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| Vincent Chantebout receiving the 10,000€ prize |
ICC has named Vincent Chantebout as the winner of its inaugural Institute of World Business Law Prize. Mr Chantebout’s entry, The prohibition of the review on the substance of the arbitration award, was chosen unanimously by the competition jury, comprised of a select group of ICC Institute of World Business Law Council members. “I feel very honoured to be awarded such a prestigious prize,” said Mr Chantebout. “An international award of this kind was needed and it is good that ICC has decided to promote research in the field of international business law.”
Mr Chantebout received a prize of €10 000 for demonstrating excellent legal writing and making an outstanding new contribution in the field of international commercial law – including arbitration.
“I expect to have my thesis published and hope that other researchers will find an interest in the topic that kept me enthralled for years,” said Mr Chantebout.
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Charles-Emmanuel Côté
receiving the "special mention" certifcate for his thesis
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By the submission deadline on 1 July, the Institute received 11 entries in English and French from six countries spanning four continents. Candidates covered a wide range of topics on international business law, such as the Vienna Convention, international contract negotiation, international economic disputes at the WTO, and specific global issues in arbitration. The jury also unanimously agreed to award a “special mention” to Charles-Emmanuel Côté, Assistant Professor, Laval University, Canada, given the exceptionally high academic standard of his submission, The participation of private persons in the settlement of international economic disputes: the enlargement of legal standing in the WTO. Mr Côté's thesis has been publish by Bruylant.
Demonstrating the interest and investment law practitioners have in the advancement of research on international commercial law, five law firms sponsored the inaugural award: Bonelli Erede Pappalardo (Italy), Bredin Prat (France), Hengeler Mueller (Germany), Slaughter & May (UK) and Uria Menendez (Spain).
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| Prize winners with the members of the selection panel. From left to right: Antonio Crivellaro, Georges Affaki, Vincent Chantebout, Charles-Emmanuel Côté, Ercüment Erdem, Bengt Broms and Nayla Comair-Obeid. |
“The inaugural edition of the ICC Institute of World Business Law Prize has been a source of pride and pleasure for the organizing committee and jury,” said George Affaki, Head of Legal ECEP, BNP Paribas, France; Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Paris, France; and Vice-Chair, ICC Commission on Banking Technique and Practice. “We were delighted with the high number of submissions and their high academic standard. All of the entries showed the candidates had very promising academic or practitioner careers ahead of them.”
The award ceremony took place in Paris on 26 November 2007 following the annual meeting of the ICC Institute of World Business Law.
The organizing committee are currently preparing the 2009 edition of the Prize. Details will be posted here shortly.
To see a slideshow of photos from the award ceremony, click here
To send an email to Vincent Chantebout, click here
To send an email to Charles-Emmanuel Coté, click here
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