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138 NEWSLETTER 2019 Complex Arbitrations: An Overall View of the ICC Rules - I* Att. Fatih Isik Introduction Complex arbitrations are one of the most complicated issues in the arena of international arbitration. The need to resolve complex dis- putes that arise out of commercial transactions with multiple contracts and multiple parties, on the one hand, and the consensual nature of arbitration agreements, on the other hand, raise several procedural and jurisdictional problems. One of the topics of the ICC Young Arbitrators’ Forum’s event that was held in Istanbul on 21 March 2019 focused on complex arbi- trations 1 . This article series summarize the discussions that took place during that event. The Reasons Underlying Adoption of the ICC Rules on Complex Arbitrations In 2012, the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) up- dated its arbitration rules (“ICC Rules”) to regulate complex arbitra- tions. The rules adopted in 2017 preserved the perspective that had been adopted in 2012. Prior to entry into force of the 2012 ICC Rules, the ICC Interna- tional Court of Arbitration (“Court”) already had extensive and estab- lished practices on these issues. However, these issues were dealt with using the broad interpretation of arbitration agreements, particularly with extensions of arbitration agreements to non-signatories, using the * Article of March 2019 1 http://www.erdem-erdem.av.tr/media/news/icc-yaf-event-on-tips-on-arbitrating- under-icc-rules-of-arbitration/