Tribunal Secretaries in International Arbitration adopts a transnational approach to systematically answer questions about tribunal secretaries often discussed but thus far unresolved. With useful analysis and practical guidelines, it is an essential tool for all practitioners and academics involved in international arbitration.

Dr. Ole Jensen is a senior associate in the International Arbitration Practice Group of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in London and Berlin. He acts as counsel and tribunal secretary in domestic and international arbitration proceedings under various institutional and ad hoc rules. The author was a research and teaching assistant at Professor Klaus Peter Berger's chair for private law, international commercial law, conflicts of law, comparative law and banking law at the University of Cologne.

• 1: Introduction


• I CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS


• 2: Third-Party Support to Arbitral Tribunals: History and Taxonomy


• 3: Tribunal Secretaries: Practical Need and Legal Admissibility


• 4: Receptum Secretarii: Contractual Relationships


• II THE TRIBUNAL SECRETARY'S MANDATE


• 5: Appointment Process


• 6: Permissible Tasks


• 7: Remuneration


• III THE IRREGULAR USE OF TRIBUNAL SECRETARIES


• 8: Challenge of Secretaries and Arbitrators


• 9: Fate of the Award


• 10: The Proof Conundrum


• 11: Results and Outlook


• Appendices