Uniform Rules For Demand Guarantees (URDG) refers to a set of guidelines adopted by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) that sets forth generally agreed-upon rules governing securing payments and guarantees in contracts among global trading partners. URDG covers demand guarantees, or specific rights or countermeasures one party can impose on another party, and also applies to agreements requiring the decision of an arbitrator, as well as some contracts that involve slightly more complex agreements, such as situations dealing with the default of one of the parties. The most significant URDG update occurred in 2010, with so-called URDG 758, which attempts to clarify several common issues such as those involving contingencies, and provide guidance regarding handling of specific electronic documents and fund transfers.

International Standard Banking Practice (ISBP) for the examination of documents under documentary credits, answers the most relevant questions practitioners have concerning how UCP 500, ICC's universally used rules on documentary credits, are to be integrated into day-to-day practice. The product of more than two years of work by the ICC Banking Commission, ISBP is based on the official Opinions issued by the Banking Commission in response to queries submitted by users of UCP 500. The text provides responses to the key questions relating to the examination of drafts, multimodal transport documents, insurance documents, certificates of origin and a range of other documents associates with letters of credit. This publication reflects international standard banking practice for all parties to a documentary credit. Figures show that 60%-70% of credits are rejected for discrepancies on first presentation. The new ISBP, by encouraging a uniformity of practice worldwide, is expected to cut these figures dramatically and, by doing so, to facilitate the flow of world trade.

Multi-Party and Multi-Contract Arbitration in the Construction Industry provides the first detailed review of multi-party arbitration in the international construction sector. Highly practical in approach, the detailed interpretation and assessment of the arbitration of multi-party disputes will facilitate understanding and decision making by arbitrators, clients and construction contractors.

Commercial letters of credit are the lifeblood of the international trade system and, for more than 70 years, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has established the rules governing documentary credits worldwide. Used by letter of credit practitioners (including bankers, traders, lawyers, transporters, academics and all who deal with letter of credit transactions worldwide), Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP) are the most successful private rules for trade ever developed. UCP 600 entered into force on July 1, 2007 and contains substantive changes to the existing rules that all international business professionals need to know. This version of UCP 600 also includes eUCP (ICC's supplement to the UCP governing presentation of documents in electronic or part-electronic form) and a glossary of international trading terms.