Industry: Agribusiness & food

One of Brazil’s largest retail chains says it is pursuing claims against four former executives after entering insolvency following its disclosure of a billion-dollar accounting fraud. 

14 March 2025

A Hong Kong corporate trustee has asked a US court to enforce a US$153 million LCIA award against two Ukrainian businessmen who defaulted on a loan for their grain terminal operator at the port of Odesa.

24 January 2025

A Canadian paper group has filed a new ICC arbitration worth US$3 billion against companies controlled by Brazil’s Batista brothers over their alleged failure to comply with an earlier award mandating the sale of a pulp producer. 

09 January 2025

A sanctioned Belgian businessman has made good on his threat to file a US$50 million ICSID claim against Rwanda over the seizure of a gold refinery, while Côte d’Ivoire is defending a contractual claim at the centre over an abattoir project. 

04 November 2024

A London-listed mining company has instructed counsel for a potential ICSID claim against Morocco over the state’s refusal to grant environmental approval for a billion-dollar potash project.

01 November 2024

A United Nations agency has defeated a claim at the Permanent Court of Arbitration over an agricultural venture in Suriname – after the agency successfully terminated a separate case it faced at the institution concerning a poultry enterprise in Pakistan.

01 November 2024

A Mauritius-based commodities group has filed a US$120 million investment treaty claim against Mozambique over the seizure of shipments of pigeon peas and other foods. 

17 October 2024

Albania says it has defeated an Italian company's investment treaty claim over a failed agricultural joint venture.

08 October 2024

A Pittsburgh-based health and wellness retailer has won ICDR awards worth over US$53 million against its franchisees in Singapore and the Philippines, which it is trying to enforce in the US courts. 

04 October 2024

Leading Spanish arbitrator Juan Fernández-Armesto and a co-panellist have resigned from a fraught ICC dispute over the billion-dollar sale of a Brazilian pulp producer – saying they have been threatened with criminal prosecution by the respondent and its external lawyers. 

26 September 2024