This course, taught in English, introduces the law and practice of international commercial arbitration. It focuses on arbitration of business-to-business disputes, although much of the course material also applies to disputes governed by public international law, such as investor-state arbitrations. Students will gain an understanding of the intersection of international law, national law, and private contract that comprises the governing regime for this increasingly important means for the resolution of international commercial disputes. Specific topics include the drafting and enforcement of arbitration agreements, the laws applicable to different aspects of the arbitration, the jurisdiction, composition and powers of the tribunal, confidentiality, interim measures, the conduct of the hearing, and the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards. Lectures will be supplemented with class discussion and a variety of in-class activities meant to simulate real problems confronted by arbitration lawyers.