The 2018 International Arbitration Survey, published by Queen Mary and global firm White & Case, showed London was ranked top by more than 900 arbitrators, in-house and external counsel. Stavros Brekoulakis, professor at Queen Mary’s School of International Arbitration, said: “Most of the arbitration community believes London’s reputation as a location of excellence for international arbitration will outweigh the challenges presented by Brexit.”
He added: “It is interesting to see Paris is almost 50 per cent ahead of any other city when looking at the main would-be benefactor of any negative Brexit fall out. This is no doubt due to Paris’ excellent reputation as a seat - consistently ranking among the top three most popular seats in both the current survey and our previous 2010 and 2015 surveys.’
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