Region: Sweden
Swedish Arbitration Days focus on the information overload
The latest Swedish Arbitration Days considered the plethora of information in international arbitration, looking at the document production process, how information is handled and kept safe, and whether it can be trusted given the growing risk of deep fakes.
17 March 2025
Swedish investor warns of claim against Russia
A Swedish company says it is considering a potential arbitration against Russia over the seizure of gas assets in the Black Sea, after its Ukrainian partner won a claim over the same assets.
27 February 2025
Airport investor fails to revive claim against Moldova
A Swedish court has rejected a Cypriot entity’s bid to set aside an SCC award that declined jurisdiction over its €884 million investment treaty claim against Moldova relating to an airport concession.
18 February 2025
Poland gets ECT award set aside in Sweden
A Swedish court has set aside a Cyprus-registered oil trader’s US$47.6 million Energy Charter Treaty award against Poland, finding it is incompatible with fundamental principles of Swedish and EU law.
04 February 2025
Swedish pension fund launches claim over property venture
Sweden's biggest pension fund has filed an arbitration against its Norwegian partner in a real estate company, accusing it of breaching a non-compete clause.
13 December 2024
Swedish court consults CJEU over Russia sanctions
A Swedish court has said it will seek a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union over the interpretation of the “no claims” provision in the EU’s Russia sanctions regulation.
06 December 2024
Swedish court sides with Georgia on MFN clause
The Svea Court of Appeal has ruled that an SCC tribunal lacks jurisdiction to keep hearing an investor-state case against Georgia over the forced sale of a tobacco business, as the most-favoured nation clause of the investment treaty did not enable the parties to substitute the designated arbitral institution, ICSID, with another.
14 November 2024
SCC adopts new policy on seats in intra-EU treaty disputes
The SCC Arbitration Institute says its board will no longer select a seat of arbitration within the EU for cases under intra-EU investment treaties to ensure the enforceability of awards in such cases.
06 November 2024
Swedish court affirms Russian state corporation can pursue BIT claim
A Swedish court has rejected Ukraine’s challenge to a jurisdictional award that found a Russian state development corporation qualifies as an “investor” under a bilateral investment treaty.
04 November 2024
SCC panel sides with Russian group over sanctions
A Moscow court has enforced an SCC award that found an Austrian subsidiary of Russia’s largest petrochemicals group was not owned or controlled by persons subject to EU or UK sanctions.
24 October 2024