Organisation: ICC International Court of Arbitration

New leadership at advocacy training group

The Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy (FIAA) has made several new additions to its executive committee and board of trustees, with Ank Santens of White & Case in New York taking a leadership role.  

09 May 2024

Eversheds team head to HFW in Paris

Julien Fouret and Gaëlle Le Quillec have left the partnership at Eversheds Sutherland to join the international arbitration team at Holman Fenwick Willan in Paris. 

26 April 2024

Sheppard joins Twenty Essex

Audley Sheppard KC, who stepped down as co-head of international arbitration at Clifford Chance last year, is set to join Twenty Essex in London as an arbitrator.

24 April 2024

Russian court restrains HKIAC claim against Gazprom venture

A Russian court has restrained an HKIAC arbitration against a Gazprom affiliate while refusing to impose a €1.8 billion penalty on the German claimant – as another Gazprom subsidiary asks it to block an arbitration brought by a Dutch gas pipeline operator.

19 April 2024

New chair at KCAB International 

KCAB International has appointed Seung Wha Chang, a professor at Seoul National University School of Law and a specialist in international trade and arbitration, as its new chairman. 

19 April 2024

Norton Rose hires in Australia

Mevelyn Ong has left Sullivan & Cromwell in New York to join Norton Rose Fulbright as special counsel in its Melbourne office.

16 April 2024

ICC panel rules in Jordanian power plant dispute

A Jordanian state-owned entity has reportedly prevailed in its ICC arbitration with a Saudi-controlled developer over a US$490 million power plant project.  

16 April 2024

Burkina Faso gold mine sale leads to claims 

A London-listed mining company has filed two arbitrations over missed payments relating to its troubled US$300 million sale of two gold projects in Burkina Faso. 

15 April 2024

Canadian energy company loses claim over Pakistani gas blocks 

A Canadian energy company has reportedly lost its ICC claim to regain rights to two gas blocks in Pakistan. 

09 April 2024

Ibrahim Fadlallah 1942-2024

Ibrahim Fadlallah, who has died aged 81, was a leading Lebanese-French academic and arbitrator known for his handling of cases related to the Middle East and Africa and for initiating discussion of conflicts of culture in international arbitration. 

03 April 2024

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