10/1/2025 9:53:14 AM Beyond the Horizon: the EU's New Agreements with Mexico and Mercosur States (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) By Noiana Marigo Carsten Wendler Yuri Mantilla Gregorio Pettazzi Gonzalo Salazar Paulina Araiza Lozano +3 more... Show less On 3 September 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) submitted two proposals for the signing and provisional application of...
9/24/2025 1:51:50 PM Draft Arbitration Rules of PMAC: the Arbitrator Selection and Challenge Process By Boris Kasolowsky Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont Alexander Grimm Corin Gittinger Fabian Schubach Isabel Lightbody +3 more... Show less On 4 June 2025, the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (the Centre) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) launched a (now closed) public...
9/17/2025 3:49:37 PM US-Ukraine Economic Partnership: A New Era for the Development of Ukraine’s Mineral Resources By Boris Kasolowsky Eric Leikin Alexandra van der Meulen Gregorio Pettazzi Daria Karman +2 more... Show less Earlier this month, the Governing Board (the Board) of the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (the Fund) held its...
9/8/2025 9:05:04 AM No immunity, no EU law defences: Federal Court of Australia enforces intra-EU ICSID awards By Noiana Marigo Carsten Wendler Eric Leikin Joshua Kelly Gregorio Pettazzi Gonzalo Salazar Alice Ding Domen Tursic +5 more... Show less On 29 August 2025, the Federal Court of Australia (the Court) confirmed that four ICSID awards rendered under the Energy Charter Treaty...
8/28/2025 8:59:05 AM AI and international arbitration – watching brief #1: the current landscape By Rohit Bhat Joshua Kelly Natalia Zibibbo Guy Macinnes-Manby Olivier André Robert Stevens +3 more... Show less Generative AI is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace, and international arbitration is no exception. At Freshfields, we...
8/27/2025 11:59:00 AM Draft Arbitration Rules of PMAC – Part 4: Evidence and Document Production By Boris Kasolowsky Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont Enisa Halili Corin Gittinger Alexander Grimm Fabian Schubach +3 more... Show less On 4 June 2025, the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court (Centre) launched a public consultation to gather...
8/19/2025 12:34:56 PM Expanding the Legal Toolkit: The EU’s New Tools Against Sanctioned Russian Investors By Noah Rubins KC Carsten Wendler Eric Leikin Leane Meyer Valerio Letizia Gonzalo Salazar +3 more... Show less On 18 July 2025, the European Union adopted its 18th sanctions package in response to Russia’s continued war against Ukraine. Alongside a...
8/18/2025 8:43:28 AM Another major hurdle cleared: DC District Court enforces intra-EU ICSID Awards in the US By Noiana Marigo David Livshiz Carsten Wendler Eric Leikin Paige von Mehren Gregorio Pettazzi Gonzalo Salazar +4 more... Show less As discussed in our previous update, in August 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) removed...
8/1/2025 11:04:45 AM ICJ issues landmark Advisory Opinion on States’ legal obligations in respect of climate change By Will Thomas Alexandra van der Meulen Joshua Kelly Anika Havaldar Camille Strosser +2 more... Show less As previously reported, on 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its long-awaited advisory opinion on the...
8/1/2025 8:54:16 AM Omnibus in Action: What it means for corporations in Germany and Italy By Moritz Pellmann Federico Mercuri Umberto Parmigiani Cristina Hajek Gross +1 more... Show less The European Union’s (EU) approach to corporate sustainability regulation has entered a period of profound reassessment. In response to...
7/31/2025 3:53:07 PM Draft Arbitration Rules of PMAC: Navigating the applicable law and seat of arbitration By Boris Kasolowsky Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont Enisa Halili Corin Gittinger Fabian Schubach Yiqiu Wang Hager Sameh +4 more... Show less On 4 June 2025, the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court (Centre) launched a public consultation to gather...
7/17/2025 8:13:07 AM Draft Arbitration Rules of PMAC: Possible effects on FRAND/SEP disputes By Boris Kasolowsky Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont Enisa Halili Corin Gittinger Korbinian Schrom +2 more... Show less On 4 June 2025, the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court (PMAC) launched a public consultation to gather...