Originally from European International Arbitration Review (EIAR)

I. Main Activities of In-house Counsel with Respect to International Commercial Arbitration

In-house counsels are one of the main players in international commercial arbitration, being their employers, i.e. national and multinational companies, the most important clients of arbitral institutions; although in most cases they are not sufficiently involved in the arbitral arena.1

A recent solution to allow in-house counsels to better contribute to the promotion of international commercial arbitration is their participation to the Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group (CCIAG), established in 2006 to “provide a focal point for discussions among inhouse lawyers working for corporations that are actively involved in international arbitration. The current membership is comprised of corporate counsels from more than 90 multinational companies, without any connections with law firms or arbitral institutions.”2