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  • The Belgrade Arbitration Center is delighted to announce that as of January 2024, Professor Dr. Vladimir Pavić will assume the role of President. Professor Pavić has been an integral part of the institution since its inception, holding the position of Vice-President. His involvement played a......

  • The Belgrade Arbitration Center (BAC) and the Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC) have concluded a Cooperation Agreement to strengthen international dispute resolution by fostering connections and projects between stakeholders in Türkiye and Serbia. Both arbitral institutions aim to cooperate in pro...

  •   In October 2023, the Belgrade Arbitration Center and the Russian law firm KIAP, based in Moscow, organized a joint online conference on the topic of Serbia as a relevant jurisdiction for international arbitration. The conference aimed to familiarize the law office’s clients with Serbia&...

  • The Belgrade Arbitration Center has recently unveiled its latest publications on the website, featuring three rendered arbitral awards presented in an anonymized format, accompanied by concise summaries. Among these awards, one in particular stands out as the first-ever commodity dispute resolved th...

  • Sara Penđer, Co-chair of Under 40 section of Arbitration Association in Serbia and Stefan Jovanović, Secretary of the Belgrade Arbitration Center, along with professor Marko Jovanović, participated as lecturers in the panel on the topic of arbitration at the Belgrade Conference of Lawyers (BEKOP) he...

  • We cordially invite you to register for the upcoming Arbitration webinar | Disputes for Breakfast on 13 November 2020, organized by ZEILER FLOYD ZADKOVICH. The webinar will provide you with an opportunity to hear Friederike Schäfer, Counsel at the ICC Court of Arbitration in Paris,......

  • We cordially invite you to take part in 2020 Gabriel (virtual) Arbitration Conference on “Disruption of Supply Chains: How to Decide all Claims in One Go?” In times of COVID-19, supply chains are broken and big infrastructure projects with contractors and sub-contractors are suspended. As......

  • Along with Young ICCA, on 24th September 2020, Under 40 section of Arbitration Association organized a webinar on Cross Examination. Dr. Benjamin Lissner – Partner, CMS Hasche Sigle (Cologne), Ms. Clea Bigelow-Nuttall – Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons (London) and Milica Savic, Partner, Karanovic &...

  •   Please find attached invitation for the upcoming (second) webinar that our under 40 section is jointly organizing with the YCAP (Young Croatian Arbitration Practitioners). The second webinar on ‘Online Arbitration – Armageddon or New Normal?’ will take place on Thursday, May...

  • On Thursday, 28 November, the Arbitration Association and the Belgrade Arbitration Center met with guests from China: Mr Gong Jun, Deputy Director of Arbitration Department 3 of Shanghai Arbitration Commmision, Ms Wu Jinxi, Secretary of the Filing Department of the Shanghai Arbitration Commission, a...

  • On November 22, 2019 the Under 40 section of Arbitration Association together with ICC Young Arbitrators Forum and CMS Belgrade organized a debate on careers in international commercial arbitration – perspectives and challenges for under 40 arbitration practitioners. Key note address was delivered b...

  • The under-40 section of the Arbitration Association in cooperation with ICC YAF and CMS Belgrade organizes the third ICC YAF in Belgrade on 22 November  2019, starting from 18h at the premises of CMS Law firm. The event titled “Careers in International Arbitration: under-40 Perspectives......

  • Arbitration Association hereby invites all interested parties to register for the upcoming conference  ‘Construction disputes and arbitration in the SEE region’ which will take place on 8 November 2019 at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia,  Terazije 23, Main Hall on the 2nd......

  • Arbitral Association and University of Union Faculty of Law have organized an arbitration conference on 25 October 2019 on the topic Arbitral Decision-Making. Key note address was delivered by Prof. Tibor Varady who spoke on the challenges in and criteria for determining impartiality of arbitrators....

  • On October 24, 2019 Fifth Sarajevo Arbitration Days were held. The topics that were discussed were diversity in international commercial arbitration in light of arbitrators’ appointment, concession agreements in Bosnia and Hercegovina and in practice, as well as FIDIC standard terms of contracts. Ke...

  • On 22 October 2019, representatives of the Committee for Promotion of Arbitration in Business and Under 40 Section of Arbitration Association, Mr. Dragan Psodorov, Mr. Nenad Kovacevic and Mrs. Sara Pendjer gave a lecture on the subject of resolution of disputes by arbitration to the......

