VJ Home: Archive: Abstract Article (2000) 4 VJ 2, 122-131 An Introduction to commencing arbitration under the ICC Rules Simon Greenberg* The ICC Court is the world's largest international arbitral institution. Like arbitration, the power of the Court is generally derived from a contractual or submission agreement of the parties to have their arbitration administered under the Rules. The Rules (ultimately interpreted by the Court) and the Court's Secretariat provide a service to disputants that is designed to increase the convenience of arbitration. This article briefly examines some of the procedural rules of the Court and provides a general outline for commencing arbitration. * Sub-Editor of the Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration and member of the 1999 Deakin University team which won the Frédéric Eisemann Award at the Willem C Vis International Arbitration Moot; currently Assistant Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration.