Scope of action
CIAM is the result of the merger, in 2020, of the international activity of the Madrid Court of Arbitration (CAM), the Spanish Court of Arbitration (CEA) and the Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration (CIMA) with the Madrid Bar Association (ICAM) as strategic partner, into a single Center that administers only international cases with an Ibero-American vocation.
CIAR was constituted by the Ibero-American General Secretariat at the Conference of Ministers of Justice of Ibero-American Countries during the Summit of Heads of State of Ibero-American Countries in Veracruz in 2014.
Due to the evident synergies and to advance its objectives, as of March 2024, following the signing of an official alliance, CIAR’s activity has been incorporated into CIAM, an institution that is now called CIIAM and has already administered more than 40 cases with the highest standards of efficiency and excellence.
Madrid Court of Arbitration
Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration
Spanish Court of Arbitration
Madrid Bar Association
Ibero-American Arbitration Center
1. CIIAM administers only international arbitrations.
2. The Center administers international disputes
– deriving from contracts with arbitration agreements designating CIIAM as the administering institution, and
– deriving from contracts with arbitration agreements that designate any of the founding Courts (CAM, CAM Santiago, CEA, CIMA or ICAM) as the administering institution (“transferred cases”).
3. In terms of transferred cases:
- Regarding CAM, CEA, CIMA, and ICAM, all disputes arising from arbitral agreements signed after 1 January 2020 will be administered by CIIAM. In such cases, the transfer is automatic.
- Regarding CAM Santiago, all disputes arising from arbitral agreements signed after 1 July 2025 will be administered by CIIAM. In such cases, the transfer is automatic.
- For disputes arising from arbitral agreements entered before 1 January 2020 (regarding CAM, CEA, CIMA, and ICAM) and before 1 July 2025 (regarding CAM Santiago), they will initially be administered by the Founding Court. However, CIIAM will invite the parties to consider transferring the case to CIIAM. If the parties agree on that transfer, CIIAM will administer the case. Otherwise, the Founding Court will continue administering the case.