About Us

Values

The CAIP is a non-profit institution aiming at providing economic operators, of every size and nature, with alternative dispute resolution mechanisms that remain true to their essence and meet user expectations. Arbitration and mediation at the CAIP are thus confidential, efficient and flexible, offered at reasonable costs and fully compliant with the law, while avoiding all excessive proceduralisation.

History

The CAIP is one of the oldest arbitration centers in activity in France. It was officially founded in 1926, under the name Chambre arbitrale de Paris, by Louis Louis-Dreyfus, a member of the French parliament and co-director of the commodity distribution and trading company Louis Dreyfus Group.

Louis Louis-Dreyfus was one of the originators of the bill that became law on 31 December 1925 and recognized the validity of arbitration clauses in commercial contracts, both domestic and international. Since then, French arbitration law has been evolving and inspiring legislations all over the world.

The CAIP was born as an avant-garde institution, and it will continue to push for modernization in the fields of arbitration and mediation.

Since its creation, the CAIP has already administered more than 40,000 cases, relating to various industries and sectors.

Bodies

Chairman

The CAIP Chairman is in charge of managing and developing the CAIP’s activity.

Baudouin Delforge currently chairs the CAIP.

Secretariat

The CAIP Secretariat is in charge of the management and administration of arbitrations and mediations in accordance with the CAIP rules and guidelines. It also provides legal and logistic support to the arbitrators and mediators acting under the CAIP.

As an autonomous and independent body, the Secretariat carries out its functions in complete independence from the CAIP and its organs.

It is composed of multilingual bar-admitted lawyers specialized in arbitration, mediation and international dispute resolution:

Arnau Puig

Secretary General

Samuel Bologna

Counsel

Sofía Bernal

Counsel

Scientific Board

The CAIP Scientific Board is an independent body responsible for developing the CAIP as an arbitration and mediation center. In particular, it elaborates and revises the CAIP rules and guidelines and establishing training courses offered by the CAIP and, in general, disseminating the law and practice of arbitration and mediation.

As an autonomous and independent body, the Scientific Board carries out its functions in complete independence from the CAIP and its organs.

Bringing together recognized scholars, lawyers and practitioners in the fields of arbitration and mediation, it is currently composed by:

Bruno Bouvat-Martin

Practitioner

Claire Debourg

Law professor

Elie Kleiman

Lawyer

François Mailhé

Law professor

François-Xavier Train

Law professor