CEPANI’s 2025 Annual Report is out !
CEPANI is pleased to share with you its 2025 Activity Report
Report on the 54th Session of UNCITRAL WG III in Vienna (22-26 March 2026)
UNCITRAL’s Working Group III (“WG III”) on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Reform met in Vienna from 22 to 26 March 2026.
The revised CEPANI Arbitration Rules approved by the CEPANI Board of Directors
The revised CEPANI Arbitration Rules was approved by the CEPANI Board of Directors. The new CEPANI Arbitration Rules enter into force on June 1, 2026. This latest revision is guided by one core…
CEPANI and CEPANI40 at Paris Arbitration Week
Are arbitral institutions open spaces fostering dialogue within the arbitration community, or are they still perceived as closed structures operating behind procedural walls? This question framed a…
The 10th edition of the Brussels Pre-Moot to the annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot)
The 10th edition of the Brussels Pre-Moot to the annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot), was kindly hosted on 31 March and 1 April 2025 by White & Case LLP and…
Full online access to b-Arbitra for CEPANI Members
We are delighted to announce the continued and expanded collaboration between CEPANI and Wolters Kluwer International. As part of this partnership, since 1st January 2026, all CEPANI members have…
CEPANI’s New Mediation Rules: Reinforcing Mediation at the Core of ADR
CEPANI is currently preparing a new set of Mediation Rules, drafted by a working group and intended to be submitted shortly for adoption by the Board of Directors and the General Assembly. This is an…
Beyond the Hype: AI Forces Arbitration to Face Its Own Future
At the recent CEPANI lunch debate on 19 March 2026, Prof. Dr. Maud Piers delivered what may be one of the most grounded assessments to date of artificial intelligence in arbitration. Far from the…
Kluwer Arbitration - Empowering your arbitration practice with trusted insights and global expertise, enhanced by Expert AI.
Welcome to a new era of legal research with Expert AI on Kluwer Arbitration. Designed with your productivity in mind, Expert AI combines trusted editorial expertise with cutting-edge AI technology to…
Brussels Bar & IBJ Seminar : Artificial Intelligence at the Heart of the Legal Professions – 20 March 2026
On 20 March 2026, the Institute for Company Lawyers (IBJ/IJE) together with the French and Dutch Brussels Bars will host the third edition of their joint seminar, dedicated to a topic that is rapidly…
b-Arbitra 2025/2
b-Arbitra is the Belgian Review of Arbitration, issued biannually, with publication of judgments, notes and commentaries on arbitration related topics. In the second edition of 2025, readers will…
Managing advances on costs pending jurisdictional objections
As arbitrators, we are occasionally confronted with a procedural standoff that is often mostly strategic. The respondent challenges jurisdiction and, on that basis, refuses to pay its share of the…