Organisation: Mubadala

Ashurst has promoted Sylvia Tee in Hong Kong and Singapore, Tammam Kaissi in Riyadh and Luke Carbon in Sydney to the partnership.

08 May 2024

Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling have announced plans for a transatlantic merger that will bring two well-known international arbitration brands under one roof.

22 May 2023

Spanish football club Real Madrid has lost a €550 million ICC claim against an Emirati sovereign wealth fund that it accused of abandoning a sponsorship agreement to help finance the redevelopment of its stadium.

15 May 2023

Brazil’s Petrobras has lost a US$162 million arbitration against the construction group formerly known as Odebrecht over alleged violations of a shareholders’ agreement for a petrochemicals company.

11 May 2023

Naomi Briercliffe, who has acted in commercial and investment treaty arbitrations and inter-state disputes, is joining Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in London from Allen & Overy.

01 March 2023

An Abu Dhabi government-owned entity has agreed to pay US$1.8 billion to Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB to settle LCIA and London court proceedings relating to a multibillion-dollar fraud.

27 February 2023

Spanish construction company Acciona is reportedly considering international arbitration against the United Arab Emirates over cost overruns on a billion-dollar project to expand the Dubai metro.

04 February 2022

Investors in three separate investment treaty disputes with Spain have reportedly agreed to drop their claims following the introduction of the state’s new renewables incentives regime.

21 October 2020

A Dutch energy company will waive a €64.5 million Energy Charter Treaty award against Spain in order to qualify for the state’s new renewables incentives regime, while two other award creditors may soon follow suit.

06 October 2020

Allen & Overy has promoted Naomi Briercliffe and Guled Yusuf in London and Joanne Lau in Hong Kong, who have all recently advised on investment treaty claims, to counsel.

03 June 2020