Organisation: Huawei

A panel at GAR Live Shanghai looked at China’s relationship with investor-state dispute settlement, asking whether Chinese users’ trust in the system is growing and if it is the best forum for Belt and Road disputes.  

02 July 2024

A California court has confirmed an HKIAC award worth more than US$44 million in favour of a venture capital firm that financed a real estate project in Shanghai, finding no unfairness in the tribunal’s refusal to give any weight to witness statements on which the respondent had refused to be cross-examined.

04 April 2024

At the largest arbitration event ever held at Harvard, 10 panels with speakers from every continent discussed the crises the field is facing. 

11 March 2024

The International Bar Association’s arbitration committee has announced its new line up of officers for the coming year, with Xavier Favre-Bulle of Lenz & Staehelin in Geneva stepping up to senior co-chair and Chiann Bao of Arbitration Chambers becoming junior co-chair.

08 December 2023

The UK government has said it is considering withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty if signatories fail to adopt a modernised version of the treaty later this year.

01 September 2023

An ICSID tribunal hearing Huawei’s claim against Sweden over its exclusion from the rollout of 5G has ordered the Chinese group to produce unredacted versions of its contracts with mobile network operators in the country.

25 August 2023

Shearman & Sterling has promoted Edward Taylor to the partnership in Hong Kong.

04 August 2023

Chinese telecoms group Huawei is taking counsel from Simmons & Simmons in a potential investment treaty claim against the UK.

13 July 2023

An UNCITRAL tribunal has rejected a Chinese company’s US$55 million investment treaty claim against Ghana over a cancelled contract to build an intelligent traffic management system, finding it was for the country’s courts to determine whether there had been expropriation.  

02 February 2023

The International Bar Association’s arbitration committee has announced its slate of officers for 2023, with Brazil’s Valería Galíndez stepping up to senior co-chair and Xavier Favre-Bulle of Lenz & Staehelin in Geneva becoming junior co-chair.

04 November 2022