The Elgar Companion to the Hague Conference on Private International Law

In December 2020, Edward Elgar Publishing published “The Elgar Companion to the Hague Conference on Private International Law”, a collection of articles on the HCCH.

This Companion to the HCCH is currently the only one of its kind, reflecting all aspects of the work of this world organisation. The collection contains contributions from 35 renowned experts in private international law (PIL) around the world. The articles present a critical assessment of the main instruments of the HCCH, as well as reflections on possible future contributions of the HCCH to the further development of PIL.

Alexander Grebelsky, managing partner of the firm, contributed to the book with a chapter entitled “Private International Law and International Commercial Arbitration — a Role for the HCCH?”.

Other contributors include foremost experts in various fields of private international law, such as Professor Ronald A. Brand, Yuko Nishitani, Richard Frimston, Professor Jan von Hein, Professor Horatia Muir Watt, Professor Philippa Webb, Professor Giesela Rühl, Professor José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez, among others.

The editors include Thomas John, Rishi Gulati and Ben Köhler, with a foreword by Dr. Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary-General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and Lord Lawrence Collins, retired Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.