Organisation: Columbia University

South Korea has applied to set aside a US$32 million investment treaty award won by US hedge fund Mason Capital over the state’s interference in a Samsung merger. 

11 July 2024

US hedge fund Mason Capital has asked a court in Washington, DC, to enforce a US$32 million investment treaty award against South Korea arising from the state’s interference in an US$8 billion Samsung merger. 

29 May 2024

An award requiring South Korea to pay US$32 million to US hedge fund Mason Capital for interfering in an US$8 billion Samsung merger is now public.

21 May 2024

Mevelyn Ong has left Sullivan & Cromwell in New York to join Norton Rose Fulbright as special counsel in its Melbourne office.

16 April 2024

US hedge fund Mason Capital has won damages in an UNCITRAL claim over South Korea's intervention in a US$8 billion Samsung merger – the second case in which the state has been held liable over the merger.

12 April 2024

Andrew Rogers KC, who survived the Nazi regime as a child and became a reforming Australian judge and international arbitrator on cases like World Duty Free v Kenya, has died aged 92.

09 April 2024

Tino Schneider has left Lalive, where he advised on construction and energy disputes, to join Allen & Overy as counsel in its Frankfurt office.

01 February 2024

Uría Menéndez has promoted Heidi López to partner in Madrid, while its Latin American affiliate Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría has promoted Juan Sebastián Arias to its partnership in Bogotá.

23 January 2024

The Institute for Transnational Arbitration’s latest workshop considered whether remedies in international arbitration are delivering effective redress. Ciara Ros of Vinson & Elkins in London reports.

27 July 2023

Daniel Allman, who previously represented Naftogaz in its treaty claim against Russia, has been promoted to the partnership at Norton Rose Fulbright in Sydney.

23 July 2023