Organisation: Yara

An ICC tribunal has upheld a claim by a subsidiary of Algeria’s national oil and gas company Sonatrach over rights to shares in a seawater desalination plant, while rejecting its claims for almost US$400 million in damages against two Asian companies.

03 October 2023

A French court has refused to set aside a partial award upholding jurisdiction over a US$290 million ICC claim brought by a subsidiary of Algeria’s national oil and gas company Sonatrach against its partners in a seawater desalination plant. 

21 June 2023

Lawyers have condemned the decision of a Belarusian court to sentence local arbitration practitioner Aliaksandr Danilevich to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of criminal offences relating to his criticism of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

13 April 2023

Aliaksandr Danilevich, the Belarusian arbitration practitioner arrested for co-signing a petition denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has been charged with supporting sanctions and extremism and faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted.

11 January 2023

A French telecoms company has lodged an ICSID claim against Morocco, while neighbouring Algeria has been threatened with a claim by a Spanish investor in a fertiliser venture.

21 September 2021

The English Commercial Court has refused to enjoin one of the world’s largest fertiliser groups from pursuing discovery in the US in support of claims that hundreds of its contracts were tainted by bribery – rejecting arguments that it would amount to “unconscionable interference” with two London-seated arbitrations.

29 August 2018

A Ghanaian businessman has filed for ICC arbitration against his home state, which he says is attempting to compel him to repay money he had been paid under an out-of-court settlement.

12 April 2017

02 December 2011