Region: Malaysia

An Australian mining company’s liquidators have notified Poland of a potential treaty claim over two coal projects – after a previously threatened claim was allegedly derailed by a shareholder seeking a greater share of compensation.

24 January 2025

Malaysia is celebrating a “historic victory” after the French Court of Cassation affirmed that a Spanish arbitrator lacked jurisdiction to order the Asian state to pay US$15 billion to the Filipino heirs of the last Sultan of Sulu.

07 November 2024

A court in Buenos Aires has restrained a Spanish-led consortium from pursuing a ICC claim against Argentina while the state seeks to annul the highway concession at the centre of the dispute – as the identity of the tribunals hearing the case and a related arbitration come to light.

25 September 2024

The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld an earlier ruling that refused to enforce a US$15 billion award against Malaysia won by the alleged heirs to the Sultan of Sulu. 

06 September 2024

Malaysia’s national oil and gas company Petronas has launched an ICSID claim against South Sudan after the collapse of a US$1.25 billion deal to sell the company’s local assets. 

27 August 2024

The Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) has appointed former Malaysian federal judge Mary Lim Thiam Suan as its interim director and named a new CEO as part of a major governance overhaul.

15 August 2024

The Malaysian parliament has reformed its arbitration law to allow third-party funding and implement organisational changes to its leading arbitral institution, the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC).

30 July 2024

Sundra Rajoo has stepped down as director of the Asia International Arbitration Centre in the wake of recent changes to its governance, including a new board of directors and moves to establish a court of arbitration. 

05 July 2024

The Dutch Supreme Court’s advocate general has recommended that the alleged heirs to the Sultan of Sulu should not be permitted to enforce a US$15 billion award against Malaysia.  

02 July 2024

The Malaysian government says a SIAC tribunal has ruled in favour of one of its agencies in a US$678 million dispute over the controversial purchase of a stake in an oil palm plantations business in Indonesia.

28 June 2024