Region: Pakistan
Korean creditor seeks to restrain award recognition in Pakistan
The Court of Appeal in London is being urged to restrain “pre-emptive” recognition proceedings in Pakistan brought by an LCIA award debtor that is seeking to have parts of the award declared unenforceable.
17 March 2025
Pakistani venture capital firm seeks to enforce against founder
A Pakistani venture capital firm has asked courts in the US and Pakistan to enforce a JAMS award preventing its founder from transferring his shares in the company after he resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct.
21 February 2025
Singapore court revives ICC claim over Pakistani gas blocks
The Singapore International Commercial Court has ruled that an ICC tribunal was wrong to decline jurisdiction over a claim against a Pakistani oil and gas company and must continue hearing the case.
08 January 2025
Canadian company reports win in Pakistani gas dispute
A Canadian energy company says that an ICC tribunal has confirmed its ownership of a stake in two gas blocks in Pakistan – while also rejecting counterclaims worth US$483 million.
20 December 2024
UN agency sees off pair of PCA claims
A United Nations agency has defeated a claim at the Permanent Court of Arbitration over an agricultural venture in Suriname – after the agency successfully terminated a separate case it faced at the institution concerning a poultry enterprise in Pakistan.
01 November 2024
Law firms in place for Iran-Pakistan pipeline claim
UPDATED: White & Case and Willkie Farr & Gallagher have been instructed to defend Pakistan in a multibillion-dollar arbitration recently launched by Iran over a gas pipeline project disrupted by US sanctions.
30 October 2024
Fietta lawyer joins Pakistan's international disputes unit
Fatima Malik has left Fietta in London and, aged just 33, taken up a role as senior consultant in the international disputes unit of the Office of the Attorney General in Pakistan, the first woman and the youngest person ever hired for that role.
30 October 2024
Korean company threatens claim over Pakistani hydropower project
UPDATED: A Korean hydroelectricity investor has threatened to bring an arbitration under its contract with a Pakistani state utility over the applicable tariff rates for a power plant project.
14 August 2024
Pakistan ordered to pay Korean hydro venture
An LCIA arbitrator has ordered Pakistan to pay around US$30 million to the South Korean owner of a hydropower project after finding the state liable under a guarantee for the obligations of a state-owned entity that failed to pay an award from an earlier arbitration.
22 April 2024
Canadian energy company loses claim over Pakistani gas blocks
A Canadian energy company has reportedly lost its ICC claim to regain rights to two gas blocks in Pakistan.
09 April 2024