Governance, Rules & procedure
Explore institutional architecture, independence, case administration, Rules & Procedures, fees and formal case routes.
EXPLORE THE INSTITUTION →UNIONE™ - CROSS-BORDER ARBITRATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
ARBITRATION
FOR THE
NEW WORLD.
BEFORE THE DISPUTE. THROUGH ARBITRATION. BEYOND THE AWARD.
UNIONE™ is a new-generation institution for cross-border arbitration and dispute resolution - built around the complete dispute lifecycle, from contract architecture and prevention to structured resolution, arbitration and enforcement readiness.
Start from the decision your organisation is facing. UNIONE connects the procedure, the jurisdiction, the sector and the next institutional route.
What do you need to do?
START WITH THE PROBLEM
Choose the moment. We will show the route.
You do not need to know the name of a UNIONE service before you arrive. Tell the institution what is happening and start from the decision that needs to be made.
Recommended starting pointBefore You Sign™
Build the dispute architecture while it can still be changed.
Review the arbitration clause, governing law, seat, escalation design, evidence architecture and prevention mechanisms before the contract becomes the dispute.
OPEN THE ROUTE →
Cross-border decision makingBring the dispute question before the procedure becomes the problem.
Contract & preventionStart early when the clause can still change.
Jurisdiction & recoveryThink forward to recognition, assets and enforcement.
ONE INSTITUTION - MANY WAYS IN
You do not need to know the product name.
Enter by the decision, the industry, the jurisdiction, the professional role or the institutional service. Every route is cross-referenced into the rest of UNIONE™.
01 - DECISION
Start with the problem.
Contract, live dispute, arbitration, urgent relief or enforcement.
EXPLORE SOLUTIONS →02 - SECTOR
Start with the industry.
Energy, finance, construction, technology, maritime and specialist industries.
EXPLORE SECTORS →03 - GEOGRAPHY
Start with the market.
Country, corridor, court, arbitration and enforcement intelligence.
EXPLORE WORLDWIDE →04 - ROLE
Start with who you are.
Business, counsel, neutral, government, funder, professional or institution.
CHOOSE YOUR ROLE →BUILT AROUND THE DECISION YOU OWN
Different roles. Different questions. One connected institution.
The route a general counsel needs is not the route an arbitrator, funder or government needs. Choose your role and the homepage surfaces the most relevant starting points.
Your role
Business / General Counsel
Start with the commercial decision, then connect clause governance, dispute assessment, arbitration, jurisdiction intelligence and recovery into a single enterprise view.
Role-based pathwaysWhat UNIONE looks like depends on the decision you own.
FOUR COMMERCIAL MOMENTS
Enter where the dispute is now.
UNIONE can become relevant before a dispute crystallises, before arbitration is commenced, during formal arbitral proceedings and before an award or right is taken into enforcement.
01 - CONTRACT & PREVENTION
Before You Sign™
Build the dispute architecture into the contract while clauses, evidence pathways and escalation mechanisms can still be designed.
OPEN THE CONTRACT ROUTE →02 - ASSESS & RESOLVE
Before You Arbitrate™
Test the claim, defence, evidence, exposure, settlement options and procedure before formal proceedings consume the decision.
OPEN THE DECISION ROUTE →
03 - FORMAL PROCESS
Arbitration
Commence, respond to and conduct institutional arbitration under the applicable Rules and procedure when binding determination is required.
OPEN ARBITRATION →04 - JURISDICTION & RECOVERY
Before You Enforce™
Understand recognition, assets, jurisdiction, security, State or SOE issues and recovery before committing enforcement resources.
OPEN THE RECOVERY ROUTE →INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
THE DISPUTE CHANGED. THE PROCEDURE SHOULD TOO.
When formal determination is required, UNIONE™ administers cross-border arbitration through procedures designed around urgency, complexity, value, parties, contracts, evidence, technology and enforcement context.
Arbitration remains central to the institution. What changes is the architecture around it - earlier intelligence, proportionate procedure and greater attention to what happens after the award.
Formal processArbitration remains a core institutional function.
RULES & PROCEDURES v4.0
One procedural constitution for the cross-border dispute lifecycle.
UNIONE™ Rules & Procedures v4.0 are designed to connect prevention, structured resolution, arbitration, emergency procedure, complex-party cases, digital and AI evidence, award integrity and enforcement readiness within one coherent institutional framework.
