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Proceedings Initiated in 2025

Types of proceedings20242025
Total number of DIS proceedings 158218
DIS Arbitration Rules 134193
 of which 1998 DIS Arbitration Rules01
 of which 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules115170
 of which 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules with Annex 455
 of which 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules with Annex 51416
 of which 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules with Annexes 4+501
 relating to Packaging Law00
DIS/Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHK) arbitration proceedings 57
 of which IHK Aachen10
 of which IHK Erfurt11
 of which IHK Frankfurt am Main02
 of which IHK München und Oberbayern22
 of which IHK Rhein-Neckar11
 of which IHK Stuttgart01
2016 DIS Sport Arbitration Rules 34
Subtotal of arbitration proceedings 142204
Conciliation 41
Mediation 66
Adjudication 01
Expert Determination 15
Subtotal ADR proceedings 1113
Other proceedings (Ad hoc Appointing Authority) 51
UNCITRAL 00

Arbitration Proceedings – Value of Disputes in 2025

 20242025
Value of disputes**4.048.706.453 €3.949.167.309 €
of which DIS arbitration proceedings (statements of claim)4.020.756.841 €3.813.344.430 €
of which DIS arbitration proceedings (increase in the amount claimed/counter-claims)25.181.318 €133.542.712 €
of which DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings2.768.294 €2.280.167 €
Value of disputes20242025
lowest5.000 € 2.975 €
highest1.541.593.107 € 795.601.390 €
Median1.687.886 € 913.320 €

* Based on the number of arbitration proceedings, but not including sport arbitration proceedings (139 proceedings 2024/200 proceedings in 2025).
**Taking into account the value of arbitration proceedings (DIS/IHK) commenced in the relevant year only, as well as the increase in the amount claimed and counterclaims filed during the relevant year (irrespective of when the arbitration proceedings were initiated). It is not the total value in dispute of all arbitration proceedings pending in the relevant year.

Arbitration Proceedings – Places of Arbitration 2025

In GermanyAbroad
CityNumber of casesCountryCityNumber of cases
Aschaffenburg

1

AustriaVienna1
Bad Salzuflen

1

CroatiaZagreb1
Balingen

1

SpainGetafe (Madrid)1
Berlin

12

SwitzerlandZurich3
Bochum

2

   
Bonn

2

   
Bremen

1

   
Cologne

7

   
Düsseldorf

16

   
Erfurt

1

   
Erlangen

1

   
Essen

2

   
Frankfurt am Main

42

   
Hamburg

31

   
Hannover

1

   
Holzwickede

1

   
Kaiserslautern

1

   
Landau

1

   
Leiningen

1

   
Leverkusen

1

   
Mannheim

2

   
Markdorf

1

   
Munich

42

   
Münster

2

   
Nassau

1

   
Nordhorn

1

   
Oberlangen

2

   
Rostock

1

   
Stadthagen

1

   
Stuttgart

9

   
Wolfsburg

1

   
     
total189  6

All figures in this section are related to the number of DIS and DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings initiated in 2025 with already agreed or fixed places of arbitration, but not including sport arbitration proceedings (195 proceedings in total). In five cases, the place of arbitration had not yet been determined when the proceedings were initiated.

Arbitration Proceedings – Language of the Proceedings 2025

Languages of the proceedings20242025
English51 (37 %)62 (31 %)
German88 (63 %)138 (69 %)

All figures in this section are related to the number of DIS and DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings initiated in 2025 with already agreed or fixed places of arbitration, but not including sport arbitration proceedings (139 proceedings in 2024/200 proceedings in 2025).

Arbitration Proceedings – Involvement of Foreign Parties 2025

Proceedings with foreign parties20242025
Total48 (35 %)65 (33 %)
of which arbitration proceedings with one foreign party3653
of which arbitration proceedings with foreign parties on both sides1212

All figures in this section are related to the number of DIS and DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings initiated in 2025 with already agreed or fixed places of arbitration, but not including sport arbitration proceedings (139 proceedings in 2024/200 proceedings in 2025).

Arbitration Proceedings – Represented Countries 2025

 20242025
Number of countries represented6577
   
Austria

2

7
Belarus

-

1
Belgium

1

2
Bulgaria

1

-
Canada

1

-
China 

4

3
Cyprus

1

1
Czech Republic

2

2
Denmark

3

1
France

5

3
Greece

1

-
India

-

3
Iran

2

-
Israel

-

2
Japan

1

1
Liechtenstein

-

5
Luxembourg

7

6
Malaysia

1

-
Mongolia

1

-
Netherlands

3

2
Nigeria

1

-
Panama

-

1
Poland

4

2
Portugal

-

1
Russia

1

2
Saudi Arabia

-

-
Serbia

-

2
Seychelles

-

1
Slovenia

1

-
Spain

-

3
Sweden

1

2
Switzerland

6

1
Turkey

2

-
Ukraine

2

1
United Arab Emirates

1

5
United Kingdom

5

9
United States of America

5

8

All figures in this section are related to the number of DIS and DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings initiated in 2025 with already agreed or fixed places of arbitration, but not including sport arbitration proceedings (139 proceedings in 2024/200 proceedings in 2024).

Arbitration Proceedings – Multi-Party Proceedings 2025

Multi-party proceedings20242025
Total35 (25,2 %)52 (26 %)
of which multiple claimants87
of which multiple respondents2337
of which multiple parties on both sides48

All figures in this section are related to the number of DIS and DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings, excluding sports arbitration proceedings, initiated in the relevant calendar year (139 proceedings in 2024/200 proceedings in 2024).

Industries & sectors 2025

All figures in this section are related to the number of DIS and DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings initiated in 2025 with already agreed or fixed places of arbitration, but not including sport arbitration proceedings (200 proceedings in total).

Sport Arbitration Proceedings

Dynamic development of the case load since the establishment of the German Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2008

The German Court of Arbitration decides as Arbitration Court for the first instance, the appellate instance and about submissions for interim relief

Instances of sport arbitration proceedings20242025
Total34
of which 1st instance23
of which appellate instance11
of which interim relief --

Types of the subject matter

Types of the subject matter20242025
Total34
of which anti-doping-disputes32
of which general sports-related disputes-2

Applications for financial aid (as introduced by 2016 DIS Sport Arbitration Rules) was not utilised in any of the anti-doping proceedings initiated in 2025.

Gender Champion Initiative - Statistics

DIS Statistics on Arbitral Appointments for 2025

DIS is signatory to the ERA Pledge and collects and publishes statistical data on arbitral appointments in DIS-administered arbitration proceedings. Find out more about DIS’ engagement with equal representation in arbitration here.

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