23 Jul, 2024 New EU Measures to Protect European Parties from Legal Actions and Expropriations in Russia By Noah Rubins KC Carsten Wendler Eric Leikin Leane Meyer Gonzalo Salazar Valerio Letizia +3 more... Show less As part of the 14th package of sanctions against Russia adopted on 24 June 2024 as Regulation 2024/1745, the EU has introduced three...
01 Jul, 2024 EU initiates second dispute settlement procedure with Algeria over trade restrictions – with implications for potential investment arbitrations By Alexandra van der Meulen Alexander Grimm Rahman Apalara The European Commission announced in June 2024 that it has started a dispute settlement procedure with Algeria under the 2002 EU-Algeria...
05 Jun, 2024 AI and Arbitration: The Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center Guidelines on the Use of AI in Arbitration By Elliot Friedman Marta García Bel Veronika Timofeeva Desmond Chong +1 more... Show less Introduction The Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) recently published its first edition of Guidelines on the use of...
04 Jun, 2024 Enforcement of intra-EU awards in the US: A further step towards more certainty By Noiana Marigo David Livshiz Carsten Wendler Lee Rovinescu Ruth Montiel Gregorio Pettazzi Gonzalo Salazar +4 more... Show less The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) has issued a decision that casts a positive light on the...
31 May, 2024 Spain withdraws from the Energy Charter Treaty By Rafael Murillo Laura Lozano On 14 May 2024, the Spanish Official Gazette published Spain’s announced withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and the Energy...
14 May, 2024 Insights from Freshfields’ India roundtable on “legal practitioners’ perspective on disputes and compliance” By Vasuda Sinha Stuti Gadodia On 19 March 2024, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Trilegal, and the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry organised a roundtable...
10 May, 2024 German court dismisses Spain’s request for an anti-enforcement injunction By Carsten Wendler Nathalie Colin Gregorio Pettazzi Hager Sameh +1 more... Show less In a recent decision, the Regional Court of Essen (LG Essen) dismissed Spain’s request for an anti-enforcement injunction, sought to...
10 Apr, 2024 A Decade of Investment Treaty Claims Arising from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Lessons and Expectations (Part I) By Eric Leikin Noah Rubins KC Gonzalo Salazar Samuel Trujillo +1 more... Show less The landscape of investment treaty claims against Russia may be reaching an inflection point. The first wave of arbitrations – brought by...
08 Apr, 2024 Off to new horizons – the CIETAC Arbitration Rules 2024 By Xin Liu Pauline Peng Yiqiu Wang Leane Meyer +1 more... Show less With effect from 1 January 2024, the China International Economic Trade and Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) has adopted a revised set of...
04 Apr, 2024 “Technology: the future of disputes or the disputes of the future?” – Insights from Freshfields “Fast & Furious” event during the 2024 edition of PAW By Vasuda Sinha On 19 March 2024, Freshfields held its annual “Fast & Furious” event as part of Paris Arbitration Week. This year we explored two angles...
20 Mar, 2024 Riyals on the Line: Liquidated Damages under the Saudi Civil Transactions Law By Amani Khalifa Amr Omran Samy Ayoub The Saudi Civil Transactions Law (the Saudi Civil Code) entered into force on 16 December 2023 and applies retrospectively with a few...
11 Mar, 2024 Summary of the UIA Guide “Economic Sanctions and Arbitration: A Practical Guide for Parties, Counsel and Arbitrators” By Vasuda Sinha Introduction In September 2023, the International Association of Lawyers (Union Internationale des Avocats) published a guide on economic...