Malaysia | International Arbitration 2021

Litigation continues to be the primary method of resolving disputes in Malaysia, for both domestic and international disputes. This is not expected to change in the near future.

Based on statistics from the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), there is no observable trend in respect of the volume of domestic arbitration registrations over the last three years – with 80 registered domestic arbitrations in 2018, 117 domestic arbitrations in 2019, and 89 domestic arbitrations in 2020. 

There has been little change in international arbitration registrations at the AIAC over the last three years. In 2018, the AIAC registered ten international arbitration cases; in 2019, the AIAC registered a total of eight international arbitration cases; and in 2020, the AIAC registered a total of 11 international arbitration cases.

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