Commercial transactions which can be settled by arbitration or other ADR methods include but are not limited to:

  1. Any transaction for the supply or exchange of goods or services
  2. Distribution Agreements
  3. Commercial representation or agency
  4. Factoring
  5. Leasing
  6. Construction Works
  7. Consulting
  8. Engineering
  9. Licensing
  10. Investment
  11. Financing
  12. Banking
  13. Insurance
  14. Exploitation agreements or concessions
  15. Joint venture and other forms of Industrial business co-operations
  16. Carriage of goods or passengers by air, sea, rail or road
  17. Telecommunication business
  18. Oil and gas business
  19. Solid Mineral business etc.

Frequently, disputes arise in the course of carrying on such commercial transactions as enumerated above; whilst statistics show that, certain specific transactions often generate various forms of commercial disputes than others; they are:

  1. Bi- lateral and multi-lateral trade
  2. Financial and Colleteral transactions and management
  • Business Negotiations and acquisition Negotiations
  1. Start ups
  2. Contract and Project management
  3. Joint Ventures
  • Transnational Operations
  • Commodity (brokerage, marketing and trading supply, demand and trade flow)
  1. Quality Assurance /System and International Standardisation
  2. Marketing management
  3. Counter trade transactions
  • Trade / Technical exhibitions
  • Franchise
  • Commercial and general management with diversified multinational companies.