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 +2 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...
6/25/2025 9:24:04 AM Draft Arbitration Rules of PMAC: A New Chapter in European Patent Dispute Resolution By Boris Kasolowsky Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont Rutger Kleemans Enisa Halili Corin Gittinger Fabian Schubach Yiqiu Wang +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...
5/29/2025 1:08:02 PM German court denies Russian arbitral award recognition on the basis of EU sanctions By Clemens Treichl Carsten Wendler Eric Leikin Hager Sameh +1 more... Show less Russia’s measures against so-called “unfriendly states” and consecutive sanctions packages from the EU, amongst others, have led to the...
5/7/2025 8:55:50 AM CC/Devas v India: English High Court finds that ratification of the New York Convention is not a waiver of State immunity By Joshua Kelly Dominic Brind Gustav Brincat On 17 April 2025, the English High Court delivered its judgment in CC/Devas v India [2025] EWHC 964 (Comm). The judgment holds that...
4/8/2025 10:40:43 AM Freshfields Asia-Pacific International Arbitration Update: SIAC, HKIAC, and Singapore arbitration case law By Nicholas Lingard Samantha Tan Rohit Bhat Dennis Xin Desmond Chong +2 more... Show less SIAC-related updates (1) SIAC launches new rules The new SIAC Rules 2025 took effect on 1 January 2025, introducing urgent emergency...