Region: Australia
The future of disputes in the Australian energy transition
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10 May 2024
Clifford Chance hires from Mayer Brown in Perth
Kate Apostolova has left Mayer Brown’s Singapore office to join Clifford Chance in Perth as an international partner.
25 April 2024
Norton Rose hires in Australia
Mevelyn Ong has left Sullivan & Cromwell in New York to join Norton Rose Fulbright as special counsel in its Melbourne office.
16 April 2024
Tiger-prawn investors win claim against Gambia
A split ICSID tribunal has ordered the Gambia to pay damages to Swedish and Australian investors over the expropriation of their tiger-prawn farming business by the government of former president Yahya Jammeh.
27 March 2024
Mining magnate fails to get interim measures against Australia
An UNCITRAL tribunal hearing a mining tycoon’s US$200 billion treaty claim against Australia over an iron ore project has denied his request for interim measures.
05 February 2024
Congo can’t bring counterclaims in mining dispute
An ICSID tribunal hearing a mining company’s billion-dollar claim against the Republic of the Congo over revoked iron ore licences has declined jurisdiction over the state’s counterclaims.
30 January 2024
ACICA launches sustainability taskforce
The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) has launched a taskforce to improve the sustainability of international arbitration, after a recent report published by the centre found that most practitioners would use less sustainable practices if it benefitted their case.
01 December 2023
Australia can lead on enforcement against state assets
Lucas Bastin KC told GAR Live Sydney that Australia could become the “stand out” jurisdiction for enforcement of awards against state assets – as its courts possess “execution powers that do not exist” in other countries with equivalent state immunity legislation.
28 November 2023
Australian miner threatens Ethiopia over lithium project
A Perth-based mining group has threatened an investment treaty claim against Ethiopia over alleged attempts to cancel an exploration licence for a lithium project.
17 November 2023