Organisation: Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
Baloch joins Essex Court Chambers
Former Freshfields lawyer turned barrister and arbitrator Tariq Baloch has moved chambers in London, leaving 3 Verulam Buildings for Essex Court Chambers.
08 October 2024
Sanctioned Russians lose bid for emergency relief against Poland
Poland says that an emergency arbitrator at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has refused to halt the government-mandated sale of a Polish insulation plant owned by two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
03 October 2024
Belarusian state entity’s claim against Lithuania gets underway
Swiss arbitrator Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler will preside over a sanctioned Belarusian state-owned entity's billion-euro investment treaty claim against Lithuania over a terminated fertiliser transport contract.
18 September 2024
SCC panel rules on Ghanaian oilfield dispute
UPDATED: An SCC tribunal has ruled that Ghana breached an agreement with Italy’s Eni and its Swiss partner – but declined to award any of the US$915 million sought in damages.
09 July 2024
Swedish court sets aside another ECT award against Spain
The Svea Court of Appeal has set aside a €48 million Energy Charter Treaty award in favour of European solar investors against Spain, finding that as an intra-EU award it was incompatible with fundamental principles of Swedish and EU law.
04 July 2024
Gerald Aksen 1930-2024
The community is mourning Gerald Aksen, a leading US arbitrator and former general counsel of the American Arbitration Association, who has died aged 93.
27 February 2024
Swedish court annuls ECT award after Komstroy ruling
The Svea Court of Appeal has annulled an SCC award that ordered European investors to pay costs to Poland following an unsuccessful Energy Charter Treaty claim, finding the award was invalidated by the European Court of Justice’s ruling in Komstroy.
12 January 2024
SCC deputy secretary general joins Swedish boutique
Natalia Petrik is leaving her role as deputy secretary general of the SCC Arbitration Institute to join Swedish disputes boutique Westerberg & Partners as counsel.
09 January 2024
SCC announces new board members and fee hike
The SCC Arbitration Institute has added five new members to its board as it announces a rise in its arbitrator fees.
02 January 2024
Veolia and Vilnius at odds over SCC award
A Stockholm Chamber of Commerce arbitration between the Lithuanian municipality of Vilnius and French environmental services group Veolia has ended with an award that both sides have hailed as a victory – as a related ICSID case and local proceedings continue.
01 December 2023