Organisation: Formula 1

Aston Martin hypercar dispute crosses the finish line

British luxury carmarker Aston Martin says it has received a favourable award in an ICC arbitration reportedly worth US$150 million over a terminated deal to underwrite its Valkyrie hypercar.

25 July 2024

Swiss panel rules on Russian sponsorship of Formula 1 team

A Swiss tribunal has ruled on a Russian fertiliser producer’s claim against US Formula 1 racing team Haas over a sponsorship agreement that was terminated in the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

26 June 2024

Ex-prosecutors: arbitrators’ corruption findings against Worley will interest DOJ

Australian engineering company Worley has not only lost a recent US$175 million arbitration against Ecuador, it has likely invited the US Department of Justice to scrutinise whether the company bribed foreign officials, two former US prosecutors told GAR’s sister publication Global Investigations Review (GIR).

19 January 2024

Ecuador beats refinery claim with corruption defence

Ecuador has applied to enforce a costs award after defeating a US$145 million treaty claim brought by an engineering company that was found to have engaged in corruption.

02 January 2024

Charity ball raises over half a million for Save the Children

The International Arbitration Charity Ball returned to London last night for the first time in four years, raising a record-breaking £550,000 for Save the Children in an event that drew inspiration from the musical biopic The Greatest Showman.

13 May 2022

British F1 team races to enforce against ex-sponsor

A British Formula 1 racing team has asked a US court to enforce a US$36 million LCIA award issued by arbitrator Klaus Reichert SC against its former lead sponsor.

07 January 2022

Saudi Arabia faces billion-dollar claim over TV piracy

Qatari state-backed sports broadcaster beIN has lodged a billion-dollar investment treaty claim against Saudi Arabia over its failure to crack down on one of the world’s largest pirate television networks and other measures that followed the suspension of diplomatic relations between the two countries last year.

01 October 2018