19 Mar, 2024 How Can Foreign Investments Be Protected during Times of Unrest? By Natalia Zibibbo Brianna Gorence Ryan Hicks Civil and political unrest can quickly shift a country’s social and economic landscape and put the safety of people and property at risk....
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...
06 Feb, 2024 Indian Supreme Court upholds the group of companies doctrine By Boris Kasolowsky Vasuda Sinha Rohit Bhat Stuti Gadodia +1 more... Show less The Indian Supreme Court has settled a long-standing debate on the extension of arbitration agreements to non-signatories, holding that...
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...
30 Nov, 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...
09 Oct, 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...
03 Oct, 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...
02 Oct, 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...
12 Sep, 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...
08 Aug, 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...
28 Jun, 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...