FRANCE
Belgium
Germany
Paris
France
Switzerland
Law and Practice Contributed by: Kyum Lee, Florian Dessault, Hannah Cobbett and Claire Gonzalez BDGS Associés
Italy
Spain
Contents 1. General p.352 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration p.352 1.2 Key Industries p.352 1.3 Arbitration Institutions p.352 1.4 National Courts p.353 2. Governing Legislation p.353 2.1 Governing Law p.353 2.2 Changes to National Law p.354 3. The Arbitration Agreement p.354 3.1 Enforceability p.354 3.2 Arbitrability p.355 3.3 National Courts’ Approach p.355 3.4 Validity p.355 4. The Arbitral Tribunal p.355 4.1 Limits on Selection p.355 4.2 Default Procedures p.356 4.3 Court Intervention p.356 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators p.357 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements p.357 5. Jurisdiction p.358 5.1 Challenges to Jurisdiction p.358 5.2 Circumstances for Court Intervention p.358 5.3 Timing of Challenge p.358 5.4 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/ Admissibility p.358 5.5 Breach of Arbitration Agreement p.359 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties p.359 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief p.359
7. Procedure p.360 7.1 Governing Rules p.360 7.2 Procedural Steps p.361 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators p.361 7.4 Legal Representatives p.361 8. Evidence p.361 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence p.361 8.2 Rules of Evidence p.361 8.3 Powers of Compulsion p.362 9. Confidentiality p.362 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality p.362 10. The Award p.362 10.1 Legal Requirements p.362 10.2 Types of Remedies p.362 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs p.363 11. Review of an Award p.363 11.1 Grounds for Appeal p.363 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal p.363
11.3 Standard of Judicial Review p.363 12. Enforcement of an Award p.364 12.1 New York Convention p.364 12.2 Enforcement Procedure p.364 12.3 Approach of the Courts p.365 13. Miscellaneous p.365 13.1 Class Action or Group Arbitration p.365 13.2 Ethical Codes p.365 13.3 Third-Party Funding p.366 13.4 Consolidation p.366 13.5 Binding of Third Parties p.366
6.1 Types of Relief p.359 6.2 Role of Courts p.359 6.3 Security for Costs p.360
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