SCC: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱?   At the IPBA Madrid Conference panel titled “Futur...

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱?   At the IPBA Madrid Conference panel titled “Future Vision: New Trends in International Arbitration,” SCC representative Nils Ivars joined fellow practitioners to discuss how institutions can adapt to evolving user expectations, technological disruption, and increasing global complexity.   Three key insights from Madrid, and how the SCC is applying them in practice:   𝟭. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 Parties increasingly expect swift, flexible, and cost-effective dispute resolution, even when the urgency does not meet the threshold for being successful in an emergency arbitrator proceeding. SCC Express is one way the SCC is responding to market demands: expert legal assessments delivered within three weeks for a fixed fee of €29,000. Outcomes may be advisory, contractually binding or enforceable.   𝟮. 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 At the SCC, approximately half of arbitrator appointments over the past years…