While women represent 58.8% of lawyers in France, they account for only around 30% of partners in arbitration and fewer than one-third of arbitrators. Institutions participate in their appointments at a rate of 46%, whereas parties designate them only 19–21% of the time. These figures illustrate the persistent challenges regarding…
On March 26th, Caroline Duclercq had the pleasure of moderating and speaking at a conference organized by the Association Française d’Arbitrage and the Moroccan Arbitration Club, alongside a panel of outstanding practitioners, Marc Henry, Wissam Mghazli, Aïcha Brahma, Ghiyta Iraqi, and Jalal El Ahdab. Over the past years, arbitration law has…
We had the pleasure of hosting this roundtable during the Paris Arbitration Week, on 24 March, from 12:30 to 14:00 — a highlight of PAW 2026. Civil law has long shaped the landscape of arbitration across the MENA region, but does it still hold sway today? This question lay at…
Loyalty & Jurisdiction: What does the Paris Ruling of 13 January 2026 tell us? In this case, the Court sanctioned a party who, after invoking the arbitration clause before a foreign judge, later challenged that same clause to support its annulment application before the French courts. The Court held that…
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