Edited by Franco Ferrari, Clarence D. Ashley Professor of Law and Director, Intesa Sanpaolo Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law, New York University School of Law, New York, USA, and Friedrich Rosenfeld, Partner, Hanefeld, Germany, Global Adjunct Professor, NYU Paris, France, and Honorary Professor, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece

• ContentsList of contributors x Preface xii1 Abuse of rights 1Charles T. Kotuby Jr.2 Ad hoc arbitration 3Natascha Born3 Admissibility 6Nadia Darwazeh and DhilaraKhamitova4 Adverse inferences 9Charles T. Kotuby Jr.5 Alter ego doctrine 11Gretta Walters6 Amiable compositeur 14Helmut Ortner and Philipp A. Peters7 Anational arbitration 17Amir Ardelan Farhadi andDiem Huong Ho8 Annulled awards, enforcementof 21John Fellas9 Anti-arbitration injunctions 23Crina Baltag10 Applicable law governing thearbitration agreement 27Helmut Ortner and Philipp A. Peters11 Applicable law, governing thearbitration proceedings 30Helmut Ortner and Philipp A. Peters12 Applicable law governing themerits 34Helmut Ortner and Philipp A. Peters13 Appointing authority 38Larry Shore14 Arbitral awards, contents andform 41Crina Baltag15 Arbitral awards: requirementthat they be reasoned 44Amir Ardelan Farhadi andIulia Padeanu Mellon16 Arbitral institutions 48Helmut Ortner and Philipp A. Peters17 Arbitral procedure 52Wendy Lin and Monica Wy Chong18 Arbitral tribunals, constitution of 56Sebastiano Nessi and Arthad Kurlekar19 Arbitration agreements 60Andrea Bonomi20 Arbitrators, duties of 64Sebastiano Nessi and Arthad Kurlekar21 Arbitrators, qualifications of 68Sebastiano Nessi and Arthad Kurlekar22 Arbitrators, rights of 71Sebastiano Ness and ValeriyaGrebenkova23 Assignment of arbitrationagreements 75Gretta Walters24 Asymmetrical clauses 78Gretta Walters25 Attorney–client privilege 80Larry Shore26 Bifurcation 84John Fellas27 Brussels Ia Regulation andarbitration 86Johannes Landbrech28 Burden of proof 89Kabir A.N. Duggal and RaoulJ. Renard29 Capacity 91Andrea Bonomi30 Challenges of arbitrators 95Kabir A.N. Duggal and RaoulJ. Renard31 Commercial disputes, notion of 98Helmut Ortner and Philipp A. Peters32 Competence-competence 101John Fellas33 Confidentiality 103Benjamin Tham34 Consent awards 107Gretta Walters35 Consolidation 109Marina Weiss36 Correction of arbitral awards 113Benjamin Tham37 Corruption 117Kabir A.N. Duggal and RaoulJ. Renard38 Costs of arbitration 120Crina Baltag39 Currency 124Julian Wyatt40 Damages 127Julian Wyatt41 Data protection 130Thilo Kerkhoff42 De novo review of arbitralawards 134Darius Chan and Zhang Yuying43 Deference 137Benjamin Tham44 Disclosure, duty of 142Sebastiano Nessi and ValeriyaGrebenkova45 Document production 147Nadia Darwazeh and DhilaraKhamitova46 Documentary evidence 151Marc Jacob47 Due process 154Charles T. Kotuby Jr.48 Duly authenticated originalaward 156Natascha Born49 Duty of impartiality andindependence 158Charles T. Kotuby Jr.50 Emergency arbitration 161Helmut Ortner and Philipp A. Peters51 English Arbitration Act 1996 164Larry Shore52 European Convention onInternational CommercialArbitration (1961) 168Emilio Bettoni53 European public policy 172Andrea Bonomi54 Evidence 176James Hosking55 Evidentiary hearing 180James Hosking56 Ex aequo et bono adjudication 183Natascha Born57 Ex parte communications 185Gretta Walters58 Experts 187Jonathan Lim59 Fast-track arbitration 190Crina Baltag60 Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) 193Victoria Sahani61 Fees of arbitrators 197Crina Baltag62 Forum non conveniens inarbitration 199Darius Chan and Zhang Yuying63 Gateway issues 202George A. Bermann64 Geneva Protocol and GenevaConvention 205Friedrich Rosenfeld andFranco Ferrari65 Governmental privilege 207Jonathan Lim66 Group of companies doctrine 