Organisation: NAFTA
US knocks out mega-claim over Keystone pipeline
UPDATED WITH AWARD: A split ICSID tribunal has refused to hear a US$15 billion legacy NAFTA claim by Canada’s TC Energy Corporation over a cancelled permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project.
15 July 2024
Who is sitting at ICSID?
Nine panels have formed at ICSID in recent weeks, including a first-time appointment for Bolivian practitioner Andrés Moreno.
05 July 2024
Baker McKenzie promotes in Europe
Baker McKenzie has promoted international arbitration practitioners Désirée Prantl in Vienna, Valentina Hirsiger in Zurich and Max Oehm in Frankfurt to partner.
02 July 2024
Canadian mining company to launch treaty claim against Mexico
A Vancouver-based mining company says it will file a US$200 million claim against Mexico – set to be the first known arbitration brought under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
11 June 2024
Investors withdraw ICSID claims against Mexico
A Cayman-based designer of water treatment plants has withdrawn an ICSID claim against Mexico after agreeing a US$36 million settlement, as a NAFTA legacy claim arising from a labour board ruling is discontinued.
05 June 2024
“My job is not necessarily to defend ISDS at all costs”: Meg Kinnear on her 15 years at ICSID
Ahead of her keynote speech at London International Disputes Week, ICSID’s departing secretary general Meg Kinnear spoke to GAR about the centre’s remarkable growth over her 15-year tenure, how she reacts to critiques of investor-state dispute settlement and what she plans to do next.
22 May 2024
King & Spalding partner goes solo in Chicago
Javier Rubinstein has retired from the partnership at King & Spalding to set up an independent arbitrator practice in Chicago.
22 May 2024
Turner to join 39 Essex
Peter Turner KC is retiring from the partnership at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer after 27 years to join 39 Essex Chambers in London.
03 May 2024
Koch loses NAFTA claim against Canada over emissions trading
UPDATED WITH AWARD: An ICSID tribunal has thrown out a US$30 million NAFTA claim brought by US conglomerate Koch Industries against Canada over the cancellation of an emissions trading programme.
15 March 2024
David Kasdan 1963-2023
International arbitration lawyers have been paying tribute to David Kasdan, a prolific real-time court reporter who transcribed more than a thousand hearings and procedural sessions, who has died aged 60.
08 March 2024