Nour Nicolas will be speaking on a panel titled "Do Arab Arbitrations Still Require Western Validation?", organized by ArabArb during Paris Arbitration Week.
For decades, major disputes involving Arab parties or contracts performed in the Arab world have frequently gravitated toward Western institutions, Western seats, Western laws, and Western arbitrators. But is this still necessary? This panel will examine whether Arab arbitration ecosystems have reached a level of structural, institutional, and normative autonomy, or whether forms of external “validation” continue to shape market confidence.
ArabArb is a global, independent association that aims to unite, promote, and serve the international arbitration community with roots, affinity, or interest in the Arab World. Nour Nicolas serves on its Executive Board.
