Work Area: Arbitration

Asia-related disputes specialist Cameron Sim has left Debevoise & Plimpton in Hong Kong to join the partnership at Peter & Kim in Sydney. 

03 April 2025

A split ICSID tribunal has ordered Guatemala to pay US$68.5 million plus interest to a Panamanian entity for failing to protect a hydroelectric power plant project from attacks by protesters.

02 April 2025

Canada’s First Quantum Minerals says it is withdrawing a US$20 billion ICC claim against Panama and suspending a potential treaty case against the state, as the parties try to settle their dispute over the closure of one the world’s largest copper mines. 

01 April 2025

An UNCITRAL tribunal has dismissed a Florida-based commodities trader’s US$206 million treaty claim against Estonia over a seaport, rejecting allegations that state agents had tried to extort corrupt payments from the claimant.

01 April 2025

Joseph Chedrawe KC has left Covington & Burling in Dubai, where he was a partner and vice chair of EMEA disputes, to practise as an independent arbitrator.

01 April 2025

Singapore is marking the 30th anniversary of its International Arbitration Act by opening a public consultation on potential reforms. 

25 March 2025

UPDATED: A US marine salvage company has threatened to file an ICSID claim against the Dominican Republic over the discovery of a 16th century shipwreck containing a valuable trove of pewter tableware.

21 March 2025

The Turkic Arbitration Association has appointed Kyrgyz practitioner Zhagul Altynbekova as its first general secretary. 

21 March 2025

US oil services group Schlumberger has sought to stay an UNCITRAL arbitration worth at least USS$230 million over alleged corruption in a Guatemalan oil project, arguing it is not a signatory to the underlying contracts.

20 March 2025

An ICSID tribunal has reportedly ruled in favour of a wind power investor in a €183 million Energy Charter Treaty claim against Romania over cuts to the state’s renewable energy incentive scheme.

19 March 2025