On the first business day of the New Year, here comes a Save the Date, marking an important milestone for the German dispute resolution community:
On 24 April 2020, the German Arbitration Institute (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit; DIS) will celebrate its 100th anniversary in Bonn. It was established on 21 April 1920 as the Deutsche Ausschuss für das Schiedsgerichtswesen (DAS).
Today’s modern DIS originates from the 1992 merger of DAS and Deutschen Institut für Schiedsgerichtswesen established in 1974.
The current arbitration rules of DIS came into force on 1 March 2018 – see here for my take on them.