Nov 30, 2023 38th Annual Freshfields / SIA Arbitration Lecture – Sir Christopher Greenwood discusses Public International Law in arbitration: some current issues By Caspar Everett Ashley Jones The annual Freshfields Arbitration Lecture took place on 14 November 2023 with former judge at the International Court of Justice and...
Oct 09, 2023 How Singapore’s international arbitration laws will compare with the position post-reform of the English Arbitration Act By Nicholas Lingard Samantha Tan Victoria Seow Singapore’s international arbitration law historically was aligned to its English equivalent. In 1994, Singapore’s International...
Oct 03, 2023 Ukraine’s termination of its Bilateral Investment Treaty with Russia: what happened and what it means for potential future claims By Eric Leikin Noah Rubins KC Sofia Svinkovskaya Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion and following its severance of diplomatic relations with Russia on 24 February...
Oct 02, 2023 Mozambique v Privinvest: UK Supreme Court clarifies the conditions for a stay of court proceedings in favour of arbitration By Joshua Kelly Caspar Everett Emma Belletti On 20 September 2023, the UK Supreme Court delivered its judgment in Republic of Mozambique v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) and...
Sep 13, 2023 Changes to Nigeria’s Arbitration Regime By Jodie Reindorf Kim Rosenberg Arthur Ddamulira Changes to Nigeria’s Arbitration Regime Nigeria’s Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1988 (the "1988 Act") has been repealed and replaced...
Sep 12, 2023 UK Law Commission publishes recommendations for Arbitration Act 1996 reforms, ensuring London remains a leading seat for international arbitration By Oliver Marsden Ashley Jones Joshua Kelly Sara Dube +1 more... Show less The Law Commission of England and Wales has now published its “Review of the Arbitration Act 1996” report (the Report), setting out its...
Aug 08, 2023 Intra-EU investor-State ICSID arbitration: the German Federal Court of Justice’s new inadmissibility ruling By Carsten Wendler Gregorio Pettazzi Leane Meyer On 27 July 2023, the German Federal Court of Justice (German FCJ) declared three intra-EU investor-State ICSID arbitrations inadmissible...
Jun 28, 2023 Evaluation of Scientific Evidence in Investor-State Arbitration: A Suggested Framework By Joaquin Terceño Campbell Herbert Pedro Ramirez Freshfields lawyers Joaquin Terceño, Campbell Herbert, and Pedro Ramirez published an article in TDM's Special Issue International...
Jun 23, 2023 KSA Civil Code: When and How Does it Apply? By Amani Khalifa Amr Omran Samy Ayoub Muhammad Alshamkhi Ramzi Haddad +2 more... Show less On 19 June 2023, Saudi Arabia published the long-awaited Civil Transactions Law (the KSA Civil Code) after it was signed into law by...
May 31, 2023 Amendments to Saudi Arabia’s new Data Protection Law ease restrictions on internal investigations and employee monitoring By Kim Rosenberg Zara Merali Engie Mohsen Noor Al Baya +1 more... Show less New amendments under Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is introducing new amendments to its as yet...
May 25, 2023 Enforcement of intra-EU awards: current outlook By Noiana Marigo Carsten Wendler Gregorio Pettazzi Gonzalo Salazar Daria Karman +2 more... Show less Since our last update on the issue in late February 2023, further decisions on the enforceability of intra-EU investor-State awards came...
May 22, 2023 Seven Years of the ERA Pledge By Ashley Jones Last week marked the seventh anniversary of the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge (the Pledge). The Pledge, established in...