The debate concerning a code for counsel in international arbitration has been a hot topic among scholars and practitioners for the last 15 years, yet no concrete outcome has materialised. On 3 October 2016, the Swiss Arbitration Association Working Group on Counsel Ethics concluded that “the time for ‘Global Arbitration Ethics Council’ has not yet come”. The paper will defend the proposition that there exists a need for a uniform enforceable global code of ethical conduct for counsel in international arbitration because there is, indeed, no longer a place for an “ethical no man’s land” in international arbitration.