  • Arbitration Association cordially invites you to register for the upcoming arbitration conference that will take place this Friday, October 25,  from 9:30 to 14:30 at the Faculty of Law of Union University  (Bulevar maršala Tolbuhina 36, 11070 Novi Beograd). The topic of the conference is Arbitral.....

  • VIAC together with the Austrian Arbitration Association (Arb|Aut) and Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP) organized the 3rd GAR Live Vienna. The conference took place on 18 October 2019 in the Christoph Leitl Lounge (former SkyLounge) of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. The program...

  • Board for Promotion of Arbitration Among In-House Counsel of the Arbitration Association has, in cooperation with the Foreign Investors Council, on 10 October 2019 organized a seminar on advantages of dispute resolution via arbitration as opposed to litigation. Ms. Tijana Lalić and Mr. Djordje Novči...

  • The University of Belgrade Faculty of Law and Serbian Arbitration Association have jointly, for the fifth time, organized an essay prize contest in honor of late Professor Gašo Knežević. After evaluating the submitted essays, the jury decided to award the first prize to Stefan Jovanovic,......

  • Member of our Arbitration Association and the co-chair of the Under 40 Section Mr. Nenad Kovačević (independent attorney in cooperation with CMS Belgrade) had the honor to represent our Association and itsUnder 40 Section at the 7th Global conference organized by the ICC YAF (International......

  • On June 6 and 7, a co – chair of Under 40 section of Arbitration Association, Ms. Sara Pendjer attended a co – chair circle retreat that took place at the beautiful lake Neusiedl in the south of Austria. The host of this year’s co......

  • On 4 June 2019 the Arbitration Association has, in cooperation with University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, successfully organized another arbitration seminar for arbitration practitioners and enthusiasts. The topic of the June seminar was: “The role of witnesses and expert witnesses in arbitra...

  •   The 2nd Round Table organized by Gabriel Arbitration law firm from Zurich on “Hot Topics in Our Daily Arbitration Practice” took place on 21 May 2019  in Aeroklub, Uzun Mirkova 4/II, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. The Round Table was attended by over 40 arbitration practitioners......

  • On 10 May 2019  Schellenberg Wittmer  law firm in Geneva hosted an arbitration seminar on the topic:   “Sharing is Caring: challenges and best practices of arbitration associations” where representatives from nine arbitration associations presented their experiences in promoting arbitrat...

  • On 6 April 2019, as part of the Belgrade Arbitration days (Belgrade Arbitration Conference and Belgrade open pre-moot in preparation for the Vienna Willem C. Vis Moot), ICC Young Arbitrators Forum and Under 40 Section of Serbian Arbitration Association have organized a conference in Belgrade......

  • Ms. Andrea Nikolić, Arbitrator Intelligence Ambassador for CEE region presented the Arbitrator Intelligence project at the meeting of the Arbitration Association. Her presentation is available here. Arbitrator Intelligence (AI) is a non-profit organisation aiming to develop more information about ar...

  • Belgrade arbitration center announces its participation in the multicongress   Saturday 24 November 2018 10:00 — 12:00h Radisson Collection Hotel, Old Mill Belgrade room M5 second floor   Please confirm your seat at this event by sending an e-mail to bac@arbitrationassociation.org Be...

  • Registration for our upcoming arbitration round-table organized by Arbitration Association under40 section in cooperation with Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners on 7 November 2018 at the Conference room of University of Belgrade Faculty of Law is now open. The program for the round-table whic...

  • Under 40 Section of the Arbitration Association has joined the Co-Chairs’ Circle this May at the annual meeting held in Rome, upon decision of the Board of this informal group. The Co-Chairs’ Circle is an informal platform for the exchange between young arbitration practitioner groups. Given t...

  • Board of the Arbitration Association has at its meeting of 7 May 2018 formed a  Board for Promotion of Mediation and Education in the Field of Mediation. For members of the Board the following practitioners have been appointed: Prof. Dr Leposava Karamarković, Prof. Dr Monika......

  • In line with the  Programme of the Belgrade Arbitration Center for 2018, the Board of Arbitration Association has formed a Board for Promotion of Arbitration Among In-House Counsel at its meeting of 7 May 2018. The following practitioners have been appointed as Board members, after all members......

