Industry: Construction & engineering

After eight years of advising on construction and infrastructure disputes at a boutique firm in Chile, Elina Mereminskaya has launched an independent arbitrator practice. 

05 September 2024

Iraq and one of its state-owned entities have failed to reverse the confirmation of a US$120 million ICC award relating to the construction of a sea wall after a US court rejected their sovereign immunity arguments. 

22 August 2024

A Ugandan court has enforced an LCIA award won by a foreign-owned energy company against its local partners in a solar power project, rejecting arguments that it conflicted with public policy.   

29 April 2024

A Jordanian state-owned entity has reportedly prevailed in its ICC arbitration with a Saudi-controlled developer over a US$490 million power plant project.  

16 April 2024

A panel at the first-ever GAR Live Riyadh discussed potential disputes arising from Saudi Arabia’s trillion-dollar Vision 2030 development programme, as parties navigate issues caused by its unprecedented scale and complexity. 

15 April 2024

An ICC tribunal has found a Qatari state-owned company liable in a €560 million arbitration with a Samsung-led joint venture over a terminated contract to build two metro stations in Doha.

19 March 2024

The infrastructure arm of UK private equity firm InfraRed Capital has brought a treaty claim against Colombia over a highway construction project.

26 January 2024

An ICSID committee has taken the unprecedented step of annulling an award rendered under the centre’s expedited dismissal procedure, allowing an Egyptian tourism investor to revive its US$320 million claim against Kuwait.

25 January 2024

The Paris Court of Appeal has refused to revive an ICC claim against an Ethiopian state agency based on an arbitrator’s alleged ties with a partner at Clyde & Co – including their participation on a roundtable at Paris Arbitration Week.

17 January 2024

An UNCITRAL tribunal has ordered Paraguay to pay more than US$16 million for breaching a contract with a Portuguese construction group to build a high-speed bus network in its capital Asunción.

21 December 2023