Scottish arbitration chair to head global working group

Brandon Malone, chairman of the board of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, has been appointed to chair a joint working group on cybersecurity in international arbitration.

The nine-strong group is made up from the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), the New York City Bar Association (NYC Bar) and the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR).

The working group is a project dedicated to addressing the need for cybersecurity in arbitral practice and establishing voluntary cybersecurity protocols for use in international arbitral proceedings. It will consider the possible impact of cybersecurity breaches on the system of international arbitration, as well as current practice and existing duties. It will then prepare a set of guidelines to provide practical guidance for counsel, arbitrators, and institutions, as well as optional protocols that can be adopted by parties to an arbitration. 

A consultation paper will be presented at the 24th ICCA Congress in Sydney, Australia next April. 

Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, commented: “I congratulate Brandon Malone on his appointment as chair of this important international project, which will develop much needed cybersecurity protocols for use in international arbitral proceedings. It is important that Scotland is at the cutting edge of developments in international arbitration as we encourage the use of Scotland as a seat of arbitration, particularly in the run up to Edinburgh hosting ICCA 2020.”

Click here to visit the project page on the ICCA website.