Organisation: US Department of Justice

Paris-based arbitration specialist and deputy chairman of the LCIA James Castello has joined Arbitration Chambers as a full-time arbitrator after retiring from King & Spalding.

01 October 2024

A Ukrainian businessman in the egg industry has failed to persuade a US court that a US$800 million racketeering lawsuit brought against him by US investment fund manager Gramercy belongs in LCIA arbitration.

29 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

Spain’s state-owned airport operator says its shares in London’s Luton Airport have been seized by a US renewable energy group seeking to enforce its €291 million ICSID award.

05 August 2024

An embattled Ukrainian businessman has again asked a US court to stay a US investment manager’s racketeering case and refer their dispute over egg production businesses to LCIA arbitration.

19 July 2024

A UK judge has refused to restrain an Emirati trading company from enforcing an anti-arbitration injunction issued by the Malaysian courts in a dispute over shipments of oil that allegedly violate US sanctions.

30 April 2024

UPDATED WITH JUDGMENT: A German court has refused to order energy group RWE to halt its efforts to enforce a €28 million ICSID award against Spain, weeks after the award was upheld by an annulment committee. 

25 April 2024

A Belgian shipping group says it has launched arbitrations against two trading companies in a dispute over oil storage, after a US investigation found the oil was of Iranian origin and potentially violated US sanctions.  

17 April 2024

Ecuador says that Australian engineering company Worley has paid US$6 million to satisfy a costs award from its failed US$145 million treaty claim, which was thrown out last year based on findings of illegality. 

01 March 2024

A split ICSID tribunal has rejected a Swiss investor’s €175 million damages claim against Spain after concluding that the state’s reforms to its renewable energy regime resulted in only a limited breach of the Energy Charter Treaty.

22 February 2024