Organisation: Waters

Fietta duo launch London PIL boutique 

Jiries Saadeh and Ashique Rahman have left the partnership at London-based public international law firm Fietta to launch their own firm in the UK capital.  

18 April 2024

Fietta promotes two in London

Laura Rees-Evans and Oonagh Sands have been promoted to the partnership at London-based public international law firm Fietta.

21 March 2024

David Kasdan 1963-2023

International arbitration lawyers have been paying tribute to David Kasdan, a prolific real-time court reporter who transcribed more than a thousand hearings and procedural sessions, who has died aged 60.

08 March 2024

Chinese tech investor denied enforcement in New York

A US court has dismissed a Chinese asset management group’s bid to enforce a US$145 million HKIAC award against the former chairman of a smart ride technology company, saying it lacks jurisdiction over him.

19 July 2023

Pakistan-India hydro dispute clears hurdle

A tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has rejected India’s jurisdictional objections to a claim lodged by Pakistan over two hydroelectric power plants.

06 July 2023

Pakistan-India hydro dispute underway in The Hague

An arbitral tribunal tasked with resolving a dispute between Pakistan and India over two hydroelectric power plants has had its first meeting in The Hague – but India has refused to participate, arguing the matter should be resolved through an alternative process under the same treaty.

06 February 2023

Hong Kong award surfaces in tech investment dispute

A Chinese asset management group has asked a US court to enforce a US$145 million HKIAC award against the co-founder of a mobile internet services company in which it invested.

17 August 2022

Burford recruits Calunius co-founder 

Mick Smith, one of the co-founders of disputes funder Calunius Capital, has joined rival funder Burford Capital as principal in London.

05 January 2022

US discovery saga a damp squib

A New York electronics supplier has said it will withdraw a US Supreme Court petition over the availability of discovery for foreign commercial arbitrations – dashing practitioners’ hopes that a growing circuit split on the issue would soon be resolved.

09 September 2021

OBITUARY: James Crawford 1948-2021

The arbitration community continues to mourn Australian advocate, arbitrator and judge James Crawford, who died on 31 May aged 72.  

22 June 2021

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