Organisation: RWE AG
Stoyanov to steer practice at A&O
Allen & Overy partner Marie Stoyanov in Paris is to take over as head of the firm’s international arbitration group from Mark Levy KC in London.
04 November 2022
Netherlands moves to quit Energy Charter Treaty
The Dutch government has followed Spain and Poland in announcing plans to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, while other European states are reportedly considering abstaining from a vote next month on reforms to the treaty.
19 October 2022
Dutch court refuses to terminate intra-EU BIT claim
A judge in Amsterdam has refused to order a Dutch investor to terminate an intra-EU bilateral investment treaty arbitration against Poland on the basis of the Achmea ruling.
19 October 2022
German court declares ICSID claims inadmissible
UPDATED: A German court has declared that two ICSID claims brought by German energy companies against the Netherlands are inadmissible as they are incompatible with EU law.
07 September 2022
German wind investor takes Spain award to US court
German conglomerate BayWa has asked a US court to enforce €22 million Energy Charter Treaty award against Spain compensating it for measures affecting its wind power investments.
18 August 2022
Uniper to withdraw ECT claim as part of German bailout
Uniper says it has agreed to withdraw a controversial Energy Charter Treaty claim against the Netherlands over climate change legislation as a condition of a €15 billion bailout from the German government, as the company struggles to cope with the steep drop in supplies of Russian gas.
25 July 2022
Spanish government lawyer heads to Eversheds
Rafael Gil Nievas has left his role as deputy head of the Spanish government team that handles investor-state disputes to join Eversheds Sutherland – after helping the state win a landmark jurisdictional victory in an intra-EU case.
06 July 2022
Reactions roll in to ECT modernisation
Practitioners have shared their insights with GAR after contracting parties to the Energy Charter Treaty agreed to a sweep of “modernisations”, including an option to withdraw protections for fossil fuel investments and amendments to prevent intra-EU claims.
29 June 2022
German court refuses to block intra-EU claim
A Berlin court has reportedly refused to declare that an Irish wind power investor’s ICSID claim against Germany under the Energy Charter Treaty is inadmissible because it is an intra-EU dispute.
26 May 2022
Gazprom faces first arbitration over roubles demand
Finland’s state-owned gas company has said it is bringing an arbitration against Gazprom’s export arm – the first reported case arising from Russia’s demand that gas supplies be paid for in roubles.
18 May 2022