12 August 2021 Claudia Salomon made history on 1 July 2021 becoming the first female President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the world’s foremost international arbitral institution. Ms Salomon spoke to Barry Fletcher, Head of Arbitration at LexisNexis® UK, about her first weeks in the role, her commitment to diversity and inclusion, and how she intends to build on the successes of her predecessor to ensure a client-focused mindset for the ICC Court and ICC Arbitration. The November 2020 announcement that Ms Salomon had been

9 August 2021 The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has issued the following statement following the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report on climate science. ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton said: “Today’s ‘code red’ warning from the IPCC won’t come as any surprise to businesses affected by the extreme weather events of recent months. A crucial decade clearly lies ahead if we are to avert the risk of these recent disasters becoming the norm.  “The IPCC’s latest report shouldn’t be read

5 August 2021 The ICC Young Arbitrators Forum has named 89 new regional representatives for its 2021-2023 mandate, including appointments in 16 previously unrepresented countries and a newly established chapter for Africa. The Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF), the world’s largest network of its kind, is the International Chamber of Commerce’s young practitioners’ community dedicated to dispute resolution. Representatives are elected for a two-year mandate and responsible for the promotion of ICC’s dispute resolution services and the development of the more than 10,000-member network. Open to those

3 August 2021 ICC has published full dispute resolution statistics for 2020, following preliminary figures published earlier this year which revealed the highest number of registered cases with both the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the ICC International Centre for ADR. The 2020 ICC Dispute Resolution Statistics report includes a comprehensive overview of ICC Arbitration statistics including breakdowns by region, the constitution of the arbitral tribunals, figures for state and state-owned parties, place of arbitration, the geographical origins of arbitrators and parties, and statistics

30 July 2021 ICC sits down with Damien Bruckard, Deputy Director of ICC Trade and Investment, to discuss the organization's response to economic developments created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Few global supply chains have been spared from the wrath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Public lockdowns, export restrictions, and protectionist measures have pushed the global economy to the brink. Damien Bruckard, Deputy Director of ICC Trade and Investment, discusses ICC’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the steps that the organization has taken to ensure open and

27 July 2021 ICC has today announced a number of new appointments to lead the work of its Banking Commission – the leading standard-setting body for international trade finance transactions. Lynn Ng of ING becomes new Commission Chair. As part of a number of changes implemented by ICC to strengthen the institutions’ work in this domain, the new leadership of the Commission will consist of a single Steering Committee comprising a Chair and 12 Vice-Chairs – each appointed for initial three-year terms. The Steering Committee