SIAC Rules 2025: New Procedures, Increased Efficiency And Accountability

INTRODUCTION

With the advent of this new year, on 1 January 2025, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre ("SIAC") has published the 7th edition of its Arbitration Rules ("2025 Rules"). These Rules have been revised after almost 8 years, since its 2016 edition. During this period, international arbitration indeed has witnessed significant transformative changes.

As per the practice, and to account for the transformation, these 2025 Rules have been published after conducting public consultations, consulting arbitration practitioners, government stakeholders, scholars, and other prominent stakeholders. As per SIAC, the new Rules reflect its case management experience from administering more than three-thousand international cases under the 2016 edition of the Rules seated in various jurisdictions and adopting various governing laws.¹