Global Arbitration Review has released the first shortlist for the GAR Awards 2026, opening the annual recognition cycle for the international arbitration community.

The GAR Awards, organized by Global Arbitration Review, honor achievement across the dispute resolution field each year. The newly published first shortlist identifies the nominees who will advance in this year's competition across the awards' customary categories.

The shortlist marks the first formal stage of the GAR Awards 2026 process. Global Arbitration Review, a Law Business Media publication covering international arbitration, runs the awards annually to recognize practitioners, firms, institutions, and matters in the field.

Practitioners and firms named on the first shortlist will now proceed through the remaining stages of the awards process, which culminates in the announcement of winners at the annual GAR Awards ceremony.

Editor's note: The source material available to Global Law Wire for this item consisted of the publication headline and byline only. The full shortlist, including category nominees and named parties, appears on Global Arbitration Review's site. We will update this item as further detail becomes available.