Choosing an institution
Choose the institution that fits your contract and your dispute.
Institutions differ in rules, court links, panels, pricing and procedure. We help you compare them on what your transaction actually needs.
What to weigh up
The right choice depends on the transaction, not a generic scorecard.
Which procedure applies?
Read the rules and check which version will apply to your contract.
How are cases run?
Look at how each institution administers cases and whether that suits the parties and the dispute.
What court support do you need?
Court powers and procedural law at the seat matter whatever the institution.
What does the business need?
Cost, speed, sector expertise, language and where you may need to enforce.
Compare current, checkable facts
Base your comparison on each institution’s own published material. We describe our own model and leave each institution to speak for itself.
Define the dispute profile
Value, sector, counterparties and jurisdictions involved.
Compare the rules in force
Use each institution’s current published rules and materials.
Consider courts and enforcement
The institution is only one part of the structure.
Choose and draft with care
Record your choice in a clear, consistent clause.
Where UNIONE™ fits
The right choice matches your contract and the disputes it may produce. Ask us how UNIONE™ works – our Rules, our stages from Before You Sign to Before You Enforce and our confidential conflict check – so you can compare it fairly.
Good to know
Nothing here is a legal opinion on ICC, SIAC, LCIA or any other institution.
Where to go next
The UNIONE™ System
How Before You Sign, Before You Arbitrate, arbitration and Before You Enforce fit together.
UNIONE™ Solutions
All UNIONE™ services in one place, from contract review to recovery.
Before You Sign
Fix it in the contract and the clause before it escalates.
Before You Arbitrate
Test the evidence, the exposure and the alternatives before you commit to a formal process.
Before You Enforce
Follow the decision through to the court, the security, the assets and the recovery.
About UNIONE™
UNIONE™ is a cross-border dispute prevention and resolution institution, from contract review and assessment to mediation, arbitration and enforcement planning.
How to use UNIONE™
A short guide to finding the right UNIONE™ service, whether you are drafting a contract, facing a live dispute, going to arbitration or recovering an award.
Contact UNIONE™
Talk to the Secretariat in confidence.