"Cross-border contracts often contain a clause which purports to reflect the parties’ intention regarding how disputes arising from their agreement should be resolved. Some such contracts might feature a “jurisdiction clause”, thus signifying the parties’ wish to subject their disputes to litigation before the courts in a specific state. Others may include an “arbitration clause”, meaning that claims arising from the contract should be subjected to an arbitral hearing. More unusual are cases in which the parties have included a jurisdiction and an arbitration clause in the same cross-border contract. This presentation seeks to assess the approach at common law, with particular focus on the law in England, to determining the parties’ preferred mode of dispute resolution in these more difficult cases."

Dr. Ardavan Arzandeh (Associate Professor), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Where? Schenkenstraße 8-10, 3rd floor, 1010 Vienna, Lecture Hall “Römisch Recht”.

When? Tuesday, 6 May 2025; 6 pm