In this edition, our experts Guy Harles, François Kremer, Clara Mara Marhuenda and Estelle Brisson are the authors of the Luxembourg Chapter.

Editor: Chambers

Content:

• 1. General
  
  • 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration
  • 1.2 Trends
  • 1.3 Key Industries
  • 1.4 Arbitral Institutions
• 2. Governing Legislation
  • 2.1 Governing Law
  • 2.2 Changes to National Law
• 3. The Arbitration Agreement
  • 3.1 Enforceability
  • 3.2 Arbitrability
  • 3.3 National Courts’ Approach
  • 3.4 Validity
• 4. The Arbitral Tribunal
  
  • 4.1 Limits on Selection
  • 4.2 Default Procedures
  • 4.3 Court Intervention
  • 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators
  • 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements
• 5. Jurisdiction
  • 5.1 Matters Excluded from Arbitration
  • 5.2 Challenges to Jurisdiction
  • 5.3 Circumstances for Court Intervention
  • 5.4 Timing of Challenge
  • 5.5 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/Admissibility
  • 5.6 Breach of Arbitration Agreement
  • 5.7 Third Parties
• 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief
  
  • 6.1 Types of Relief
  • 6.2 Role of Courts
  • 6.3 Security for Costs
• 7. Procedure
  
  • 7.1 Governing Rules
  • 7.2 Procedural Steps
  • 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators
  • 7.4 Legal Representatives
• 8. Evidence
  
  • 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence
  • 8.2 Rules of Evidence
  • 8.3 Powers of Compulsion
• 9. Confidentiality
  
  • 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality
• 10. The Award
  
  • 10.1 Legal Requirements
  • 10.2 Types of Remedies
  • 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs
• 11. Review of an Award
  
  • 11.1 Grounds for Appeal
  • 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal
  • 11.3 Standard of Judicial Review
• 12. Enforcement of an Award
  
  • 12.1 New York Convention
  • 12.2 Enforcement Procedure
  • 12.3 Approach of the Courts
• 13. Miscellaneous
  
  • 13.1 Class-action or Group Arbitration
  • 13.2 Ethical Codes
  • 13.3 Third-party Funding
  • 13.4 Consolidation
  • 13.5 Third Parties