Region: Europe
Lenovo and Ericsson settle global patent dispute through arbitration
China’s Lenovo and Sweden’s Ericsson have agreed to drop litigation over licensing of cellular patents in various countries and resolve their remaining disputes through arbitration.
04 April 2025
CMS promotes and recruits
CMS has promoted construction disputes lawyer Jay Randhawa to the partnership in Riyadh, while also hiring Bajar Scharaw as counsel in Zurich from Herbert Smith Freehills.
03 April 2025
Israeli property developers threaten claim against Cyprus
An Israeli businessman and his imprisoned father have threatened to bring an investment treaty claim against Cyprus over a Nicosia police investigation into their development of property in the Turkish-controlled part of the island.
02 April 2025
Dutch practitioner swaps boutiques in Amsterdam
Rufus Abeln, who acted on the largest known case heard by Belgian institution CEPANI, has left Dutch disputes boutique Ysquare to join Lemstra Van de Korst in Amsterdam.
02 April 2025
Estonia beats claim over alleged port corruption
An UNCITRAL tribunal has dismissed a Florida-based commodities trader’s US$206 million treaty claim against Estonia over a seaport, rejecting allegations that state agents had tried to extort corrupt payments from the claimant.
01 April 2025
Clyde & Co’s German practice head returns to Luther
Georg Scherpf has left his role as head of Clyde & Co’s arbitration practice in Germany to rejoin Luther in Hamburg.
01 April 2025
Working group proposes French arbitration code
Ahead of Paris Arbitration Week, a working group set up by France’s Ministry of Justice to reform the country’s arbitration law has delivered its proposals, which include the creation of a single arbitration code.
31 March 2025
Russia’s Lugovoy Law faces constitutional challenge
Russian bank VTB’s German subsidiary has filed a complaint with Russia’s Constitutional Court over a law allowing the country’s courts to assert exclusive jurisdiction over commercial disputes involving sanctioned Russian parties, which has been used to bar it from pursuing HKIAC arbitration against its parent.
28 March 2025
Linklaters promotes in London
Alex Fawke, who specialises in disputes involving governments and public bodies, has been promoted to the partnership at Linklaters in London.
28 March 2025
Dutch boutique promotes in Amsterdam
Irène Léger, a French national and co-chair of the French Arbitration Committee’s under-40 group, has been promoted to the partnership at Dutch disputes boutique Staunch.
28 March 2025