Organisation: Transparency International

In this year's Roebuck Lecture, Emilia Onyema discussed the "cost of corruption" for local communities and how to provide them with access to arbitration and national courts, with a focus on the infamous case P&ID v Nigeria, which was of particular concern to her as a Nigerian. 

04 October 2024

A Canadian energy company has reportedly lost its ICC claim to regain rights to two gas blocks in Pakistan. 

09 April 2024

Eni says it has agreed to suspend an ICSID claim against Nigeria after the state announced it would withdraw civil claims worth US$1.1 billion in which it accused the Italian energy company of corruptly acquiring an oilfield licence. 

21 November 2023

A group of investors in a terminated highway construction project have brought a contractual claim against Honduras at ICSID, as more details emerge about a separate claim by a financial services company. 

17 April 2023

Georgia is facing parallel ICC and ICSID claims collectively worth more than US$1 billion over its cancellation of a contract to develop a deep-water port.

30 July 2020

A Peruvian court has overturned pre-trial detention orders against eight arbitrators accused of taking bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, including one whose arrest prompted outcries from the international arbitration community.

29 November 2019

Gary Born has developed his famous “Winter is coming” message inspired by the hit Game of Thrones TV series in the latest Freshfields lecture – arguing that those who attack international arbitration attack cross-border trade and commerce and the rule of law in international life.

16 November 2018

Want to know how to enforce awards in Albania, Kosovo, Croatia, Poland, the Czech Republic or Slovenia, to name but a few countries in the central, eastern and south-easternEuropean region serviced by arbitration in Vienna? Read on.

11 September 2018

A provider of electronic aids for the blind probably suffered harm to its business because of “improper actions” by Czech government employees but failed to make out its claim for expropriation, an UNCITRAL tribunal has ruled.

02 July 2018

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