 

For 2020, this annual ’round table’ discussion was held virtually with participants joining from locations including Milan, Paris, London, New York, Singapore and Cairo.
 
The event was co-organised by Stefano Azzali from the Arbitral Chamber of commerce of Milano, Laurent Hirsch on behalf of the International Business Law Journal / Revue du Droit des Affaires (IBLJ/RDAI) and counsel Saadia Bhatty of Gide London.
 
The participants were:

• Jan-Michael Ahrens, Siemens, Erlangen
• Lise Alm, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Stockholm
• Stefano Azzali, CAM, Milan
• Patrick Baeten, Engie, Paris
• Saadia Bhatty, Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP, London
• Michelangelo Cicogna, Deberti Jacchia, Milan
• Simon Demaurex, Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva
• Ziva Filipic, ICC, Paris
• Alice Fremuth Wolf, Vienna International Arbitration Centre, Vienna
• Rémy Gerbay, MoloLamken, New York
• Laurent Hirsch, Hirsch, Geneva
• Catherine Kessedjian, Arbitrator, Mediation for better business M4bb, Paris
• Henry Lesguillons, Paris
• Jonathan Lim, Wilmerhale, London
• Claire Morel de Westgaver, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, London
• Kevin Nash, SIAC, Singapore
• Giovanni Pagnacco, Tecnimont, Milan
• Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Graf & Pitkowitz, Vienna
• Ismail Selim, CRCICA, Cairo
• Pierre Tercier, Arbitrator, Professeur émérite at the University of Fribourg, Fribourg
• Annet van Hooft, Arbitrator, van Hooft, Paris

Highlights of the discussion will be summarised and published in the IBLJ/RDAI Review, in both English and French, and details will be available here in due course.