SCC: 𝗜𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴? Arbitration practitioners tend to...

𝗜𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴? Arbitration practitioners tend to love the game. The strategy, the competition, the war stories. But disputes are the business's headache, not its playground. That gap matters. In our latest SCC Spotlight Talk, we sit down with Knut Høivik, Associate Professor at the Universitetet i Bergen (UiB)'s Faculty of Law and former Vice President in the Legal Department of Equinor ASA, to explore what it actually takes for arbitration to earn its hero status from a business perspective. Knut shares his views on:  • When businesses genuinely turn to arbitration, and when they don't.  • The case for publishing anonymised arbitral awards to build a body of legal precedent.  • Why arbitrator selection may matter more than the choice of institution or procedural rules.  • How lawyers can better support in-house teams in managing disputes effectively. A thought-provoking read for anyone who works at…