ICC Institute of World Business Law

The Institute of World Business Law Prize

For more than 40 years, the ICC Institute of World Business Law has been enhancing ties between the academic world and practising lawyers.

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The ICC Institute of World Business Law established the Institute Prize in 2007 to encourage focused research on legal issues affecting international business. Contributing to the understanding and progress of international commercial law around the world, the ICC Institute Prize recognises legal writing excellence.

The ICC Institute Prize is open to anyone 40 years of age or under as of deadline date who submits a doctoral dissertation or long essay (minimum of 150 pages) drafted in French or English on the subject of international commercial law, including arbitration.

When can I submit my work to participate in the ICC Institute Prize?

What are the ICC Institute Prize rules?

The Rules for the 2023 edition are available in English and in French

For any questions regarding the Rules or the ICC Institute Prize, please contact us via email at institute@iccwbo.org


Who is the ICC Institute Prize jury?

The jury responsible for the selection of the ICC Institute Prize laureate comprises specially selected members of the ICC Institute Council. 

The 2023 ICC Institute Prize Jury for the 2023 edition.

Nayla Comair-ObeidPartner, Obeid Law Firm; Professor, International Commercial Arbitration Doctorate Students, Filiere Francophone, Faculty of Law, Lebanese University, Beirut (Lebanon)
Cristina MartinettiPartner, Elexi Law Firm, Italy
Galina ZukovaPartner ; Zukova Legal, France
Habibatou TouréPartner, Habibatou Touré Law Firm; Senegal
Klaus Peter BergerProfessor of Law, University of Cologne, Center for Transnational Law (central), Germany
Matthias SchererPartner, Lalive, Switzerland
Mauricio Almeida PradoIndependent Arbitrator, Mauricio Almeida Prado, Brazil
Joongi KimProfessor, Yonsey University Law School, Republic of Korea
Winnie MaResident, The Arbitration Chambers, Singapore

We thank the following Institute and Council members who helped the Jury in evaluating the theses for the 2023 edition:

Marco de Benito, Andreas Carlevaris, Malik Laazouzi, Antonio Crivellaro, Laurie Achtouk-Spivak, Renato Beneduzi, Paula Costa e Silva, Petra Butler, Tolga Ayoglu, Cristiano Zanetti, Yannick Radi, Olivier Caprasse, Cecilia O’Neill, Fabien Gélinas, Kamal Sefrioui, Ruslan Mirzayev, Pascale Accaoui Lorfing, Lauro Gama, Fabien Gélinas and Horacio Grigera Naón 

Institute Prize laureates

2023 Institute Prize laureate

Sabrina Pearson-Wenger


2021 Institute Prize laureate

Dr (Ms) Brooke Marshall


2019 Institute Prize laureate

Tobias Lutzi


2017 Institute Prize laureate

Berk Demirkol


2015 Institute Prize laureate

Annabelle Mockesch


2013 Institute Prize laureate

Arno Gildemeister


2011 Institute Prize laureate

Claire Debourg


2009 Institute Prize laureate

Denis Mouralis


2007 Institute Prize laureate

Vincent Chantebout