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6 May 2021: ICC’s reputation as the world’s most preferred arbitral institute has been upheld in a major survey of arbitration professionals and users worldwide. The 2020 Survey by Queen Mary University, London in partnership with law firm White & Case, reveals that of all nominations received, ICC stands out once more as the most preferred institution among arbitration providers, including market leaders featured in the rankings who have led the field for well over a decade. The survey rankings reflect ICC’s standing as a truly global and independent institution with close to 100 years’ experience in resolving commercial disputes, and

28 April 2021 ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO has signed a joint statement on how to achieve meaningful connectivity for all at the 2021 High-Level Digital Debate of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Connectivity and Digital Cooperation. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that meaningful digital access is indispensable to global resilience and prosperity. Since the onset of the crisis, digital technologies have helped sustain business operations and keep economies afloat. Technology has been critical to detect and manage the spread of the virus. In the process, digital technologies have reshaped the way we work, study and live

16 April 2021 ICC has announced new additions to the Standing Committee of its International Centre for ADR (Centre), including a new president and vice-presidents. The Standing Committee supports the ICC International Centre for ADR in administering ADR cases filed under ICC Expert Rules and ICC Dispute Board Rules. This includes aiding in the selection of experts and dispute board members and deciding challenges filed against them; scrutinising expert reports and reviewing decisions of Dispute Adjudication Boards or Combined Dispute Boards; and helping fix fees of experts and dispute board members. Secretary General of ICC’s International Court of Arbitration and Director of ICC Dispute Resolution Services,

1 April 2021 ICC and Jus Mundi have joined forces to make publishable, ICC arbitral awards freely available to the global legal community. Throughout its 100-year history, ICC has brought global business together to support an international rules-based order, including the promotion of global trade and commerce through initiatives and services including those of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (ICC Court). The partnership will see Jus Mundi, the world’s most comprehensive research engine for international law and arbitration, provide full public access to all publishable ICC Court awards and related documents made as of 1 January 2019. Commenting on the agreement, ICC Court

31 March 2021 New publication shines a light on the proliferation – and worrying fragmentation – of private antitrust enforcement regimes A new ICC publication shines a spotlight on the increasingly fragmented nature of national regimes designed to allow citizens and companies to claim compensation if they are the victims of alleged antitrust abuses. Once a phenomenon limited to the United States, the past decade has seen a proliferation in new rules across more than 40 jurisdictions to allow private actions to enforce competition law – spurred, in part, by the European Union Damages Directive in 2014. The new analysis –

30 March 2021 ICC and TradeFlow Capital Management will introduce a partnership to mobilize capital and improve trade finance access for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO announced an ambitious partnership with TradeFlow Capital Management during the World Trade Organization’s 2021 Global Trade & Blockchain Forum, as part of ICC’s growing effort to enable SME access to short-term liquidity to survive the ongoing economic crisis and thrive in the post-pandemic future Leveraging TradeFlow Capital Management’s innovative non-lending and non-credit based instruments and ICC’s global network of over 45 million chambers of commerce and businesses, the

29 March 2021 Speeches: High-Level Meeting with Heads of State and Government on the International Debt Architecture and Liquidity ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO – Thank you, your Excellency Mr Secretary-General and the Honorable Prime Ministers of Canada and Jamaica, for the opportunity to address this session. – Your Excellencies, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen: – In our first High Level Meeting – in May of last year – we urged governments not to forget the financing needs of small businesses who have been deeply affected by the economic impacts of COVID-19. – Recent research has shown two important

25 March 2021 From setting the gold standard for international advertising self-regulation since 1937 to enabling businesses to integrate ethics and compliance considerations into their operations, ICC plays a leading role in enabling high standards of corporate governance based on ethical business practices. To mark the launch of a new study on ethical and responsible business – compiled by Principia Advisory in partnership with ICC, Clifford Chance, INvolve, GlobeScan and the Institute of Business Ethics – we’re highlighting 6 ways in which ICC is committed to ensuring ethics become the bedrock of business strategies in every sector. Enabling, incentivising and rewarding SME sustainability

23 March 2021 ICC and Mind the Bridge announced the official launch of the 2021 Corporate Startup Stars competition as part of the MENA Digital Scaleup Summit in Dubai. The official kick off of the 2021 edition of the “Corporate Startup Stars Awards”  was announced today in Dubai  as part of the MENA Digital Scaleup Summit hosted by the Dubai Future Foundation and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) and supported by the Dubai Chamber, in the presence of ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO and Amy Neale, Senior Vice President, Mastercard (2020 Corporate Startup Star). The celebration of Best Practices

22 March 2021 ICC has announced new additions to its Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services. New members to the Executive Board subcommittee responsible for ICC Arbitration and ADR will bolster ICC’s commitment to making its leading dispute resolution services more accessible to users in Asia while supporting objectives to digitise services in line with user needs and COVID-19 safety protocols. The new line up also aims to amplify the voice of in-house counsel. Appointed by the ICC Executive Board for a term of two years the three new members of the ICC Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services, are eminent figures in the