1. The Role of UNCITRAL in the Harmonization and the Modernization of the Law of International Trade.
2. Purpose of the UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings (2016): assisting in organizing arbitral proceedings.
• Setting of arbitration rules.
• Сhoosing the language or languages and place of an arbitration.
• Questions relating to confidentiality, conduct of hearings.
• Taking of evidence and possible requirements for the filing or delivering of an award.
• Multi-party arbitration.
• Application of the Notes in Ad hoc and institutional arbitrations.
3. Scope of application of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (as revised in 2010).
• Model arbitration clause;
• Composition of the arbitral tribunal.
• Arbitral proceedings.
• Multiple-party arbitration and joinder.
• Interim measures.
4. Key aspects of international arbitration practice from the perspective of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration 1985 (with amendments as adopted in 2006).
• Key stages of the arbitral process: the arbitration agreement, the composition and jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal, the extent of court intervention, the recognition and enforcement of the arbitral award).
5. Principles on Choice of Applicable (Substantive) Material Law in international commercial transactions in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation and EU law.
• Choice of substantive law vs. choice of jurisdiction.
• The rules on the choice of substantive law (private international law) in Russia. The Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
• The rules on the choice of substantive law in the EU.
• Uniform law (Vienna Convention, 1980 and etc.), national laws, soft law.
• Best standards for a practical choice.
6. The enforcement of foreign arbitration awards in Russia and in other countries.
