Work Area: Sovereign immunity

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a jurisdictional issue arising from efforts to enforce a US$1.3 billion ICC award against an Indian state-owned satellite company. 

07 October 2024

ConocoPhillips has persuaded a court in Trinidad and Tobago to appoint a receiver over payments the Caribbean country owes to Venezuela’s PDVSA, as part of the US oil company’s efforts to recover US$1.3 billion under an ICC award. 

02 October 2024

A US court has issued a default judgment permitting a telecoms company to enforce ICC awards worth US$190 million against Peru – but has refused to do the same against a state agency that is contesting enforcement.  

02 October 2024

A Delaware entity that was assigned the rights to a €23.5 million ICSID award against Spain relating to renewable energy reforms has won an order for its enforcement in a US court.

27 September 2024

The Superior Court in Quebec has ruled that India’s airports authority enjoys state immunity – a blow to a group of telecoms investors who had been targeting its assets as they try to enforce an investment treaty award. 

12 September 2024

Invited to discuss a "provocative" idea in the field of international dispute resolution for the latest 3 Verulam Buildings and National University of Singapore Arbitration Lecture, Philippa Webb chose to speak about double waiver of immunity and its "ripple effects". 

10 September 2024

A Dutch court has upheld a freeze on Gazprom’s assets obtained by a Ukrainian company, rejecting the Russian entity’s argument that the attachment violated the Netherlands’ bilateral investment treaty with the former Soviet Union. 

04 September 2024

Iraq and one of its state-owned entities have failed to reverse the confirmation of a US$120 million ICC award relating to the construction of a sea wall after a US court rejected their sovereign immunity arguments. 

22 August 2024

In a closely watched case, a US appeals court has ruled that district courts have jurisdiction to enforce three intra-EU Energy Charter Treaty awards against Spain – while overturning anti-suit injunctions issued against the state. 

19 August 2024

A divided US appeal court has rejected Nigeria’s sovereign immunity defence to the enforcement of a US$70 million investment treaty award won by a Chinese investor in a free trade zone. 

12 August 2024