Work Area: Arbitration
Shanghai pharma company wins put-option dispute
A Shanghai-based pharmaceutical company has sought to enforce an ICDR award worth over US$40 million against the founder of a New Jersey-based medical practices network who has been implicated in a bank fraud conspiracy.
07 November 2022
IBA committee names new officers
The International Bar Association’s arbitration committee has announced its slate of officers for 2023, with Brazil’s Valería Galíndez stepping up to senior co-chair and Xavier Favre-Bulle of Lenz & Staehelin in Geneva becoming junior co-chair.
04 November 2022
Chinese state entities take Maltese awards to California
Subsidiaries of two Chinese state-owned entities have applied to a California court to enforce awards issued in a pair of cases at the Malta Arbitration Centre relating to the €71 million sale of solar power assets.
03 November 2022
ICC commission appoints new vice-chairs
The ICC commission on arbitration and ADR has appointed eight new vice-chairs to its steering committee as its renewed membership met in Miami last week.
03 November 2022
Gibson Dunn hires Asia head and human rights judge
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has recruited partner Paul Tan in Singapore to lead its international arbitration practice in Asia – while the London office welcomes of counsel Robert Spano, who has just stepped down as president of the European Court of Human Rights.
02 November 2022
Mexican land seizure prompts threat of NAFTA claim
A Michigan-based investor has threatened Mexico with a US$3 billion NAFTA legacy claim after authorities expropriated its agricultural land in purported reliance on a presidential resolution issued more than 80 years ago.
01 November 2022
Marigo succeeds Blackaby as Freshfields practice co-head
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has named partner Noiana Marigo in New York as the new global co-head of its international arbitration group, as Nigel Blackaby steps down after eight years in the role.
31 October 2022
Venezuela faces claim after insurance currency row
Four Dutch companies have brought an ICSID claim against Venezuela for allegedly expropriating their subsidiary’s insurance business after it refused to make a payout to a Venezuelan state-owned company in the desired currency, US dollars.
28 October 2022
Haigh goes solo after five decades
Leading Canadian arbitrator David Haigh KC is leaving the partnership at Calgary firm Burnet Duckworth & Palmer, his home for more than 50 years, to practise independently.
27 October 2022
Madagascar fails to annul clothes factory award
A split ICSID committee has upheld an award requiring Madagascar to pay €7 million to two Belgian brothers whose clothes factory was looted and burned down – rejecting arguments that the state didn't have effective legal representation during the arbitration.
20 October 2022