Cross-Border Dispute Settlement Mechanisms (Luther Dispute Resolution Lecture) | Prof. Luca Radicati

►►► In this Luther Dispute Resolution Lecture, Prof. Luca G. Radicati di Brozolo analyses the two traditional ways of solving international commercial disputes – i.e. domestic courts and arbitration –, elaborates on why arbitrations seems to be the preferred one and casts a glance into the future of cross-border dispute settlement mechanisms, which might be influenced by so called international commercial courts that have recently started to appear in some states. ◄◄◄ ++++++ Contents 0:12 General Welcome | Prof. Dr. Stefan Kröll, Director of the Center on international Dispute Resolution, Bucerius Law School 2:24 Opening Remarks | Dr. Richard Happ, Partner at Luther 6:52 Luther Dispute Resolution Lecture | Prof. Luca G. Radicati di Brozolo, Catholic University of Milan ++++++ Professor Luca G. Radicati di Brozolo holds the chair of Private International Law at the Catholic University of Milan. His abundant scholarly writings cover a broad range of subjects. In 2018 he gave the General Course on Private International Law at the Hague Academy of International Law on “The legal framework of international commercial transactions”. He is also a well-known practitioner who now focuses primarily on international commercial and investor-state arbitration as advocate, arbitrator and expert. He is the founder of the arbitration and litigation boutique ArbLit – Radicati di Brozolo Sabatini Benedettelli Torsello and a door tenant at Fountain Court Chambers in London. ++++++ 8 April 2019, 18.30 Uhr Moot Court, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg ++++++ The two dispute solution mechanisms available for international commercial transactions – domestic courts and arbitration – are profoundly different as to their legal nature, their procedural functioning, the way in which they apply the substantive rules and in many other important respects. In his keynote, Professor Radicati di Brozolo will answer how these differences impact on the parties’ choice and why arbitration is the preferred, and often the only, option. In addition, he will address whether the “international commercial courts” that some states have created or are in the process of launching, are a useful alternative to the real or perceived shortcomings of the two traditional mechanisms. ++++++ The Center for International Dispute Resolution (CIDR) at Bucerius Law School is intended to provide an institutional framework and a forum to explore, discuss and develop issues arising in connection with the resolution of disputes having an international/transnational element. The founders and directors of the CIDR, Prof. Stefan Kröll and Prof. Karsten Thorn, are well known experts in the field of dispute resolution and frequent speakers at national and international conferences. The CIDR shall sharpen the profile of Bucerius Law School in the field of international dispute resolution and enhance its national and international visibility as one of the leading teaching and research institutions. It pools the existing resources at Bucerius and aims at intensifying the exchange between academia and practice in international dispute resolution. The CIDR shall become a nationally and internationally recognized competence center and a forum to explore, discuss and develop issues arising in connection with the resolution of disputes having an international/transnational element, involved also in the education of the next generation of dispute resolution lawyers. At the same time CIDR will investigate how international dispute resolution can be taught best at universities. In this regard, the CIDR shall further develop the current course program for the Bucerius Certificate in International Dispute Resolution. In addition, the CIDR shall promote junior researchers by identifying potential subjects for doctoral theses, connecting with potential contact persons to the point of co-supervision, offering advanced education courses and assisting publications.