INSTITUTIONAL DRAFT · ADOPTION REVIEW · NOT YET EFFECTIVE
92Core Articles
12Operational Protocols
5Ordinary Procedural Tracks
1Connected Lifecycle Architecture
ONE CONNECTED LIFECYCLE
Contract → Prevent → Assess → Resolve → Arbitrate → Enforce
A party can enter at the point relevant to its problem and keep moving through a connected institutional architecture without losing commercial, evidential or jurisdictional context.
01
Contract
Clause architecture, governing law, seat, evidence and escalation design.
02
Prevent
DPC™, early warning and Standing Neutral architecture where adopted.
03
Assess
Claim, defence, evidence, exposure and procedure readiness.
04
Resolve
Structured resolution, mediation, evaluation and expert routes.
05
Arbitrate
Institutional arbitration through proportionate procedure.
06
Enforce
ERR™, recognition intelligence, assets and recovery strategy.
WORLDWIDE BY DESIGN
Search by country. Follow the corridor. Add the sector.
Cross-border disputes rarely belong to one jurisdiction or one legal question. UNIONE connects geography, sector and dispute stage rather than treating them as separate libraries.
Country IntelligenceArbitration, courts, recognition, execution and local-professional dependencies.Corridor IntelligenceSee what changes when two markets, legal systems and commercial realities interact.Sector IntelligenceStart from the commercial event, specialist record and operating framework.Jurisdiction Reports™Commission a focused jurisdiction brief around a live decision.
Country routesJurisdiction by jurisdiction.
CorridorsTwo-market interaction.
SectorsOperating reality behind the legal question.
AI & DECISION TOOLS
Technology should organise the question - not pretend uncertainty has disappeared.
Use page-aware AI and structured tools to identify issues, evidence, documents, jurisdiction research and next routes. Professional conclusions remain appropriately governed.
Ask UNIONEA page-aware institutional assistant.
Use technology to structure the work, not to exaggerate certainty.
Ask what the current page means, which UNIONE services connect, what to review next or where a commercial question belongs.
Clause Drafting AssistantDrafting support linked to current clause architecture.Dispute Issue MapperStructure issues, evidence and decision questions.Enforcement ResearchResearch route without presenting a guaranteed enforcement outcome.Document IntelligenceOrganise documents, inconsistencies, gaps and questions.
THE INSTITUTION
Governance, procedure, professional depth and institutional participation.
UNIONE combines commercial decision routes with formal arbitration, governance, professional participation and a wider cross-border intelligence environment - while keeping appointment decisions separate from professional standing.
Institution
Professional community
Fellowship & Sector Benches
Professional standing, verified profiles, sector depth and institutional participation sit here - not as a promise of appointment or work.
EXPLORE FELLOWSHIP →Wider ecosystem
UNBOUNDED™ - Global Business Circuit™
UNIONE participates in a wider cross-border professional ecosystem. The next UNBOUNDED Assembly™ is Paris - May 2027.
EXPLORE UNBOUNDED →Rules status
Rules & Procedures v4.0 are an Institutional Draft under Adoption Review and are not yet effective. Status should switch site-wide only on formal adoption.
Professional boundary
Domestic-law advice, court representation, reserved technical work and regulated conclusions remain with appropriately qualified professionals where required.
Appointment firewall
Fellowship, Sector Bench, Council or prior solution work creates no entitlement to appointment, referral, client work or case allocation.
UNIONE™ FELLOWS - RELEVANT HERE
Professional depth connected to the subject.
Fellows can be surfaced by jurisdiction, sector, industry and relevant dispute experience so users can understand the professional community around a subject. Directory visibility supports discovery only. Any appointment is separately determined by the applicable procedure, independence, conflicts, suitability and party choice where relevant.
Professional communityVerified expertise in context, not a promise of appointment.
UNIONE™ SERVICE CONSTELLATION
Different entry points. One connected institution.
Services sit across the contract, dispute, arbitration and recovery lifecycle and are cross-referenced throughout the UNIONE website.
Contract Intelligence™Contract and dispute architecture →CIS™Structured score inside Contract Intelligence™ →DPC™Dispute prevention framework →Independent Assessment™Claim, defence and decision review →Structured Resolution™Neutral, mediation and expert routes →Enforceability Opinion™Case-specific enforcement intelligence →Jurisdiction Reports™Focused jurisdiction decision intelligence →ERR™Enforcement readiness where applicable →
START ANYWHERE
Bring the cross-border decision.
Before signature. Before escalation. Before arbitration. During proceedings. Before enforcement. Start at the point that matters now.