Organisation: Council of Europe
Russia adds Lucy Reed to sanctions list
Russia appears to have added prominent arbitrator Lucy Reed to a list of US citizens subject to sanctions following her election to the board of the Register of Damage for Ukraine.
20 March 2024
Asters co-head to run Ukrainian damage register
The co-head of international arbitration at Kyiv firm Asters, Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, has left the firm to oversee a register of damage caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
04 July 2023
Drew & Napier lawyer joins Twenty Essex
Former Drew & Napier director Kevin Lee has joined Twenty Essex, the London and Singapore-based barristers' chambers.
25 May 2023
Ukrainian parliament considers termination of BIT with Russia
Ukraine’s parliament is considering legislation to terminate the country’s bilateral investment treaty with Russia in light of the war.
17 May 2023
LIDW discusses claims mechanisms for Ukraine war damage
A panel at London International Disputes Week considered the mechanisms available to parties seeking compensation for damages suffered as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
16 May 2023
Azerbaijan launches landmark biodiversity case against Armenia
Azerbaijan has started the first known inter-state arbitration under the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, accusing Armenia of destroying the environment and biodiversity during nearly 30 years of "illegal occupation" of its territories.
19 January 2023
Ukraine pushes for war claims commission
Ukraine is petitioning the United Nations to create a commission to resolve claims against Russia for financial damages arising out of the war – amid speculation that some US$300 billion in frozen Russian central bank assets could be targeted for enforcement.
10 October 2022
Quinn Emanuel advising Ukraine on human rights claim against Russia
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is advising Ukraine on a European Court of Human Rights claim against Russia over its “unprovoked, unjustified and unlawful acts of aggression”.
22 March 2022
In search of certainty: the Dutch appeal court decision in Yukos
Simon Rainey QC and Gaurav Sharma of Quadrant Chambers in London consider the legal and practical implications of the recent Hague Court of Appeal decision reinstating the US$50 billion Yukos awards against Russia.
01 April 2020
London chambers appoints new head of arbitrator wing
London chambers 33 Bedford Row has appointed Tariq Mahmood to head its recently launched arbitrator wing – while adding three more barristers to the group.
06 August 2019