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Mexico faces ICSID claim over hydrogen project
A French industrial gases company has brought an ICSID claim against Mexico following the expropriation of a hydrogen plant.
08 April 2025
London and Singapore on top and AI incoming, says Queen Mary survey
The latest survey by White & Case and the Queen Mary School of International Arbitration shows that London and Singapore remain the most popular arbitral seats, while most practitioners expect they will soon be using artificial intelligence in their work.
08 April 2025
ISDS reform proposals under fire at PAW
ExxonMobil senior counsel Tom Sikora used a virtual appearance at Paris Arbitration Week to criticise some of the “debilitating” proposals for reform of investor-state dispute settlement being considered by UNCITRAL working group III, including curbs on shareholder claims and provisions for counterclaims.
07 April 2025
Germany liable over wind energy reforms
Austrian engineering group Strabag has moved to enforce the first known investment treaty award against Germany, which requires the state to pay €334 million over regulatory changes that affected wind projects in the North Sea.
07 April 2025
Kurdistan wins costs in billion-dollar oilfield dispute
A London-listed energy company has been ordered to pay nearly US$27 million in costs to the Kurdistan regional government of Iraq after losing a US$1.75 billion LCIA arbitration over two oil and gas fields.
07 April 2025
Ex-DLA practice manager launches sole practice
Ben Sanderson, who managed DLA Piper’s global international arbitration practice for a decade, has launched a sole practice as counsel and arbitrator.
07 April 2025
Mauritian court orders award debtor to post security
In a first, the Supreme Court of Mauritius has relied on the New York Convention to order an award debtor to post security in the full amount of the award pending set-aside proceedings.
07 April 2025
Lenovo and Ericsson settle global patent dispute through arbitration
China’s Lenovo and Sweden’s Ericsson have agreed to drop litigation over licensing of cellular patents in various countries and resolve their remaining disputes through arbitration.
04 April 2025
Pinna Goldberg hires in Paris and opens Uzbek office
Venezuelan lawyer Pedro Saghy has left Dentons to join the partnership at Pinna Goldberg in Paris, as the boutique launches a Tashkent office led by a former member of the Uzbekisan Ministry of Justice.
04 April 2025
Amirfar and Partasides on arbitration in times of global crisis
At the IBA Arbitration Day, Catherine Amirfar and Constantine Partasides KC considered the value of international arbitration as a tool of peace in times of global crisis, discussing its role in events such as the blockade on Qatar and the Bosnian War.
04 April 2025