Region: Italy

An Italian building materials supplier says it will pursue arbitration against Tunisia over new export taxes that have led it to suspend operations in the North African state.

16 June 2023

Italian utility Edison has launched an LCIA claim against the operator of an LNG plant in Louisiana over unfulfilled deliveries under a long-term supply agreement – with other buyers also rumoured to be pursuing claims. 

12 June 2023

An Italian construction group has reportedly brought an ICSID claim against Cameroon over a terminated contract to build a sports stadium, as several claimants abandon a separate case the state is facing at the centre.

12 June 2023

An Italian oil trader has threatened to bring an investment treaty claim against the United Arab Emirates over his imprisonment on charges he breached an embargo on Yemen.  

01 June 2023

A Chinese solar panel producer is the latest renewables investor to bring an ICSID claim against Italy under the Energy Charter Treaty.

28 April 2023

Italy has failed to disqualify Swiss arbitrator Charles Poncet from a renewable energy dispute at ICSID based on a criminal conviction in the Milan courts that was annulled nearly 25 years ago.

27 April 2023

A split ICC tribunal has dismissed a rail consortium’s US$2 billion claim against Venezuela after ruling that an economic cooperation agreement between the state and Italy did not include an offer to arbitrate with investors.

12 April 2023

Rizzani de Eccher and its partners have applied to revive an ICSID claim against Kuwait over a billion-dollar road project – as the Italian contractor defends a seizure order granted in aid of a €60 million arbitration against Russia’s Gazprom.

24 March 2023

Eni has won a final anti-suit injunction in the UK against its local partner in a Nigerian oil block following a US$200 million ICC arbitration – as three NGOs are permitted to weigh in on corruption issues in an unrelated ICSID case.

08 March 2023

Italian power utility Edison has paid nearly €92 million to Belgian chemicals group Solvay to satisfy an ICC award that held it liable for breaching environmental representations and warranties relating to a two-decade old M&A.

15 February 2023