Region: Africa & Middle East
Mining arbitrations in Africa
Featured in The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2025
15 April 2025
Energy arbitration in Africa: parallel proceedings
Featured in The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2025
15 April 2025
Telecoms disputes in the Middle East and Africa
Featured in The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2025
15 April 2025
Kurdistan wins costs in billion-dollar oilfield dispute
A London-listed energy company has been ordered to pay nearly US$27 million in costs to the Kurdistan regional government of Iraq after losing a US$1.75 billion LCIA arbitration over two oil and gas fields.
07 April 2025
Mauritian court orders award debtor to post security
In a first, the Supreme Court of Mauritius has relied on the New York Convention to order an award debtor to post security in the full amount of the award pending set-aside proceedings.
07 April 2025
Comoros faces first ICSID claim
An Emirati company has lodged the first-ever ICSID claim against the Comoros, which concerns an investment project linked to a “passports for cash” scheme that led to a corruption scandal.
03 April 2025
CMS promotes and recruits
CMS has promoted construction disputes lawyer Jay Randhawa to the partnership in Riyadh, while also hiring Bajar Scharaw as counsel in Zurich from Herbert Smith Freehills.
03 April 2025