Jack Ballantyne

London

News Reporter at Law Business Research

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Articles

Korean state entity suspends claim against Panama

3 days ago | globalarbitrationreview.com | Jack Ballantyne

Panama is in talks with investors over one of the world's largest copper projects (Credit: Shutterstock/Alfredo G) A Korean state-owned entity has suspended a US$2 billion ICSID claim it recently filed against Panama over the closure of one the world’s largest copper mines – weeks after the project’s operator said it was halting its claims against the state to pursue settlement talks.
Kazakh roads authority beats ICC claim

6 days ago | globalarbitrationreview.com | Jack Ballantyne

The highway between Almaty and the border town of Khorgos (Credit: Shutterstock/oliverdelahaye) Kazakhstan says its roads authority has defeated an ICC claim worth US$50 million brought by an Italian-Kazakh joint venture relating to a cross-border highway project. To read more Subscribe to Global Arbitration Review Register for limited access Register for free to receive GAR’s daily briefing and access to GAR 100.
Brazilian retailer takes French shareholder to ICC 

1 week ago | globalarbitrationreview.com | Jack Ballantyne

GPA owns the Pão de Açucar (Sugarloaf Mountain) supermarket chain (Credit: Shutterstock/Erika Cristina Manno) One of Brazil’s largest retailers has filed an ICC claim against its French former controlling shareholder, asserting its right to be indemnified for potential tax liabilities of US$445 million. To read more Subscribe to Global Arbitration Review Register for limited access Register for free to receive GAR’s daily briefing and access to GAR 100.
Vietnamese developer wins dispute over residential project

1 week ago | globalarbitrationreview.com | Jack Ballantyne

Novaland acquired a site for a residential development in Ho Chi Minh (Credit: Shutterstock/Minh K Tran) A Vietnamese real estate developer says it has won a dispute with a Korean conglomerate that sought to abort the sale of land for a proposed US$385 million residential project. To read more Subscribe to Global Arbitration Review Register for limited access Register for free to receive GAR’s daily briefing and access to GAR 100.
Miami firm recruits from Shook

1 week ago | globalarbitrationreview.com | Jack Ballantyne

Giovanni Angles, who has worked on a number of Latin American investment disputes, has left Shook Hardy & Bacon to help build the international arbitration practice at Miami firm Sequor Law. To read more Subscribe to Global Arbitration Review Register for limited access Register for free to receive GAR’s daily briefing and access to GAR 100.
US court issues sanctions in Guatemalan telecoms feud

2 weeks ago | globalarbitrationreview.com | Jack Ballantyne

The US investors joined a project to build telecoms towers in Latin America (Credit: Shutterstock/Mihai-Bogdan Lazar) A US judge has sanctioned the majority shareholders of a Guatemala-based telecoms company for defying awards issued in an acrimonious ICDR arbitration with private equity investors. To read more Subscribe to Global Arbitration Review Register for limited access Register for free to receive GAR’s daily briefing and access to GAR 100.
Kyrgyzstan settles treaty award over hotel seizure

2 weeks ago | globalarbitrationreview.com | Jack Ballantyne

The disputes concerns seizure of a hotel in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek (Credit: Shutterstock/Siarhei Daroshka) Kyrgyzstan has settled an investment treaty award issued 15 years ago in favour of a Turkish hotel investor after accruing more than US$20 million in US court penalties over its non-compliance with discovery orders. To read more Subscribe to Global Arbitration Review Register for limited access Register for free to receive GAR’s daily briefing and access to GAR 100.
Freshfields promotes in three cities

3 weeks ago | globalarbitrationreview.com | Jack Ballantyne

Joshua Kelly, Rohit Bhat and Katharina Shingler Freshfields has promoted Rohit Bhat in Singapore, Joshua Kelly in London and Katharina Shingler in Frankfurt to the partnership. To read more Subscribe to Global Arbitration Review Register for limited access Register for free to receive GAR’s daily briefing and access to GAR 100.
Ethiopia faces claim over potash project

3 weeks ago | globalarbitrationreview.com | Jack Ballantyne

Danakil desert in the Afar region of Ethiopia (Credit: Shutterstock/Vadim_N) A British Virgin Islands-registered mining company is bringing an arbitration against Ethiopia after its licence for a potash project was revoked. To read more Subscribe to Global Arbitration Review Register for limited access Register for free to receive GAR’s daily briefing and access to GAR 100.
Uganda faces dispute over electricity concession

1 month ago | globalarbitrationreview.com | Jack Ballantyne

Umeme's concession for electricity distribution in Uganda recently ended (Credit: Shutterstock/Matyas Rehak) A foreign-owned utility says it may pursue a London arbitration against the Ugandan government after being compelled to hand back control of an electricity distribution concession. To read more Subscribe to Global Arbitration Review Register for limited access Register for free to receive GAR’s daily briefing and access to GAR 100.