Organisation: Dubai International Financial Centre
Russia sues arbitrators and counsel in ECT dispute
Russia has reportedly asked its own courts to restrain a German oil and gas producer from pursuing an Energy Charter Treaty claim on pain of a €7.5 billion penalty, while seeking to have the arbitrators and the investor’s German law firm held jointly liable if the arbitration proceeds.
17 April 2025
US appeals court orders second look at DIFC-LCIA clause
A US appeals court has quashed a Louisiana court ruling that said a DIFC-LCIA arbitration clause was unenforceable because the designated forum no longer existed following its abolition by the Dubai government.
28 January 2025
Clyde & Co Middle East practice head joins US firm
Canadian lawyer Nassif BouMalhab has left his role as head of the Middle East arbitration practice at Clyde & Co to join Greenberg Traurig in Dubai.
09 October 2024
Another billion-dollar win for Agility against Iraqi mobile operator
Kuwaiti logistics group Agility says it has won an ICC award worth over US$1.17 billion in another arbitration against Iraqi mobile operator Korek Telecom.
16 September 2024
DIFC court upholds billion-dollar award in Iraqi bribery dispute
DECISION NOW PUBLIC: A court in the Dubai International Financial Centre has upheld an ICC award worth US$1.6 billion that found a prominent Iraqi businessman had conspired to bribe public officials – dismissing arguments that the tribunal relied on unlawfully procured evidence.
30 August 2024
Join us for GAR Live Dubai
Readers are invited to join us for GAR Live Dubai in November – featuring views from in-house counsel on handling arbitrations, as well as panels on the cost of proceedings in the region and integrating artificial intelligence.
21 August 2024
Abu Dhabi courts uphold DIFC-LCIA clause
The Abu Dhabi courts have ruled that the abolition of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre does not mean that arbitration agreements that refer to that institution are unenforceable.
04 June 2024
Van Haersolte-van Hof to leave LCIA
Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof is to step down as director general of the LCIA after a decade in the role to become a London-based international arbitrator, as the search gets under way for her successor.
20 May 2024
DIFC appeal court affirms interim relief is enforceable as “award”
The Dubai International Finance Centre Court of Appeal has affirmed that a provisional award granting interim measures in a foreign arbitration is enforceable as an “award” under the DIFC’s arbitration law.
04 April 2024
Singapore court enforces DIAC award under DIFC-LCIA clause
A Singapore court has enforced a DIAC award rendered under an arbitration clause specifying the now-defunct DIFC-LCIA – but only because the respondent had submitted to the tribunal’s jurisdiction.
18 March 2024