In the July 2020 edition of Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, Albert Bates Jr., a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Pittsburgh office and head of the firm’s International Construction Projects Practice, offers his thoughts on developments in the field of international arbitration and the question of whether practitioners expect parties to continue to utilize the traditional international arbitration seats (e.g., London, Paris, Singapore, New York) or shift toward new jurisdictions. As Mr. Bates explains in this piece, with some minor exceptions, it appears unlikely that international arbitration users will trend away from the traditional international arbitration seats and that the United States will remain an important hub for international arbitration.
