Transnational Dispute Settlement at the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Transnational Dispute Management. 2020. Vol. 17. No. 1. P. 1–14.

Davydenko D.

The International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (the ‘ICAC’) is a recognized arbitral Moscow-based institution with long running experience in administering transnational commercial arbitrations. Most frequently, disputes decided by the ICAC tribunals arise out of commercial contracts of sale of goods, services, works, and lease. This paper follows the history of the ICAC, which was first established and earned international recognition in the early period of Soviet history. The paper offers an overview of the most significant features of the ICAC’s present status, organization and proceedings, especially in the light of the recent arbitration law reform in Russia, and presents related statistical data. The issues of applicable law and composition of the arbitral tribunals are also recognized. The paper discusses why this arbitral institution deserves notable attention when choosing a dispute resolution procedure in a case involving at least one party related to Eastern Europe and CIS.

Keywords: международный коммерческий арбитраж, Russian law, arbitration, international commercial arbitration, history of russian law and state, третейское разбирательство