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Arbitration

Supporting challenging arbitration cases and advancing the field

Mark Pieth knows first-hand the value of arbitration in resolving commercial or investment disputes. He has served as an expert in landmark arbitration cases, such as IPOC, Fraport vs Philippines, Spentex vs Uzbekistan and numerous high-profile commercial cases.

As a result, he also deeply understands the challenges that arbitrators face.

A major challenge is what to do if allegations or suspicions of corruption, money laundering, fraud or other illegality arise during arbitration.

Together with Kathrin Betz, Mark Pieth founded the Competence Centre Arbitration and Crime at the University of Basel to address such challenges together with the global arbitration community. Each year, the Centre brings together leading arbitrators, lawyers, academics and other experts for an in-depth workshop.

The Toolkit for Arbitrators emerged from the 2019 workshop. Now available in English, French and Russian, it has since become the go-to guidance for arbitrators who suspect, or are confronted with, corruption or other illegality relating to the underlying dispute.

Mark Pieth continues to serve as an expert on arbitration cases, combining years of experience with deep insights from global colleagues through the Competence Centre Arbitration and Crime.

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Upcoming events

May 4
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May 5
2023

6th Basel Arbitration & Crime Conference: Updating the Toolkit

Download the Draft Agenda and Register for the Zoom webinar here.

Past events

May 6
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May 7
2022

The Biden Initiative against Corruption and recent challenges in the area of arbitration and crime

Workshop, Basel, Switzerland
See the Final Agenda and Photos on the Competence Centre Arbitration and Crime.

January 8
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January 8
2021

Arbitration and crime: enforcement of awards, tainted assets, transnational public policy, sports arbitration

Virtual Workshop
See the Final Agenda and Video Clips here

January 9
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January 10
2020

Legal Consequences of Corruption and Money Laundering in International Arbitration

Workshop, Basel, Switzerland
See the Keynote Speech of Alexis Mourre and the Final Agenda here

January 10
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January 11
2019

International Arbitration and Corruption, A Toolkit for Arbitrators

Workshop, Basel, Switzerland
See the Final Agenda here

January 11
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January 12
2018

Arbitration and Crime, Dealing with Allegations of Economic Crime in Arbitration

Conference, Basel, Switzerland
See the Final Agenda and Conference Report here.

Toolkit

Competence Centre Arbitration and Crime