Organisation: Deutsche Bank
Venture capital firm enforces HKIAC award in California
A California court has confirmed an HKIAC award worth more than US$44 million in favour of a venture capital firm that financed a real estate project in Shanghai, finding no unfairness in the tribunal’s refusal to give any weight to witness statements on which the respondent had refused to be cross-examined.
04 April 2024
GAR Awards 2024 – VOTING NOW OPEN
Voting is now open for the 14th annual GAR Awards, as we publish the shortlists for our publicly voted categories.
07 February 2024
UK appeal court grants final anti-suit relief against Gazprom venture
DECISION NOW PUBLISHED: The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has issued a final anti-suit injunction to enforce a Paris-seated ICC arbitration agreement – restraining a Gazprom subsidiary from pursuing a €448 million lawsuit against a German bank in the Russian courts.
30 January 2024
Russian court stays Gazprom venture’s lawsuits pending UK anti-suit appeal
A Russian court has stayed two lawsuits worth over €680 million that a Gazprom subsidiary is pursuing against Deutsche Bank and Unicredit until a UK appeal court has ruled on an anti-suit injunction request to enforce Paris-seated ICC arbitration.
12 December 2023
Sanctioned billionaire’s companies hit with anti-suit injunction
The Commercial Court in London has restrained companies owned by a sanctioned Russian billionaire from bringing litigation in Russia against a Cypriot investment services company in defiance of an LCIA arbitration clause.
13 November 2023
Mayer Brown hires from A&O
Sarah Garvey, who has advised Lesotho in a dispute over a stalled solar project, has left Allen & Overy to join the partnership of Mayer Brown in London.
02 November 2023
Gazprom unit asks Russian court to block billion-dollar SCC claim
Gazprom’s export arm has asked a Russian court to block a US$1.5 billion SCC arbitration brought by a Polish pipeline company over halted gas deliveries.
17 October 2023
Gazprom venture revealed as target of UK anti-suit injunctions
A subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom has been revealed as the target of a set of recent English anti-suit injunction requests by German banks seeking to enforce Paris-seated ICC arbitration clauses.
11 October 2023
Pemex award survives Mexican appeal
A Mexican appeal court has upheld an AAA-ICDR award that threw out a US consortium’s US$200 million claim on jurisdiction and awarded US$80 million in favour of Mexico’s state oil company Pemex.
27 July 2023
Linklaters hires Asia disputes head
Andrew Battisson has left the partnership at Norton Rose Fulbright to join Linklaters in Singapore as its Asia head of international arbitration.
05 July 2023