Organisation: BBC
Trafigura venture pursues Ghana in US court
A subsidiary of commodities supplier Trafigura has brought US enforcement proceedings against Ghana to collect US$129 million it says it is still owed under an UNCITRAL award arising from a cancelled electricity supply contract.
23 January 2024
Kellogg spin-off brings claim against Venezuela
A spin-off of US food manufacturer Kellogg has brought a treaty claim against Venezuela over the alleged expropriation of its factory and unauthorised use of its trademarks in the state.
10 November 2023
Sands shifts chambers in London
Philippe Sands KC has left Matrix Chambers, the London barristers' chambers he co-founded more than two decades ago, to join 11 King's Bench Walk.
03 October 2022
Seeds of success: Bayer declares win in multibillion M&A dispute
German biotechnology company Bayer has defeated an ICC claim relating to the €7.4 billion sale of part of its crop science business to chemical producer BASF.
12 August 2022
CAS upholds Russian football bans
Russian football’s governing body and four clubs have lost appeals at the Court of Arbitration for Sport over their exclusion from international competitions including the forthcoming World Cup as a result of the war in Ukraine.
19 July 2022
Harvard event has LGBTQIA focus
A Harvard Law School event saw two "diversity champions", the president of the ICC International Court of Arbitration Claudia Salomon and Proskauer Rose partner Peter Sherwin, speak about the court's new LGBTQIA network and enhancing opportunities in the field for members of this community.
05 July 2022
Turkmenistan joins New York Convention
Following a recent transfer of presidential power from father to son, Turkmenistan has become the 170th country and last former Soviet state to accede to the New York Convention.
11 May 2022
Colombian beer trade secrets case can’t be heard in Florida
Florida’s Supreme Court has ruled that a Colombian craft beer company cannot compel arbitration of a US$500 million dispute with a private equity firm over alleged misuse of trade secrets.
28 March 2022
Egyptian investors threaten Ethiopia over civil war disruption
Two Egyptian manufacturers have threatened to file a treaty claim against Ethiopia after allegedly sustaining up to US$40 million in losses due to disruption caused by an ongoing civil war in the country.
09 September 2021
Landau goes solo after sanctions
Toby Landau QC has officially left Essex Court Chambers after China’s imposition of sanctions and will be a sole practitioner in London and a member of the newly launched Duxton Hill Chambers in Singapore.
06 April 2021