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...
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...