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Samsung wins damages over offshore drillship contract

Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has won a US$320 million award against a US contractor over the termination of a contract for an ultra-deepwater drillship.

ICC tribunal throws out claim against Bahrain

Bahrain has defeated a €180 million ICC claim brought by a French waste-to-energy company over the termination of a contract to build the state’s first recycling plant.
Georgia faces claim over deep-water port

An international consortium has threatened to launch arbitration proceedings against Georgia after the state cancelled its contract to develop a deep-water port.
Eversheds hires former HKIAC counsel

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