Organisation: International Court of Justice
Withers hires from Debevoise in New York
Floriane Lavaud, who has represented Qatar in a number of public international law disputes, has left Debevoise & Plimpton to join the partnership at Withers in New York.
16 April 2024
Panel in place for landmark biodiversity case
A panel has begun hearing the landmark inter-state arbitration Azerbaijan has filed against Armenia under the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats.
15 April 2024
Three Crowns recruits and promotes
As Three Crowns celebrates its 10th anniversary, the firm has recruited former Jones Day partner Charles Kotuby as of counsel in Washington, DC, and promoted Ryan Manton in Paris and Richard Trinick in London to counsel.
04 April 2024
Who is sitting at ICSID?
Ten new panels have formed at ICSID in recent weeks, including first time appointments for Colombian arbitrator and academic Rafael Rincón Ordóñez and Italy’s Michele Potestà of Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler in Geneva.
27 March 2024
Chinese state-owned entity files claim over Guyana oil block dispute
A Chinese state-owned entity has reportedly filed an arbitration that could disrupt the US$53 billion takeover of its partner in an oil block off the coast of Guyana – weeks after ExxonMobil filed an ICC case seeking similar relief over that deal.
25 March 2024
ICC, Gill and Covington among winners at GAR Awards
Initiatives to improve the diversity and sustainability of arbitration were among the winners at last night’s GAR Awards in Paris, while Covington & Burling, Judith Gill KC, and the team on a high-profile case for Nigeria also picked up prizes.
22 March 2024
New Bahrain International Commercial Court with appeal to Singapore paves way for disputes hub
A groundbreaking treaty between Bahrain and Singapore has created a new Bahrain International Commercial Court, which is modelled on the Singapore International Commercial Court and will allow appeals to a designated body of that court.
20 March 2024
Foley Hoag promotes duo in DC
Gisela Paris, who has defended several Latin American states in investment treaty cases, has been promoted to the partnership at Foley Hoag in Washington, DC alongside Arsalan Suleman, a public international law practitioner and former US diplomat.
19 March 2024
Exxon files ICC claim over US$53 billion takeover
ExxonMobil has launched an ICC claim against its partner in a valuable oil block off the coast of Guyana, potentially disrupting a US$53 billion takeover deal.
07 March 2024
ICJ refuses to hear part of Ukraine’s genocide case against Russia
Days after ruling in a related case between the two countries, the International Court of Justice has declined to hear claims that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine breached a convention against genocide.
05 February 2024