Region: Uzbekistan

Venezuelan lawyer Pedro Saghy has left Dentons to join the partnership at Pinna Goldberg in Paris, as the boutique launches a Tashkent office led by a former member of the Uzbekisan Ministry of Justice. 

04 April 2025

The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan has enforced a Russian Arbitration Centre award, dismissing arguments by an Uzbek state-owned entity that payment contravened public policy because of US sanctions against the Russian creditor’s bank.

23 November 2023

The Tashkent International Arbitration Centre and Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre have launched new rules allowing the two institutions to jointly administer cases.

23 November 2023

UPDATED: A Spanish chemicals company has brought an arbitration against two Uzbek state-owned entities over a pair of fertiliser production ventures.

29 March 2023

The first Uzbek Arbitration Week enabled Uzbekistan to showcase its updated arbitration offering, including a new law based on the UNCITRAL Model Law and new rules and rosters at the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre, and highlight its advantages as a seat for CIS-related disputes. 

12 October 2021

A Turkish businessman who was reportedly imprisoned in Uzbekistan on charges of smuggling and tax evasion is among the claimants in a new ICSID case against the Central Asian state. 

07 June 2021

Before the holiday break, ICSID saw another solar award rendered against Spain, a stay lifted in another renewables case, a new €100 million claim against Albania and the settlement of a US$500 million claim against Uzbekistan.

04 January 2021

An ICSID tribunal has accepted jurisdiction over a claim relating to the nationalisation of two cement plants by Uzbekistan despite allegations of corruption – and, in a believed ICSID first, ordered the state to pay costs because of the conduct of its counsel, White & Case.

10 March 2017