Criteria

PIAC Arbitrators' Qualifications
(applied from the date 26/08/2009)

I. :

Qualifications requirement for a candidate to be admitted by PIAC as an arbitrator on the panel as follows::
1.  Have seven (07) years of arbitration experiences[1]; or
2.  Have worked as a professional lawyer or corporate legal counsel for seven (7) years[2]; or
3.  Have served as a judge for seven (07) years; or
4.  Have studied law or engaged in educational work and have a reputation in the academic profession[3]; or
5.  Have legal knowledge, work in the fields of economics, technique or trade, and have a senior professional title[4] or equivalent professional expertise[5]; or
6.  Attained the status of arbitrator at an internationally recognized arbitration institution[6] or membership at an internationally recognised Institute of Arbitrators[7] or any equivalent professional arbitration institute;

II. 

Mandatory requirements applicable to all candidates:
1.  Basic criteria as provided at article 12 of the Ordinance no. 08/2003/PL-UBTVQH11 dated 25 December 2002 on commercial arbitration except recommended international arbitrators;
2.  Not having been found guilty by a Court or disciplinary tribunal of misconduct which in the sole opinion of PIAC calls into question his or her ability to act as arbitrator[8]; and
3.  Be between 35 - 75 years of age; and
4.  Can speak English fluently in arbitration proceedings; and
5.  Good character and not having been removed as arbitrator in circumstances where moral probity or incompetence were an issue[9][9]; and
6.  Provision of at least one reference from PIAC’s members or PIAC’s arbitrators in support of the application or the application is supported by referee statements from internationally known arbitration practitioners or persons otherwise known to the members of the PIAC;

III. 

The arbitrator has a term of three (03) years which is renewable.

IV. 

Candidate who fully satisfy above mentioned requirements does not automatically become an arbitrator on the PIAC’s Panel. The PIAC’s council of members has absolute power to admit any candidate on its panel.
 
[1]  It includes arbitrator, counsel, expert witness and so on.
[2]  For foreign consultancy firms: such candidate must hold senior associate or managing position in the firm. For Vietnamese consultancy firms: such candidate must hold senior management positions such as partner, director and so on.
[3]  It includes dean or vice dean of law faculty or law school, head of business law division, professor or associate professor or adjunct professor, senior law lecturer, doctor of law and so on.
[4]  It includes: chairman, vice chairman, director, deputy director and so on.
[5]  It includes: accredited auditors, qualified surveyors or licensed adjusters and so on.
[6]  It includes: SIAC, HKIAC, AAA, LCIA, ICC, JCAA, CIETAC and so on.
[7]  It includes: CIArb, HKIArb, SIArb, Arbitration Chambers of Singapore and so on.
[8]  In another word, the candidate must have no criminal conviction to his/her name;
[9]  In another word, a court or other authority must not have removed the candidate while acting as an arbitrator.

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