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...
06 Mar, 2024 'De-banking’ claim against Revolut struck out as an abuse of process By Harry White Anthea Bowater In the recent case of Uzbekov v Revolut, the English High Court struck out a breach of contract claim brought by Mr Uzbekov following...
23 Feb, 2024 Increased investment protection: The ratification of the Iraq-UAE BIT By Sami Tannous Ann Matthias Ahmed Mazlom Background Iraq has historically proven to be a challenging market for investors. Investment protection treaties such as bilateral...
20 Feb, 2024 International Arbitration: top trends in 2024 By Ashley Jones Freshfields has launched International arbitration: top trends in 2024. Our annual report, compiled by international arbitration...
14 Feb, 2024 Life sciences – what to expect in 2024 By Harriet Hanks Emma Franck-Gwinnell Adam Golden 2023 was marked by some real success stories in the life sciences and healthcare space, including ground-breaking new weight loss...
09 Feb, 2024 Recent Trends in English & Welsh group actions By James Roberts Rebecca Fenning Owen Jack In recent years, we have seen group actions play an ever-expanding role in English litigation, driven by an explosion in litigation...
24 Jan, 2024 Germany’s highest court clarifies that the ECJ’s decision in Achmea does not apply to extra-EU BITs By Carsten Wendler Stuti Gadodia Gregorio Pettazzi Leane Meyer +1 more... Show less In its recently published decision, the German Federal Court of Justice allowed enforcement of the arbitral award rendered in Deutsche...
04 Jan, 2024 Bifurcated representative actions in shareholder claims rejected by English High Court By Sarah Parkes Emma Probyn Anoushka Nightingale Juliet Leung +1 more... Show less The English High Court has rejected the use of a bifurcated representative procedure to bring shareholder claims under section 90/90A and...
13 Dec, 2023 Trends in tax disputes: what should businesses be aware of? By Laura Western Back in October, the global Freshfields Tax team published the Tax investigations and disputes across borders guide which, among other...
08 Dec, 2023 Maintaining ‘orderly’ markets in disorderly times: the English High Court finds in the LME’s favour in relation to the nickel crisis By Emma Probyn James Smethurst Harry White In a judgment that will be of interest to exchanges and those who trade on them, the English High Court dismissed judicial review...