Review Module 1

The CAS participants completed Module 1 and it has been a great success! 

Christoph Müller and Daniel Girsberger designed the program and were the head lecturers in Module 1. Both are experienced professors and seasoned and highly regarded arbitration practitioners. They were supported by prominent practitioners with whom the group was able to personally interact. A big thank you goes to Alice Fremuth-Wolf, VIAC Secretary General, Friederike Schäfer, Councel ICC, Hannes Latzel, Swiss Arbitration Center, Laurence Ponty, LCIA, Counsel at Archipel, Joe Liu, Deputy Secretary-General of HKIAC, Kevin Nash, Deputy Registrar & Centre Director SIAC, Katia Rener, DIS Case Manager, Olivia Furter, Senior Case Manager Nivalion and Franziska Studer, Senior Case Manager Nivalion.

We were so happy about the positive and dynamic interactions within the group despite the virtual environment of the program.

 The first module was dedicated to an introduction to the fundamentals of international arbitration both in a comparative perspective and with emphasis on Swiss law.

The purpose of this “crash course” is to ensure that by the end of the first week, all participants are familiar with the essential aspects of international arbitration law and practice, particularly with respect to the Swiss legal framework.

Module 1 is based on materials specifically designed for this type of education, and includes practical exercises in all relevant areas of international arbitration, namely:

• The Legal Concept of Arbitration, Fundamental Features, Regulatory Framework and Neighbouring Methods of Dispute Resolution

• The Arbitration Agreement

• The Arbitral Tribunal

• The Arbitral Proceedings

• The Applicable Law

• The Arbitral Award

• Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards

We are looking forward to module 2, how to commence arbitration proceedings, starting in November, where Participants will put the knowledge acquired during module 1 into practice. On the basis of a mock case, the participants address issues from the perspective of both counsel and arbitrators in international arbitration. It is possible to apply for individual modules. Find out more: https://www.cas-arbitration.org/overview