Region: Germany
Hogan Lovells adds partner in Düsseldorf
Thomas Nebel, the co-head of Dentons’ German dispute resolution practice, is leaving the firm to join the partnership at Hogan Lovells in Düsseldorf.
20 November 2024
Russian court injuncts Deutsche Bank’s ICC claim against Gazprom venture
A Russian court has ordered Deutsche Bank to discontinue an ICC claim against a Gazprom venture over stalled work on a gas processing plant, despite the UK Supreme Court ruling that the dispute belonged in arbitration.
22 October 2024
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
New co-chairs at German young group
DIS40, the under-40 group of the German Arbitration Institute, has appointed three new co-chairs.
01 October 2024
Spain fails to annul one ECT award but seeks to overturn another
An ICSID committee has reportedly refused Spain’s request to annul a €28 million Energy Charter Treaty award won by a German solar investor – as the state seeks to overturn another award issued under the treaty over its renewable energy regime.
01 October 2024
ICSID panel restrains Germany from collecting windfall tax
An ICSID tribunal has restrained Germany from collecting €47.2 million in taxes on windfall oil and gas profits owed by a US-owned investment group while an Energy Charter Treaty claim over the levy is pending.
26 September 2024
German constitutional court rejects Achmea complaints
Germany’s Constitutional Court has rejected a pair of complaints challenging the annulment of the Achmea award and the enactment of an agreement to terminate bilateral investment treaties between EU member states.
16 September 2024
DIS conference looks at integrity of proceedings
As the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) gears up for its autumn conference in Berlin next week, Christian Steger of RSM Ebner Stolz in Hamburg recaps the institute’s spring conference, which focused on the protection of procedural integrity in arbitration proceedings.
03 September 2024
Signature opens in Frankfurt
Signature Litigation has opened an office in Frankfurt by hiring Ulrich Helm and Jan Kraayvanger from Mayer Brown’s dispute resolution team.
09 July 2024
Uniper reports €13 billion win against Gazprom
German state-owned energy group Uniper says it has won more than €13 billion in a Stockholm-seated arbitration against Gazprom’s export arm over undelivered gas, along with the right to terminate their supply contracts.
12 June 2024