International Arbitration

The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University and the Permanent Court of Arbitration are pleased to launch an International Arbitration Training Course in cooperation with the Department of Civil Law of the Leiden Law School. This course focuses on the theory and practice of international arbitration as a distinct field of the law and field of legal practice. The course covers as a consequence international commercial arbitration, investment treaty arbitration and inter-State arbitration. Besides offering a general course on the principles and practice of international arbitration, the programme will also contain several thematic courses focusing on certain aspects of international arbitration, such as recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards and institutional arbitration, as well as area-specific courses such as the arbitration of disputes in the financial sector, in the area of intellectual property rights or international sports arbitration.

Course leader

The course is coordinated by Eric De Brabandere, – Associate Professor of International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies and Brooks W. Daly, Deputy Secretary-General and Principal Legal Counsel Permanent Court of Arbitration, The

Target group

The course is targeted towards practitioners who seek to enlarge their vision or discover a new field of practice and scholars seeking to gain expertise in the application of concepts and norms within the field of international arbitration. Prior knowledge of, or experience in arbitration is desirable.

Course aim

To gain expertise in the application of concepts and norms within the field of international arbitration.