210Wendy Lin and Monica Wy Chong67 IBA Guidelines on Conflicts ofInterest 215Helmut Ortner and Philipp A. Peters68 IBA Guidelines on PartyRepresentation in InternationalArbitration 218Julio C. Rivera Jr.69 IBA Rules on the Taking ofEvidence 221Helmut Ortner and Philipp A. Peters70 Immunity from execution 224Amir Ardelan Farhadi andNour Nicolas71 Immunity of arbitral institutions 228James Hosking72 Immunity of arbitrators 232Larry Shore73 Institutional arbitration 236James Hosking74 Interest 239Julian Wyatt75 Interim relief 242Marina Weiss76 Internationality, notion of 246Julio C. Rivera Jr.77 Interpretation of arbitrationagreements 250Julio C. Rivera Jr.78 Investment arbitration 254Simon Batifort79 Iura novit arbiter, principle of 258Johannes Landbrecht and Julian Wyatt80 Joinder of parties 261James Hosking81 Jurisdiction 264Wendy Lin and Monica Wy Chong82 Kaplan Opening 267Jonathan Lim83 Language and arbitration 269Johannes Landbrecht and Julian Wyatt84 Legitimacy of internationalarbitration 272Diego Arroyo85 Lex arbitri 276Darius Chan and Zhang Yuying86 Lex mercatoria 279Marco Torsello87 Manifest disregard of the law 284Charles T. Kotuby Jr88 Mediation 286Jennifer Lim and Hong Sim89 Multiple parties in arbitrationproceedings 289Nadia Darwazeh and DhilaraKhamitova90 Multi-tiered clauses 294John Fellas91 New York Convention,commercial reservation 295Julio C. Rivera Jr.92 New York Convention –grounds for non-recognitionand non-enforcement of anarbitral award 298Benjamin Tham93 New York Convention,introduction 303Friedrich Rosenfeld andFranco Ferrari94 New York Convention –presumption of enforceabilityof arbitral awards 307Charles T. Kotuby Jr.95 New York Convention –presumption of validity ofarbitration agreements 309Charles T. Kotuby Jr.96 No review of merits 311Giuditta Cordero-Moss97 Non-signatories and arbitrationagreements 314Johannes Landbrecht98 Notice of Arbitration 317Jennifer Lim and Linming Ho99 Panama Convention 320Larry Shore100 Parallel proceedings 323Johannes Landbrecht and Julian Wyatt101 Party autonomy and arbitralprocedures 327Emilio Bettoni102 Procedural Order No. 1 331Jennifer Lim and Faraaz Amzar103 Proper notice 335Natascha Born104 Public policy 338Giuditta Cordero-Moss105 Publication of awards 342Johannes Landbrecht106 Redfern Schedule 346Kabir A.N. Duggal and RaoulJ. Renard107 Res judicata 348Darius Chan and Zhang Yuying108 Right to be heard 351Charles T. Kotuby Jr.109 Right to equal treatment 353Charles T. Kotuby Jr.110 Rome I Regulation 355Emilio Bettoni111 Rules on the Efficient Conductof Proceedings in InternationalArbitration (Prague Rules) 360Kabir A.N. Duggal andRaoul J. Renard112 Seat of arbitration 363Marc Jacob113 Security for costs 367John Fellas114 Separability 369John Fellas115 Setting-aside, waiver of 371Jonathan Lim116 Setting-aside of arbitral awards,introduction 373John Fellas117 Setting-aside of arbitral awards,applicable law, and competentcourts 374Julio C. Rivera Jr.118 Setting-aside of arbitral awards,grounds for 378Marina Weiss119 Settlement privilege 382Jonathan Lim120 Singapore convention onmediation 385Johannes Landbrecht and Julian Wyatt121 Soft law, law applicable toprocedure 388Marco Torsello122 Soft law, law applicable to themerits 394Giuditta Cordero-Moss123 Standard of proof 397Helmut Ortner and Philipp A. Peters124 Statutes of limitations 400Natascha Born125 Substantive arbitrability 403Marina Weiss126 Terms of Reference 407Nadia Darwazeh and DhilaraKhamitova127 Third-party funding 409Victoria Sahani128 Tribunal secretary 412Ole Jensen129 Twilight issues 416George A. Bermann130 Ultra petita 419Darius Chan and Zhang Yuying131 UNCITRAL Model Law 422Benjamin Tham132 UNIDROIT Principles ofInternational CommercialContracts 428Marco Torsello133 Witnesses 433Marc Jacob