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...
21 Jun, 2024 Do Tribunals Have the Power to Relocate the Arbitral Seat? By Diego Rueda Diego Perez Over the past two years, the arbitration between the Heirs of Sulu and Malaysia has featured repeatedly in the arbitration news....
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...
04 Jun, 2024 Reforms to English Arbitration Act postponed due to UK general election By Oliver Marsden Ella Davies Veronika Timofeeva Ashley Jones +1 more... Show less As we reported at the start of the year, certain reforms to the Arbitration Act 1996 were expected to be enacted by the UK Parliament in...
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...
28 May, 2024 Eight Years of the ERA Pledge By Ashley Jones This month marks the eighth anniversary of the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge (the Pledge). The Pledge seeks to...
20 May, 2024 Force majeure and reasonable endeavours: timely clarification from the UK Supreme Court By Ali Kirby-Harris Zaid Fathoala Charlotte Dunn In recent years, we have seen various global events that have placed unforeseen obstacles in the way of strict contractual performance....
08 May, 2024 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Spain draws closer to signing By Laura Lozano Carlos Hernandez Amr Omran On 23 April 2024, the Spanish Government’s Council of Ministers (Consejo de Ministros) authorised the signing by the Kingdom of Spain...
29 Apr, 2024 Sanctioned Russian parties breaching arbitration agreements (Part II): Landmark German court decision dispenses with the Hague Service Convention By Boris Kasolowsky Carsten Wendler Leane Meyer Hager Sameh +1 more... Show less In recent years, parties bringing court proceedings against Russian counterparties have faced severe obstacles when effecting service in...
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...