Organisation: Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
GAR Live Lookback: Schneider on lessons from history and diversity
Michael Schneider, a founding partner of Swiss firm Lalive, delivered a keynote address at GAR Live Construction Disputes 2019 discussing lessons practitioners can learn from history and diversity and how the field has changed since he began his career.
05 March 2020
Egypt settles saga over LNG plant
Spain’s Naturgy and Italy’s Eni have agreed to settle a long-running dispute with Egypt over a natural gas liquefaction plant at the port city of Damietta – which gave rise to a US$2 billion ICSID award and various claims against state-owned entities.
28 February 2020
Egyptian authority liable over cancelled port project
A Kuwaiti-led consortium has won over US$490 million in an ICC claim against an Egyptian state authority over a terminated concession for a container terminal facility at the port of Damietta – a dispute that has also given rise to a threatened treaty claim.
20 February 2020
Egyptian state entity defeats US$3 billion claim
A Madrid-seated tribunal has rejected a US$3.1 billion claim against Egypt’s state-owned gas supplier on the basis that the claimant, a joint venture between Spain’s Naturgy and Italy’s Eni, has already secured a US$2 billion ICSID award.
11 February 2020
Whitelist / Institutions Worth a Closer Look - Asia-Pacific
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04 February 2020
Egypt’s top court defines arbitral institutions
The Egyptian Court of Cassation has set out criteria defining what qualifies as an arbitral institution – as it ruled on a case involving the centre which issued an US$18 billion “sham” award against Chevron.
08 November 2019
King & Wood Mallesons recruits from HSF in Beijing
Jessica Fei has left Herbert Smith Freehills in Beijing to join the partnership at King & Wood Mallesons, where she will help the firm’s efforts to capitalise on Belt and Road disputes.
27 June 2019
Cairo centre announces case figures and new advisers
The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, or CRCICA, has disclosed that it received 77 new cases in 2018 – as it appoints a Beijing lawyer and two others to its advisory committee.
13 May 2019
Paris hosts largest ever GAR Awards
The largest ever GAR Awards took place last night in Paris – with winners including King & Spalding, the Prague Rules, the African Arbitration Association and the Burford Equity Project, while German arbitrator Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel picked up a lifetime achievement award.
05 April 2019