Participants are invited to submit original essays on either topic:

1. Can or should costs be awarded against third-party funders by an arbitral tribunal, and in what circumstances? Should arbitral tribunals award successful claimants that have received third-party funding the costs of their third-party funding? If so, in what circumstances?

2. Is more transparency in international commercial arbitration a good thing?

For more information, please visit: http://www.siac.org.sg/ysiac/about-us/ysiac-essay-competition-2017