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1 week ago | 
globalarbitrationreview.com | Tom Jones |Sebastian Perry
Left to right: Funke Adekoya SAN, Charles Poncet and Hamid Gharavi Russia has reportedly asked its own courts to restrain a German oil and gas producer from pursuing an Energy Charter Treaty claim on pain of a €7.5 billion penalty, while seeking to have the arbitrators and the investor’s German law firm held jointly liable if the arbitration proceeds.
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4 weeks ago | 
globalarbitrationreview.com | Sebastian Perry
A train station in Istanbul (Credit: Shutterstock/Ceyhun Marim) Switzerland’s highest court has rejected two challenges to an ICC award that requires French transport infrastructure group Alstom to pay over €63 million to its Japanese and Turkish partners for terminating a project to upgrade a commuter rail line in Istanbul. 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.
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1 month ago | 
globalarbitrationreview.com | Sebastian Perry
Three partners at Ukrainian firm Eterna Law have been acquitted of fraud charges in Switzerland after a former arbitration client withdrew a criminal complaint that they had forged a legal services agreement. 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.
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1 month ago | 
globalarbitrationreview.com | Jack Ballantyne |Sebastian Perry
Endesa facility near Barcelona, Spain (Credit: Shutterstock/Kauka Jarvi) Spanish electric utility Endesa has instructed counsel to defend it in a US$308 million price review arbitration brought under a long-term contract for supply of liquefied natural gas – months after defeating a US$650 million claim in a separate arbitration. 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.
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2 months ago | 
globalarbitrationreview.com | Sebastian Perry
The Heydar Aliyev Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan (Credit: shutterstock.com/hakanyalicn) An ICSID tribunal hearing a claim against Azerbaijan has refused to order the state to lift a travel ban on the claimants’ representative or unfreeze their bank accounts – saying the request was premature. 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.
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2 months ago | 
globalarbitrationreview.com | Sebastian Perry
Credit: Shutterstock/ Evgeny_V King & Spalding has taken over as counsel to a mining company in an investment treaty case against India over a gold project, with Spanish arbitrator Juan Fernández-Armesto presiding over the dispute. 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.
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2 months ago | 
globalarbitrationreview.com | Sebastian Perry
The French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana (Credit: shutterstock.com/kavram) A US appeals court has quashed a Louisiana court ruling that said a DIFC-LCIA arbitration clause was unenforceable because the designated forum no longer existed following its abolition by the Dubai government. 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.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
globalarbitrationreview.com | Sebastian Perry
A Swedish court has said it will seek a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union over the interpretation of the “no claims” provision in the EU’s Russia sanctions regulation. 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.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
globalarbitrationreview.com | Sebastian Perry
The late Polish arbitrator Jerzy Młynarczyk (Credit: Artur Andrzej/Wikimedia Commons) The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a Polish roadbuilder’s complaint against North Macedonia over its courts’ refusal to enforce an ICC award – while declining to grant pecuniary damages. 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.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
globalarbitrationreview.com | Sebastian Perry
The Singapore Court of Appeal has restrained a cargo owner from pursuing a US$269 million litigation in Indonesia over a ship collision, while clarifying how courts should approach requests for anti-suit injunctions based on an arbitration clause. 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.
