NYIAC offers the following services:
- Provides world-class hearing rooms, breakout rooms and state-of-the-art technology for international arbitration cases of any size, including large, multi-party arbitrations, mediations and conferences of all kinds, whether administered by an arbitral institution or ad hoc.
- Develops programs and materials about international arbitration in New York, the application of New York law in international arbitration, and the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in New York and the United States generally.
- Supports dialogue, discussion and debate of international arbitration issues and decisions among the legal, judicial, academic and business communities in New York.
- Engages in other activities to promote New York’s role as a pre-eminent venue for the conduct of international arbitration and the choice of New York substantive law to govern parties’ contracts.
NYIAC does not administer arbitrations nor publish arbitration rules. In fact, NYIAC’s only administrative rule reads:
NYIAC Arbitration Rule No. 1
The New York International Arbitration Center does not administer cases, appoint arbitrators or have its own detailed arbitration rules. Where parties have referred in an arbitration clause or agreement to NYIAC rules or administration, the arbitration shall take place in accordance with the following provisions: Unless the parties have agreed to a different place, rules, appointing authority or method of designating an appointing authority, or place of hearings, (a) the place of arbitration will be New York, NY, (b) the case will be governed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”) Arbitration Rules then in effect, (c) any designation of an appointing authority will be made under those Rules, and (d) the hearings will take place, unless impracticable, at a hearing venue provided by the New York International Arbitration Center in New York, NY.