The article explores some of the issues that were the focus of a recent roundtable on women in arbitration organized on 5 May 2015 by the Université de Versailles and its Master Arbitrage et Commerce International in cooperation with the ICC and ArbitralWomen. Taking place at the ICC, more than 75 participants, both women and men, attended the event, which was moderated by Sandrine Clavel and featured leading Paris-based women practitioners and academics including Claire Bouglé-Le Roux, Caroline Duclercq, Laurence Kiffer, Carole Malinvaud, and Mirèze Philippe.

The roundtable commenced with engaging observations on the role of women arbitrators historically and quickly evolved to encompass contemporary issues from the role of women in arbitral institutions and law firms through recent gender equality laws in France and other countries. The roundtable concluded that increasing the visibility of women in arbitration requires a pro-active approach from the entire arbitration community through promotion of women arbitrators, mentoring and, not in the least, self-marketing.