Organisation: RWE AG
Dutch court again refuses to restrain intra-EU BIT claim
An Amsterdam court has once again refused to order a Dutch investment company to cease an arbitration against Poland under an intra-EU bilateral investment treaty.
13 March 2023
Steptoe hires from Skadden in London
UK-qualified barrister Jonathon Egerton-Peters has joined Steptoe & Johnson as a partner in London from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.
09 March 2023
French utility pursues Gazprom over supply shortage
French utility Engie says it is pursuing arbitration against Gazprom’s export arm, accusing the Russian state entity of gas delivery shortages following a payment dispute.
21 February 2023
US judge grants anti-suit injunctions against Spain
A US judge hearing two actions by solar investors to enforce ICSID awards worth a combined €333 million against Spain has issued injunctions to prevent the state from trying to halt the proceedings through litigation in the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
16 February 2023
Czech energy group brings ICC claim against Gazprom
CEZ, the majority state-owned Czech energy group, says it has launched a US$45 million ICC arbitration against Gazprom – the latest in a wave of claims over undelivered Russian gas supplies.
10 February 2023
Energy disputes and war in Ukraine
A virtual panel hosted by Squire Patton Boggs considered potential energy disputes arising from the war in Ukraine. Olha Martynevych and Kateryna Shokalo, Ukrainian lawyers in the firm’s New York office, report.
24 January 2023
DIS looks at energy transition and Ukraine war
The headline conference of the first Berlin Dispute Resolution Days brought together nearly 300 delegates from Germany, Europe and around the globe to discuss how the fundamental uncertainty caused by the energy transition and the war in Ukraine affects current and future energy disputes.
07 December 2022
Gazprom faces second German gas supply claim
RWE has reportedly launched arbitration against Gazprom over halted gas supplies – a week after another German energy company Uniper brought a multibillion-euro claim against the Russian state entity.
05 December 2022
Uniper brings claim against Gazprom
Germany’s Uniper says it has initiated a Stockholm arbitration against Gazprom, claiming damages of at least €11.6 billion for the curtailment of gas supplies in the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
30 November 2022
Germany latest to quit ECT
Germany’s ruling coalition has decided to withdraw the country from the Energy Charter Treaty, while saying it will ratify the EU-Canada trade agreement known as CETA.
11 November 2022