Are international arbitration agreements suitably drafted?

2018-01-01T16:00:00
Other countries

Some reflections by a midnight-clauses reviewer in a multi-disciplinary law firm

Are international arbitration agreements suitably drafted?
View document
January 1, 2018

The use of arbitration to adjudicate international commercial transactions is indisputably widespread nowadays. International arbitration agreements are increasingly included in international commercial contracts related to a full variety of situations (sales, M&A, distribution, construction, IP, energy, etc.). However, such agreements are not always drafted (or at least reviewed) by international arbitration practitioners, but by lawyers and/or parties unfamiliar with the intricacies of international commercial arbitration.

This article includes some reflections by an international arbitration practitioner in a multidisciplinary law firm who is usually requested to conduct reviews of draft international arbitration agreements at the eleventh hour.

40 Under 40 - International Arbitration (2018). Dykinson, 2018.

View document
January 1, 2018