Organisation: PricewaterhouseCoopers

One of the first awards to address the disruption of Russian gas supplies to Europe caused by the war in Ukraine has surfaced – shedding light on the legal consequences of a Putin decree requiring buyers to pay for gas in roubles. 

11 July 2024

Javier Rubinstein has retired from the partnership at King & Spalding to set up an independent arbitrator practice in Chicago. 

22 May 2024

Former head of international arbitration at French law firm Fidal Isabelle Vaugon has launched a new Paris boutique with arbitrator and corporate law academic Yann Paclot.

04 June 2023

Yarik Kryvoi, the director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law’s Investment Treaty Forum, has joined London disputes and insolvency boutique Keidan Harrison as of counsel.

10 March 2023

Kazakhstan has asked a US court to reverse its decision to enforce a US$500 million Energy Charter Treaty award, arguing the Moldovan creditors have turned the court into an “unwitting instrument of a massive fraud”.

03 March 2023

A pledge to increase the number of women appearing as expert witnesses in disputes has reached over 500 signatories, as a steering committee is formed for the initiative.

11 October 2022

Queen Mary University of London and PricewaterhouseCoopers have unveiled a new study of damages in ICC arbitral awards, shedding light on how tribunals calculate them and the impact of submissions from the disputing parties and expert witnesses.

10 December 2020

Delos Dispute Resolution's board of advisers has elected Neil Kaplan QC as its first president and made founding adviser Pierre Mayer honorary president, among a spate of other appointments.   

10 December 2020

An ICSID tribunal has issued an award worth over US$65 million against Grenada, ordering the state to repurchase a 50% shareholding in its national electricity provider after it passed legislation that ended the utility’s monopoly position.

23 March 2020

King & Spalding has recruited international arbitration partners Javier Rubinstein in Chicago, and Lauren Friedman and Lucila Hemmingsen in New York, all three joining from Kirkland & Ellis.

26 February 2020