Organisation: ExxonMobil
Bahraini launch event looks at investor-state mediation
Amid efforts to modernise ISDS, and with investors and states often settling disputes before an arbitration award, the launch event of the Council of International Dispute Resolution of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Riyadh explored way to promote more amicable resolution of disputes through negotiation or mediation.
12 March 2025
Uniper sees award upheld in Dutch gas supply dispute
A Swiss court has upheld an award favouring German state-owned energy company Uniper in an under-the-radar dispute with a Dutch gas distributor concerning a long-term supply contract.
07 October 2024
Bahrain builds disputes hub with series of decrees
Bahrain continues apace in the development of its planned disputes hub, with a new English-speaking international commercial court and enhanced arbitration offering, after issuing a series of edicts and decrees.
17 September 2024
Chad sees off bid to freeze bank accounts in oil pipeline dispute
Chad says an ICC tribunal has rejected a request by the UK’s Savannah Energy to freeze the accounts of an oil pipeline venture pending a dispute over its partial nationalisation.
14 May 2024
Norton Rose Fulbright hires in Houston and DC
Timothy Tyler has left Vinson & Elkins to join Norton Rose Fulbright as counsel in its international arbitration team in Houston – shortly after senior counsel Courtney Hikawa arrived from Sidley Austin in Washington, DC.
08 May 2024
Mining disputes the focus at ITA event in Toronto
The Institute for Transnational Arbitration’s second annual conference on international arbitration in the mining sector took place in Toronto last month. Tom Villalón of Three Crowns in Washington DC reports.
02 April 2024
Chinese state-owned entity files claim over Guyana oil block dispute
A Chinese state-owned entity has reportedly filed an arbitration that could disrupt the US$53 billion takeover of its partner in an oil block off the coast of Guyana – weeks after ExxonMobil filed an ICC case seeking similar relief over that deal.
25 March 2024
Exxon files ICC claim over US$53 billion takeover
ExxonMobil has launched an ICC claim against its partner in a valuable oil block off the coast of Guyana, potentially disrupting a US$53 billion takeover deal.
07 March 2024
Energy arbitration trends in transition
The latest ITA-IEL-ICC joint annual conference considered the future of international energy disputes amid global conflict, energy transition initiatives and heightened criticism of ISDS, while King & Spalding’s Doak Bishop was interviewed about his career. Sophia Sepulveda Harms of King & Spalding in Houston reports.
06 March 2024
Leadership changes at ICCA
The International Council for Commercial Arbitration has elected a new vice president and treasurer to its executive body and welcomed four new members to its governing board.
22 February 2024