The Arbitration & Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (“CAM Santiago”) and the Madrid International Arbitration Center & Ibero-American Arbitration Center (“CIAM-CIAR”) have concluded a strategic agreement whereby CIAM-CIAR will manage all international arbitrations submitted to CAM Santiago. While the agreement might initially appear to represent an outsourcing of CAM Santiago’s functions, potentially…

The swift and far-reaching development experienced by arbitration in Spain over the past few decades is unprecedented in the context of other arbitration-friendly jurisdictions. In little more than 40 years, a fully-fledged arbitration system was set up virtually from scratch. In 1977 Spain ratified the New York Convention without reservation, thus entering the international arbitration…