Work Area: Arbitration
Colombian refinery investors return to ICSID
Colombia is facing a second ICSID claim by a pair of US investors in a troubled oil refinery upgrade project – as an investor in another dispute with the state fails in a novel request for rectification of a dissenting opinion.
09 April 2025
London and Singapore on top and AI incoming, says Queen Mary survey
The latest survey by White & Case and the Queen Mary School of International Arbitration shows that London and Singapore remain the most popular arbitral seats, while most practitioners expect they will soon be using artificial intelligence in their work.
08 April 2025
ISDS reform proposals under fire at PAW
ExxonMobil senior counsel Tom Sikora used a virtual appearance at Paris Arbitration Week to criticise some of the “debilitating” proposals for reform of investor-state dispute settlement being considered by UNCITRAL working group III, including curbs on shareholder claims and provisions for counterclaims.
07 April 2025
Germany liable over wind energy reforms
Austrian engineering group Strabag has moved to enforce the first known investment treaty award against Germany, which requires the state to pay €334 million over regulatory changes that affected wind projects in the North Sea.
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
Lenovo and Ericsson settle global patent dispute through arbitration
China’s Lenovo and Sweden’s Ericsson have agreed to drop litigation over licensing of cellular patents in various countries and resolve their remaining disputes through arbitration.
04 April 2025
Pinna Goldberg hires in Paris and opens Uzbek office
Venezuelan lawyer Pedro Saghy has left Dentons to join the partnership at Pinna Goldberg in Paris, as the boutique launches a Tashkent office led by a former member of the Uzbekisan Ministry of Justice.
04 April 2025
Amirfar and Partasides on arbitration in times of global crisis
At the IBA Arbitration Day, Catherine Amirfar and Constantine Partasides KC considered the value of international arbitration as a tool of peace in times of global crisis, discussing its role in events such as the blockade on Qatar and the Bosnian War.
04 April 2025
Foxton on the fragmentation of commercial disputes
Mr Justice Foxton of the English Commercial Court used a speech at the IBA Arbitration Day in London to suggest ways the arbitration community and the courts can work together to reduce the fragmentation of commercial disputes across courts and arbitral tribunals.
04 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