Third-party Funding in International Arbitration

ICC Dossiers Volume 10

The last decade has seen an exponential growth in both international commercial arbitration and international investment arbitration. Nevertheless, arbitration proceedings can prove to be very costly, and their funding raises the delicate question of the accessibility of arbitration.

The solution offered by third-party funding has undoubtedly become a fact of life in the world of arbitration, despite reservations in some quarters. Although continental countries continue to regard it with suspicion, Anglo-Saxon countries have embraced this solution and have already built up a body of experience in the field. This publication considers the various funding techniques specific to international arbitration before looking at some of the legal issues raised by such funding and the reactions it may arouse among international arbitration practitioners.

This publication is the ICC Institute of World Business Laws latest contribution to its Dossier series on new practices in international arbitration and is inspired by the wish to see those practices develop in a way that is compatible with the basic principles that ensure all parties rights.

The contributions in Dossier X, Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration, tackle these issues from the point of view of arbitrators, counsel, corporate lawyers and arbitral institutions and draw on the knowledge and experience of some of todays leading experts in the field of arbitration.

The contributors to this Dossier include:

• Georges Affaki
• Christopher Bogart
• Rgis Bonnan
• Antonio Crivellaro
• Eckhard Hellbeck
• Mark Kantor
• Charles Kaplan.
• Carolyn Lamm
• Laurent Lvy
• Angelynn Meya
• Selvyn Seidel
• Maxi Scherer
• Sandra Sherma

The ICC Institute of World Business Law brings together the finest legal minds to strengthen links between international business practitioners and the legal profession. The Institutes Dossiers is a series that has gained international prestige. These Dossiers are the outcome of the Institutes annual meetings, where experts from around the globe come together to discuss salient issues of international commercial law and arbitration.

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