Kluwer: Recently Issued Regulation for Mandatory Registration of Arbitrators and Arbitration Centers in Peru: Prop Gun or Deadly Weapon?

Published on November 7, 2025

In September 2024, Peru enacted Legislative Decree No. 1660, which added the 15th Complementary Provision to the Peruvian Arbitration Law. This provision made registration of both arbitrators and arbitration centers "mandatory" in the National Registry of Arbitrators and Arbitration Centers ("RENACE"). But the Decree left the specifics of the registration requirements to be determined by subsequent regulation.