Where am I Arbitrating?

A) US

i) Federal (FAA)
ii) State (UAA & RUAA)

B) Cross-Border Arbitration

i) General Rules
ii) Region Specific Rules

1. Asia-Pacific
2. South America
3. Europe
iii) Enforcement

1. New York Convention

a) US
Arbitration in the United States of domestic commercial disputes can be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §§1 et seq.) or state arbitration laws, and federal or state common law practices concerning the enforcement of arbitration agreements and arbitral awards. 

i) Federal (FAA)

The purpose of the FAA is to ensure that the parties’ arbitration agreement is enforced as written. The FAA creates a narrow substantive body of federal law applicable to questions of enforceability and arbitrability, which is applicable in either a federal or state court. The Federal act generally preempts state law. 

ii) State (UAA & RUAA)

Many state arbitration laws are based on the Uniform Arbitration Act (‘UAA’), which was revised in 2000 (i.e. the Revised UAA (‘RUAA’) 

The Uniform Arbitration Act (1956)
Enacted by (less those that have also more recently enacted the RUAA):

• The Revised Uniform Arbitration Act (2000)
  Enacted by:

b) Cross-Border Arbitration

  i) General Rules

    1. CPR Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration of International Disputes
   
    2. CPR Global Rules for Accelerated Commercial Arbitration

    3. UNCITRAL

    4. International Chamber of Commerce Dispute Resolution Rules (ICC)

  ii) Region Specific Rules
    
    1. Asia-Pacific Institutions
        • Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration 
        • Bangladesh Council of Arbitration 
        • Beijing Arbitration Commission 
        • Cambodia's Arbitration Council 
        • China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)  
        • Commercial Arbitral Institution in Japan  
        • Hong Kong International Arbitration Center 
        • India Council of Arbitration 
        • Korean Commercial Arbitration Board  
        • Kuala Lumpur Regional Center for Arbitration 
        • Vietnam International Arbitration Centre
        • Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. 
        • Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) 
        • Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre

    2. South American Institutions
        • Arbitration Center of the American Chamber of Commerce of Peru
        • Argentine Chamber of Commerce Mediation and Arbitration Center
        • Câmara de Arbitragem Empresarial Brasil
        • Centro de Arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio de Caracas
        • Centro de Arbitraje Internacional de la Cámara de Comercio de Santiago
        • Centro de Arbitraje de Mexico
        • Centro de Conciliación y Arbitraje de la Cámara Nacional de Comercio de Bolivia 
        • Centro de Mediación y Arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio de Nicaragua
        • Centro de Arbitraje y Mediacion Paraguay
        • Comisión de Resolución de Conflictos de la Cámara de Industria de Guatemala
        • Corte de Arbitraje Internacional para el MERCOSUR, Bolsa de Comercio de Uruguay

    3. European Institutions
        • Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation 
        • Centre de Mediation et d'Arbitrage de Paris 
        • Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution  (CEDR) 
        • Chamber of National and International Arbitration of Milan 
        • Danish Institute of Arbitration  
        • European Court of Arbitration 
        • German Institution of Arbitration 
        • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) 
        • Malta Arbitration Centre 
        • Netherlands Arbitration Institute 
        • Scottish Branch of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators  
        • Swiss Arbitration Association 
        • WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

  iii) Enforcement

    1. New York Convention