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International arbitration is one of the main mechanisms to settle cross-border disputes between states, private commercial actors, and private and public entities. Yet its theoretical penetration is incomplete. This book, by arbitrators, counsel, and scholars, provides fundamental theoretical insights into international arbitration.

Foreword / Yves Derains -- Introduction / Antonias Dimolitsa -- 1. A financing is a financing is a financing / Georges Affaki -- 2. Third-party investing in international arbitration claims: to invest or not to invest? A daunting question / Selvyn Seidel -- 3. "Corporate governance" rules are coming to third-party financing of international arbitration (and in general) / Selvyn Seidel and Sandra Sherman -- 4. Overview of arbitration finance / Christopher Bogart -- 5. Risk management tools for respondents: here be dragons / Mark Kantor -- 6. Third-party funding in international arbitration: issues for counsel / Charles Kaplan -- 7. Third-party funding: disclosure, joinder and impact on arbitral proceedings / Laurent Lévy and Régis Bonnan -- 8. Third-party funding in international arbitration: towards mandatory disclosure of funding agreements? / Maxi Scherer -- 9. Third-party funding in investor-state arbitration: introduction and overview / Carolyn Lamm and Eckhard R. Hellbeck -- 10. Third-party funding in international investment arbitration: the elephant in the room / Angelynn Meya -- 11. Third-party funding and "mass" claims in investment arbitrations / Antonio Crivellaro -- 12. Concluding remarks / Bernardo Cremades.

This handbook brings together many of the key scholars and leading practitioners in international arbitration, to present and examine cutting-edge knowledge in the field. Innovative in its breadth of coverage, chapter - topics range from the practicalities of how arbitration works, to big picture discussions of the actors involved and the values that underpin it. The book includes critical analysis of some of international arbitrations most controversial aspects, whilst providing a nuanced account overall that allows readers to draw their own informed conclusions.

This handbook brings together many of the key scholars and leading practitioners in international arbitration, to present and examine cutting-edge knowledge in the field. Innovative in its breadth of coverage, chapter - topics range from the practicalities of how arbitration works, to big picture discussions of the actors involved and the values that underpin it. The text includes critical analysis of some of international arbitrations most controversial aspects, whilst providing a nuanced account overall that allows readers to draw their own informed conclusions

Introduction -- Defining legal culture -- The political and cultural history of International arbitration in various legal traditions -- The theories and theoreticians of international arbitration -- The evolving justifications of international arbitration -- Culture and the legal infrastructure of commercial arbitration -- Culture and the legal infrastructure of investment arbitration -- Diversity in the epistemology of judicial fact-finding in the major legal traditions of the world : indicators for conduct in international arbitration -- Fact-finding and cultural diversity in international arbitration -- The typical process for selection and challenge of arbitrators -- The mythology of specialized knowledge -- Conversations on the role of culture in international arbitration -- Summary of conclusions