Arbitration in the Baltic States and Scandinavia

Abstract

This article builds off the empirical research conducted within the Study on the Legal Instruments and Practice of Arbitration in the eu and Switzerland, commissioned by the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. It discusses the empirical data collected in the course of the Study, and the most recent legal developments on arbitration regarding five Member States – Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, and Sweden – referred to as ‘the Baltic States and Scandinavia’. Hence, this article shifts the discussion on arbitration from elite practitioners to more local arbitration practices, uncovering the so-called ‘grey zone’ largely missing from the mainstream discussion of arbitration.