Region: Israel

An Israeli businessman and his imprisoned father have threatened to bring an investment treaty claim against Cyprus over a Nicosia police investigation into their development of property in the Turkish-controlled part of the island. 

02 April 2025

Croatia has knocked out a €225 million ICSID claim lodged by an Israeli billionaire over plans to build a golf resort near Dubrovnik – having already defeated a claim filed by his Dutch investment vehicle.

30 January 2025

An UNCITRAL tribunal has rejected an Israeli businessman’s treaty claim over the alleged expropriation of real estate development plots, finding that the land belongs to a Catholic religious order.

16 January 2025

A Dutch real estate developer pursuing an ICSID claim against Romania says it is now facing a separate €96 million case that the state has filed at the LCIA.

17 July 2024

High-profile international arbitration practitioners and academics have signed a petition calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and urging Israel to ensure provision of humanitarian aid to Palestinians.

30 May 2024

A London court has ruled that Clifford Chance partner Marie Berard correctly declined jurisdiction as sole arbitrator in an LCIA dispute between an Israeli citizen and an Emirati entity over the sale of land in India. 

05 April 2024

Israel has adopted new commercial arbitration legislation, putting it among the more than 120 jurisdictions worldwide that have adopted the UNCITRAL Model Law.

13 February 2024

UPDATED WITH AWARD: A Singaporean company linked to an Israeli billionaire has won US$116 million in a third-party funded ICSID claim against Peru over its investments in the state’s electricity sector.

05 October 2023

Roy Schondorf, who served for nine years as the deputy attorney general of Israel, has joined Israeli firm Herzog Fox & Neeman as its head of international dispute resolution.

27 September 2023

An Israel-based fintech group facing allegations of a US$4 billion fraud has filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware, thwarting an insurance broker’s bid for injunctive relief in aid of a threatened arbitration in Bermuda.

21 August 2023