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Herbert Smith Freehills’ head of German dispute resolution Patricia Nacimiento used a GAR Live keynote to defend the role of public international law and international arbitration in resolving global issues, as she warned that investor-state dispute settlement in the European Union could soon disappear.

02 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

Cyprus says it has beaten the bulk of a US$570 million ICSID claim brought by nearly 1,000 Greek and Luxembourgish investors over bonds and bank deposits they said were confiscated as part of the state’s financial bailout by European institutions.  

23 May 2024

The German Arbitration Institute (DIS) has introduced supplementary rules that allow for the use of notices to contractually bind third parties to awards.

21 May 2024

The International Bar Association arbitration committee has proposed updates to its guidelines on conflicts of interest in international arbitration for the first time in a decade, expanding the definition of relationships between arbitrators and parties and providing new examples of when disclosure is required.

05 March 2024

A London-listed oil and gas company has instructed counsel as it prepares to file the first known investment treaty claim against Ireland, for which it is also seeking third-party funding.

26 February 2024

Pedro Claros, a former practice head at Cuatrecasas and DAC Beachcroft who founded his own disputes boutique in Madrid, has joined the partnership at Fieldfisher – bringing Antonio Delgado with him, who joins as counsel.

18 January 2024

GAR Live Vienna heard a keynote by Richard Whish KC on the intersection of competition law and arbitration, followed by a panel considering the benefits and limitations of having arbitrators decide competition law issues.

30 October 2023

Readers are invited to join us later this week for the return of GAR Live Vienna – which will feature sessions on the intersection of antitrust and arbitration and the role of funding.

09 October 2023

The Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) has revealed the new leadership team for its under-40 group, including new and returning board members and the group's first Middle East and Africa chairs.

13 August 2023