A-Overview of the Center

The Beirut Bar Association has established a domestic and international arbitration center - the Lebanese and International Arbitration Center of the Beirut Bar Association - [hereinafter the “Center” ] in accordance with the Center's statutes approved by the Council of the Beirut Bar Association in its session held on 11 October 2014 as well as the arbitration rules and annexes and the supplementing administrative and financial regulations.

B-The Center as an appointing authority

The parties may choose the Center as an appointing authority for one or more members of the arbitral tribunal. In this event, the Center shall merely be deemed as an appointing authority, while the arbitration remains ad hoc for all other purposes, since, in this case, the Center does not organize or supervise the arbitral process, but rather interferes exclusively in the appointment process. This agreement shall be valid and binding upon the parties even if the arbitration takes place in a state other than the Lebanese State.

In this case, the Center shall appoint one or more arbitrators among the arbitrators mentioned on the Center's list of arbitrators. The schedule of costs adopted by the Center shall apply.