Work Area: Commercial arbitration

An American publisher of academic journals has sought an injunction against European publishing giant Springer Nature to prevent “dishonest sales tactics” ahead of a New York arbitration over alleged breach of distribution agreements.

13 March 2025

The Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce, or CAM Santiago, has agreed to send its international cases to the Madrid International Arbitration Centre-Iberoamerican Arbitration Centre (CIAM-CIAR). 

12 March 2025

US gas exporter Venture Global has paid US$320 million to satisfy two ICC awards won by a contractor that built its LNG facility in the Gulf of Mexico – as it faces arbitrations worth more than US$7 billion brought by customers for non-delivery of promised cargoes.

10 March 2025

A Chinese state-owned power company has filed a US$555 million SIAC claim against a Lao electric utility over unpaid revenue from a Belt and Road hydropower project.

06 March 2025

A US pharmaceutical company has asked an ICC emergency arbitrator to halt its Taiwanese partner’s development of a drug to treat a rare neuromuscular disease – a dispute arising from a US$250 million licensing deal.

06 March 2025

Three partners at Ukrainian firm Eterna Law have been acquitted of fraud charges in Switzerland after a former arbitration client withdrew a criminal complaint that they had forged a legal services agreement.

05 March 2025

The Amsterdam Court of Appeal has enforced an ICC award worth US$85 million plus interest against an Iraqi state entity over a salvage contract while setting off amounts it was granted in a separate award. 

04 March 2025

A Chinese shipbuilder says it has defeated claims worth US$832 million in London arbitration proceedings brought by a customer that terminated contracts for the purchase of 10 vessels.

04 March 2025

Spanish electric utility Endesa has instructed counsel to defend it in a US$308 million price review arbitration brought under a long-term contract for supply of liquefied natural gas – months after defeating a US$650 million claim in a separate arbitration.  

03 March 2025

Czech energy group CEZ says it has won more than €42 million in an ICC claim against Gazprom’s export arm over its curtailment of gas supplies following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 

26 February 2025