Speaking Engagement

Bocconi Conference on Ethics in International Arbitration

May 21, 2026

Daniel Schimmel will be participating in a roundtable on Ethical Self-Regulation in International Arbitration as part of Bocconi University’s 4th International Arbitration Conference.

As the “invisible college” of early arbitration pioneers gives way to a fragmented global marketplace, the community faces a critical choice between developing its own robust regulatory mechanisms or ceding control to ill-equipped national authorities. This discussion will examine how transforming informal professional norms into explicit, endogenous rules can resolve the current “ethical no-man's land” and safeguard the system's legitimacy against external intervention. By treating self-regulation not as a static ideal but as a dynamic necessity, participants will explore practical frameworks for enforcing conduct standards that transcend conflicting national legal cultures.