CLUB DE L'ARBITRAGE
Welcome to the Club de l’arbitrage
The Club de l’arbitrage is a vibrant and engaged community dedicated to promoting a culture of arbitration.
We bring together academics, judges, legal practitioners, professionals, and students from all backgrounds, in France and around the world.
Our mission? To make arbitration better understood, more widely used, and fully connected to today’s major economic, social, and legal challenges.
We believe arbitration is more than a dispute resolution tool — it is a lever of influence, a driver of economic development, and a key element of legal diplomacy, with Paris at the heart of the global arbitration scene.
What we do
🎤 Conferences & events – to explore and debate current trends and challenges in arbitration with leading experts.
✍️ Publications – to contribute critical insights, in-depth analysis, and bold proposals.
🎙 Exclusive interviews with leading voices who inspire through their vision and leadership.
🌍 Partnerships & networking – to connect academic, professional, and institutional actors across borders.
📚 Training & masterclasses – to share knowledge and build bridges between generations of legal minds (soon).
Join us
Whether you are curious, passionate, experienced, or just starting out, the Club de l’arbitrage is welcoming you.
Together, let us make arbitration a space for dialogue, excellence, and innovation.
OUR NEWS
Paris Arbitration Week x Club de l'arbitrage
Held last week, on March 25, 2026, at OCA, during Paris Arbitration Week, the Club de l'arbitrage organised a discussion on “Loyauté de la preuve” and fairness in the taking of evidence in international arbitration: a comparative perspective.
Featuring contributions from Professor and Arbitrator Denis Mouralis, Barrister at Clay Arbitration Obioma Ofoego, Senior Group Legal Counsel at Veolia Romain Sellem, and Financial Expert at OCA Mikael Ouaniche, and moderated by Natalia Gaucher, President of the Club de l'arbitrage, the panel explored how evidentiary practices shape arbitral proceedings.
Although evidentiary matters in arbitration are sometimes viewed as secondary, they can rapidly become decisive. The discussion highlighted how the collection, disclosure, and examination of evidence directly influence the fairness of the proceedings.
The session brought together a variety of approaches, moving from recent French case law and common law conceptions of procedural fairness to more practical considerations, including document retention within companies and the role of experts in arbitral proceedings.
These exchanges underscored the concrete impact of evidentiary practices in arbitration: they shape how parties present their cases, guide tribunals in their evaluation of the record, and ultimately inform the understanding of procedural fairness.
You can find a complete summary of the discussions that took place during this conference at this link:
Many thanks to THE LAW for the picture!