Alan Uzelac

Alan Uzelac Croatia

Sole Arbitrator Emergency Arbitrator Member of the arbitral tribunal Associated Mediator
Croatia Croatian (Croatia) Resident in Croatia English — Fluent German — Fluent French — Intermediate

Surname
Uzelac
First name
Alan
Current professional position
Full Professor
Organisation / firm
Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
Country of residence
Croatia
Nationality
Croatian (Croatia)
Languages spoken & proficiency
EnglishFluent GermanFluent FrenchIntermediate

Arbitrator roles
Sole Arbitrator Emergency Arbitrator Member of the arbitral tribunal
Mediator roles
Associated Mediator
Professional biography
Professor Dr. Alan Uzelac is a Full Professor of Law and Head of the Department of Civil Procedure at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. His academic focus has been in national and comparative civil procedure, procedural human rights, evidence, judicial efficiency, arbitration and ADR. He has been a visiting researcher and guest lecturer at numerous universities worldwide, including Harvard Law School (as a Fulbright scholar), as well as universities in Vienna, Maastricht, Paris, Oslo, Uppsala, Pretoria, Stellenbosch, Milan, Pavia, Ljubljana, Budapest, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Beijing, and others. He has published over one hundred scholarly articles and is the author or editor of more than twenty books with leading international publishers. He is an active member of major academic networks, including the International Association of Procedural Law and the German Association for International Procedural Law, where he has served on senior advisory bodies. He was among the founders of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) of the Council of Europe and served in several key roles, including as a Bureau member and President of the Task Force on Timeframes of Proceedings. As an international expert, he has advised on civil-justice reforms and judicial management projects across Europe and neighbouring regions. Alongside his academic career, Professor Uzelac has longstanding experience in arbitration and dispute resolution. Earlier in his career he served as Secretary General of the Permanent Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce and has since acted as arbitrator or expert in international proceedings under various institutional rules. He is a co-author of the leading commentary on Croatian arbitration law.

Arbitrations conducted
50-100
25 years in this role
Mediations conducted
Up to 10
15 years in this role
Expert appointments
Up to 10
10 years in this role
Role in arbitrations
Member of tribunal Presiding arbitrator Sole arbitrator

Legal / dispute expertise
Business & Corporate Law Commercial contracts Copyrights & related rights Dispute resolution / arbitration practice European patents Finance & Banking law Licensing & technology transfer National patents Unfair competition
Industries
Construction & engineering Energy & utilities Technology & IT Telecommunications

Bar admission(s)
Croatia (1992)
Governing law experience
Civil law Common law Mixed
Seat of arbitration experience
Zagreb, Vienna, Zurich, London, Paris
Mediation style
Evaluative Facilitative
Brief description

Mediation style substantially depends on the circumstances. His experience is in adjustment to different demands in different situations.

Education (degrees)
Master and Doctoral Degree in Law, Master in Philosophy and Comparative Literature
Relevant training
Multiple arbitration and mediation courses over the period of 20+ years (from ICC to CEELI)
Certifications / licenses
Accredited arbitrator - ICC, VIAC, PAC-CCC
Memberships / accreditations
Honorary member of the Croatian Mediation Association; Former Secretary General of the Permanent Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce
Institutional panels & memberships
ICC – International Chamber of Commerce LCIA – London Court of International Arbitration SAC – Swiss Arbitration Centre SCC – Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Other OtherPermanent Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Economy
Publications and/or speaking engagements

S. Triva, A. Uzelac, Hrvatsko arbitražno pravo, Zagreb, Narodne novine, 2007 (leading commentary of arbitration legislation in Croatia) A. Uzelac, Number of Arbitrators and Decisions of Arbitral Tribunals, Arbitration International, 23:4/2007, pp. 573-592 A. Uzelac, Croatia (Croatian National Report), in: J. Paulsson (ed.), ICCA International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration, Suppl. 137 (March 2025), Croatia-1 to Croatia-68 plus Annexes - Law on Arbitration & Law on Amicable Dispute Resolution A. Uzelac, Croatia - Chapter 6, in: Mary E. Bartkus, Magdalena Tulibacka, Istvan Varga, and Stefaan Voet (eds.), Collective Litigation in Europe: Law and Practice, Juris Publishing, 2025. A. Uzelac, Third-Party Litigation Funding as a Vehicle for Access to Justice: A Sustainable Avenue or a Dead End?, in: Xandra Kramer, Masood Ahmed, Adriani Dori and Maria Carlota Ucin (eds.), Sustaining Access to Justice. New Avenues for Costs and Funding, Hart, 2025, pp. 21-36 A. Uzelac, Comparative studies of civil procedure, in: M Woo, CH van Rhee (eds.), Comparative Civil Procedure, Edward Elgar, 2025, pp. 18-39 A. Uzelac, Judicial Independence in the Context of the Organization of the Judiciary. Recruitment, Remuneration, Retirement, in: Oteiza, E., Priori, G. (eds.), Judicial Independence in the Third Millennium. XVII World Congress of Procedural Law, Lima 2023, General Reports, Lima, Palestra, 2023, pp. 303-350 A. Uzelac, C.H. van Rhee (eds.),Transformation of Civil Justice. Unity and Diversity, Springer, 2018 Uzelac, A.; Aras, S., Maršić, M.; Mitrović, M.; Kauzlarić, Ž.; Stojčević, P., Aktualni trendovi mirnog rješavanja sporova u Hrvatskoj: dosezi i ograničenja, Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu, 60/3:2010, str. 1265-1308