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The Association Française d’Arbitrage (AFA) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has just elected Marc Henry as its new Chairman. Marc Henry holds a Doctorate in Law from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and is the author of an award-winning thesis published on the arbitrator’s duty of independence. He is a lawyer in Paris and was admitted to the Bar in 1988. He specializes in business litigation and arbitration, and continues to be involved in research and teaching. His election reflects the generational transition that his predecessor, Mr. Bertrand Moreau, worked on accelerating during his term… Continue reading > New Presidency

Our annual conference will take place on September 20th, 2017 at Hôtel des Arts et Métiers in Paris. Mr. Emmanuel Gaillard, Laywer,  will present «Arbitrators confronted with assertions of corruption». More information and registration here.

The LLM in Transnational Arbitration & Dispute Settlement offered by Sciences Po Law School (SPLS) is a one-year, intensive and full-time programme, entirely taught in English. Its aim is to prepare students to act before the extraordinary variety of tribunals and courts that exist worldwide. More information here.

AFA proposes on January 18th, 2017 from 7 pm till 10 pm at the Maison du Barreau à Paris a training on the theme: «Cross-examination of witnesses: When the commow law comes to the civil-law». Marie Danis (August and Debouzy) and Caroline Duclercq (Altana), will lead this training with Pierre Duprey (Linklaters), and Peter Rosher (Pinsent Masons), Solicitor of England and Wales. They will share their experience of cross-examination as counsel and as arbitrator in particular in common law arbitrations. More information here.

AFA is pleased to invite its members to meet and discuss «The reform of contract law, what impact on arbitration?» with Professor Daniel COHEN, at its annual dinner on June 14th, 2016 in Paris. The collective book of the Fédération des Centres d’Arbitrage «L’arbitrage institutionnel en France» will be presented before the dinner, at 7:30 pm.

The Association Française d’Arbitrage (AFA) and the Institut d’Expertise, d’Arbitrage et de Médiation (IEAM) organize on April 12th, 2016 in the Grande Crypte in Paris a conference on the theme «The partnerships of the new economy after the reform of contracts». Under the scientific direction of Professor Jean-Philippe DOM, lawyers, professors, managers and legal directors of companies will exchange on the prevention of the new risks and the implementation of the alternative  dispute  settlement  methods, added value. More information here.

For its fortieth anniversary, the Association Française d’Arbitrage – Association For Arbitration – selected the following topic for its annual conference: “The Legal Status of Administered Arbitration”, presented by Professor Charles JARROSSON, Professor at the University of Paris II and Editor-in-chief of the Revue de l’arbitrage. Our conference will be held on Monday September 28, 2015 at 06:00 PM at the Hôtel des Arts et Métiers – Paris, and followed by a cocktail reception. Free participation – On registration : contact@afa-arbitrage.com Read more.

Our annual conference will take place on Monday September 22th, 2014 at 6:pm at Hôtel des Arts et Métiers – 9 avenue d’Iéna Paris 16. Mr. Thomas Clay, Professor at the University of Versailles  will present “The co-arbitrator“. Registration : contact@afa-arbitrage.com – Tél: 01 53 77 24 31