Originally from World Arbitration and Mediation Review (WAMR)

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ABSTRACT

This article offers an overview of the contemporary landscape of international corruption in the international arbitration field. Informed by a dynamic exchange among experts from different parts of the world and various professional and academic backgrounds, the discussion offered here highlights the most salient cases and the commentary about the issues they dealt with.

I.   INTRODUCTION

On November 15, 2023, Florida International University’s (“FIU”) College of Law held its traditional international arbitration event that every year marks the end of Miami Arbitration Week (“MAW”). This edition of the FIU event focused on the intersection between corruption and international arbitration. As always, the main event was a roundtable discussion featuring a group of renowned international arbitration practitioners hailing from prominent jurisdictions such as São Paulo, Madrid, Paris and Miami.  The participants and attendees, also drawn from all over the world, shared their insights about corruption during their international arbitration practice.  As always, the discussion was open, dynamic and instructive. Following tradition, the discussion was bound by Chatham House Rule .  In accordance with this rule, although  this article includes commentary about cases and viewpoints that were expressed during the event, neither the identity nor the affiliation of individuals is revealed in connection with those cases and viewpoints.  Since the roundtable was widely publicized, the names of the moderator and discussants are known to the public.  They are mentioned briefly below to underscore that the issues examined here are those identified as of particular significance by speakers well positioned in the arbitration community. Everything else in this article is the responsibility of the author only.