International commercial courts are specialized judicial bodies designed to provide a forum for adjudicating complex cross-border business disputes efficiently and fairly for operators acting across different jurisdictions. Based on the enriching experience of a webinar jointly organized by the Universities of Bologna, Milan, and Verona, this volume collects papers of renowned specialists in the field of cross-border dispute resolution, divided into three parts. The first part of the volume addresses the phenomenon of international commercial courts in the EU, with particular attention to the German, French, Dutch, and Italian experiences. The second part includes papers that shed light on the experience of extra-European countries, such as those of the Gulf area, Singapore, China, and the OHADA States. The third part of the volume compares the structure and functioning of international commercial courts with international commercial arbitration. Not unlike arbitral tribunals, international commercial courts aim to provide a more predictable and consistent legal environment for international business transactions. This volume aims to provide a comparative overview of this emerging phenomenon. Only time will tell whether international commercial courts will establish themselves as relevant players in international dispute resolution. Edited by Albert Henke is an Associate Professor of Civil Procedural Law, and Jean Monnet Module Professor of Multilevel, Multiparty and Multisector Cross-Border Litigation in Europe at the University of Milan. He is the scientific coordinator of the DEUTraDiS Research Center (on Domestic, European and Transnational Dispute Settlement). Author of more than 60 publications, in Italian and English, on topics of domestic, comparative international and European civil procedural law and domestic, international commercial and investment arbitration, he is currently a lawyer, arbitrator and independent legal consultant. Marco Torsello is a Full Professor of Comparative Private Law at the University of Verona and a Global Professor of Law at New York University, School of Law. He is the author of numerous publications on comparative law, international contracts, and cross-border dispute resolution. He is a name partner at ARBLIT - Radicati di Brozolo Sabatini Benedettelli Torsello, a firm specializing in arbitration and international commercial litigation. Elena Zucconi Galli Fonseca is a Full Professor of Civil Procedural Law at the Department of Law of the University of Bologna. Her research interests focus on civil procedural law and alternative dispute resolution methods, including arbitration and mediation. She's engaged in several national and international research projects, and she's the author of six monographs and more than one hundred thirty papers in Italian and English.