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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?
The ICC Institute Prize is launched every two years in April.
The deadline for applications is the 1st first Monday in April of the following year.
The Laureate is announced during the ICC Institute Annual Conference during fall of that year.
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-Obeid
Partner, Obeid Law Firm; Professor, International Commercial Arbitration Doctorate Students, Filiere Francophone, Faculty of Law, Lebanese University, Beirut (Lebanon)
Cristina Martinetti
Partner, Elexi Law Firm, Italy
Galina Zukova
Partner ; Zukova Legal, France
Habibatou Touré
Partner, Habibatou Touré Law Firm; Senegal
Klaus Peter Berger
Professor of Law, University of Cologne, Center for Transnational Law (central), Germany
Matthias Scherer
Partner, Lalive, Switzerland
Mauricio Almeida Prado
Independent Arbitrator, Mauricio Almeida Prado, Brazil
Joongi Kim
Professor, Yonsey University Law School, Republic of Korea
Winnie Ma
Resident, 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
2023 Institute Prize laureate
Sabrina Pearson-Wenger
In 2023, 27 theses competed for the Institute Prize.
Sabrina Pearson-Wenger was the Institute Prize laureate in 2023 with her thesis entitled: Good Faith in International Commercial Arbitration: its Application by Arbitral Tribunals to the Parties’ Contract and the Arbitration Agreement.
In 2021, 17 theses competed for the Institute Prize.
Dr (Ms) Brooke Marshall was the Institute Prize laureate in 2021 for her thesis entitled: Asymmetric jurisdiction clause.
An Honourable Mention from the Jury was awarded to Ms Stanislava Nedeva for her thesis entitled: Investor versus host State in oil and gas investment agreements: A case for good faith restriction and arbitrability for a stable investment environment.
In 2015, 17 theses competed for the Institute Prize.
For the first time, the Jury split the 2015 Institute Prize between two laureates:
Annabelle Mockesch with her thesis entitled: Attorney-Client Privilege in International Commercial Arbitration. Professor Dr Dres. h.c. Herbert Kronke (Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany) was the director of her thesis.
Cecile Pellegrini with her thesis entitled: Droits Applicables au Contrat International – Etude théorique et pratique du dépeçage volontaire. Professor Cyril Nourissat (Universite Lyon 3, France) was the director of her thesis.
In 2013, 14 theses competed for the Institute Prize.
Arno Gildemeister was the Institute Prize laureate in 2013 with his thesis entitled: L’arbitrage des différends fiscaux en droit international des investissements. Professor Emmanuel Gaillard (University of Paris-Est – Val de Marne) and Professor Gerald Masch (University of Munster) were the directors of his thesis.
In 2011, 34 theses competed for the Institute Prize.
Claire Debourg was the Institute Prize laureate in 2011 with her thesis entitled: Les contrariétés de décisions dans l’arbitrage international. Professor Francois-Xavier Train was the director of her thesis.
Denis Mouralis was the Institute Prize laureate in 2009 with his thesis entitled: Arbitration confronted by Parallel Proceedings.
A special mention from the Jury was awarded to Matthieu Maisonneuve for his thesis entitled: The Arbitration of Sport Disputes.
2007 Institute Prize laureate
Vincent Chantebout
2007 Institute Prize laureate
Vincent Chantebout
Vincent Chantebout the first laureate of the Institute Prize in 2007. His thesis was entitled: The prohibition of the review on the substance of the arbitral award.
A special mention from the Jury was awarded to Charles-Emmanuel Cote for his thesis entitled: The participation of private persons in the settlement of international economic disputes: the enlargement of legal standing in the WTO.
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