Region: Germany
Investor files trio of claims against EU, Denmark and Germany
A US-owned investment group has launched the first ever ICSID claim against the European Union, as well as separate claims against Germany and Denmark over an oil and gas enterprise.
25 October 2023
Russian Supreme Court upholds bar to Siemens arbitration
The Russian Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a ruling that blocked a Siemens entity from invoking an Austrian arbitration agreement in its dispute with state-owned Russian Railways.
23 October 2023
Swiss state utility brings ECT claim against Germany
A publicly owned Swiss company has brought an Energy Charter Treaty claim against Germany over its investment in a coal power plant.
23 October 2023
German solar investors win damages over Spanish reforms
An ICSID tribunal has ordered Spain to pay €15 million plus interest to a group of German solar investors over reforms to the state's renewable energy subsidy regime.
23 October 2023
Gazprom venture revealed as target of UK anti-suit injunctions
A subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom has been revealed as the target of a set of recent English anti-suit injunction requests by German banks seeking to enforce Paris-seated ICC arbitration clauses.
11 October 2023
Packaging M&A leads to €400 million fraud claim
The German Arbitration Institute (DIS) is hearing a €400 million dispute over the acquisition of an Austrian packaging manufacturer whose former managers were accused of embezzlement and fraud, it has emerged.
23 August 2023
Rosneft prepares investment claim against Germany
A law firm advising Rosneft has confirmed the Russian state-controlled energy company is preparing an investment arbitration against Germany over the seizure of oil refinery assets.
17 August 2023
German courts offer protection to states facing intra-EU ICSID claims
DECISIONS NOW PUBLISHED: The German Federal Court of Justice has held that EU member states can use the German courts to seek legal protection against intra-EU ICSID claims filed under the Energy Charter Treaty.
27 July 2023
Germany pays to end car toll dispute
UPDATED: Germany has agreed to pay €243 million to a European joint venture to settle a dispute at the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) over a cancelled contract for a car toll system, but a second arbitration reportedly continues.
06 July 2023
Russian court refuses to stay lawsuit for HKIAC arbitration
A Russian court has refused to suspend a billion-euro lawsuit in favour of HKIAC arbitration – finding there was reason to doubt the sanctioned defendant would be guaranteed a fair trial at the Hong Kong centre.
05 July 2023