White & Case and Queen Mary University of London launch 2025 International Arbitration Survey

Global law firm White & Case LLP together with the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have launched their 2025 International Arbitration Survey.

The survey is available here.

The Path Forward: Realities and Opportunities in Arbitration, the sixth edition of the survey under the White & Case and QMUL partnership, will consider both current practices and future directions in international arbitration. It uses the findings of previous surveys to understand the development of arbitration in recent decades. The 2025 survey explores a number of important issues facing international arbitration, including efficiency, the enforcement of arbitration awards, public interest issues, such as human rights and corporate social responsibility, and the greater use of AI. The survey aims to explore the views of the international arbitration community as a whole, gathering opinions from a wide and diverse pool of stakeholders, including private practitioners, in-house counsel, academics and those with experience of working with arbitral institutions.

Clare Connellan, partner in White & Case's International Arbitration team in London who is working with QMUL on the survey, said: "This is the sixth empirical survey on international arbitration on which we have partnered with the School of Arbitration at QMUL and we look forward to presenting another informative and enlightening report next year. Arbitration is the preferred choice for resolving international disputes and our new survey will explore important areas of evolution in international arbitration, including the increasing use of AI".

Ms. Norah Gallagher, the Director of the School of International Arbitration, said: "The School of International Arbitration is excited to launch our fourteenth empirical survey to capture the arbitral community's view on future developments. This continues our very successful collaboration with White & Case LLP with our sixth empirical survey on international arbitration".

The survey questionnaire will be open from 10 October to 11 December. In parallel, qualitative interviews will also take place. The results will be published in 2025 in the form of a report, which will share key findings from the questionnaire and interview research.

White & Case will make a donation for every questionnaire filled to the Child Rights International Network.

If you would like to participate in an interview, please contact the White & Case Research Fellow in International Arbitration at QMUL, Dr. Thomas Lehmann. Participation in the survey will be kept fully confidential. Your name and the name of your organisation will not appear on any materials connected with the survey. The information gathered via the questionnaire will be stored securely only by QMUL.

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