  • The team representing the University of Novi Sad, led by Bojana Ristić and Boško Kaćanski as team coaches and comprising the students Jovana Rubežić, Milena Rašković, Bojana Spajić and Igor Bauranov have successfully participated in the 2017/2018 Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court (“FIAMC”)...

  • On Friday, March 16, 2018, Serbian Arbitration Association in cooperation with the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law will have a pleasure of hosting the X Belgrade Arbitration Conference which will gather dozens of professors, attorneys and other arbitration experts who will discuss the pertinen...

  • Arbitration Association organized on 22 February 2018 an arbitration seminar on the topic: Liechtenstein – Investment and Arbitration Hub for SEE which was held at the conference room of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law. The seminar was organized in cooperation with the University of ...

  • At the session of the Management Board of the Arbitration Association of 26 December 2017, an ‘Under 40’ Section of the Arbitration Association was formed with the aim of promoting arbitration among young practitioners and their further education in the field of arbitration, and further ...

  • On 22 September 2017 Arbitration Association of Serbia in cooperation with University of Belgrade Faculty of Law and German Institution for Arbitration (DIS), with the support of Backer McKenzie and Karanovic/Nikolic law firms organized an arbitration seminar on Institutional Efforts to Enhance Arbi...

  • Upon successful promotion of Liber Amicorum Gašo Knežević collection of papers which was held on 21 December 2016 at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, followed by an international conference E Diversitate Unitas in honor of late Prof. Gašo Knežević, the publication is now available on-line....

  • On April 26, 2017, Serbian Arbitration Association in cooperation with the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law and Law offices Baker Botts LLP and Stankovic & Partners organized a session on the topic “The Art of Advocacy”. The speaker was Mr. Philip Punwar, barrister and......

  • Serbian Arbitration Association in cooperation with the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law will once again have a pleasure of hosting leading arbitration practitioners, experts and academics from London, Paris,Vienna, Moscow, Geneva, Zurich, Dubai, New York and Belgrade at its annual Belgrade Arb...

  • The annual Assembly of the Serbian Arbitration Association was held on 28 December 2016 in the Conference room of the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade. President of the Board, Prof. Dr Dragor Hiber submitted the yearly report of the Board to the Assembly. The report was......

  • BEST PRACTICES OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION BEST Faculty of law university of Belgrade conference room 21/DEC/2016 17:00/19:30 On 21 December 2016 the Serbian Arbitration Association in cooperation with ICDR Young & International and the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law will host an interna...

  • Conference presenting “Liber Amirocum Gašo Knežević” will be held at the Belgrade Faculty of Law on 21 December 2016 at 10:00 AM. All members are welcome to attend free of charge.  ...

  • Аrbitration Association participated through its members in the Annual Conference of Judges of the Republic of Serbia organized by the Supreme Court of Cassation in Vrnjačka Banja from 9-12 October 2016. Assistant Professor Dr. Milena Đorđević, member of the Arbitration Association Board, spoke at t...

  • At the meeting of the Board of Arbitration Association held on 28 October 2016 Dr Miroslav Paunović resigned for personal reasons from his post as a president of the Association. Upon receiving thanks for his dedicated work up to now, Dr. Paunović recommended Prof. Dragor Hiber......

  • Students of the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade and the Faculty of Law of the University of Novi Sad excelled at XXIII Willem C. Vis Moot, which took place in Vienna April 18-24, 2016. Both teams advanced into elimination rounds (top 64......

  • Arbitration Association of Serbia in cooperation with the University if Belgrade Faculty of Law, German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) and Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia is once again organizing its annual international arbitration conference...

  •  WEDNESDAY, 9 DECEMBER 2015, 16:30 UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE FACULTY OF LAW 16:00 / 16:30   REGISTRATION 16:30 / 16:40   WELCOME ADDRESS & OPENING Caroline Ming / Exec. Director & General Counsel, Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution Dr. Miroslav Paunović / Paunovic Law Office, Chairman of t...

  • On October 15 2015 Tijana Žunić, attorney at law from Novi Sad, was appointed new Secretary of the BAC by decision of BAC President, Professor Dr. Maja Stanivuković. At the same time, the former Secretary of the BAC, Marina Matić was discharged of her duty. Tijana’s......

  •   Together with the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution and the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbian Arbitration Association organizes a half-day seminar devoted to the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration. The event will take place on 9 December 2015, starting at 16:30, at ...