An ICC arbitrator has declined to hear a claim by one of China’s largest mining groups over its purported purchase of a stake in a major lithium project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
18 March 2024
A Vancouver-based mining company has notified Mexico of a potential US$200 million claim under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), after its earlier request for consultations proved unsuccessful.
18 March 2024
An ICSID tribunal has thrown out a US$30 million NAFTA claim brought by US conglomerate Koch Industries against Canada over the cancellation of an emissions trading programme.
15 March 2024
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the UK infringed EU law by allowing Sweden’s Micula brothers to enforce a €178 million ICSID award against Romania.
14 March 2024
A Saudi-owned Spanish renewables investor has filed a BIT claim against Mexico, while Hungary is facing an Energy Charter Treaty claim brought by a Cypriot entity linked to a defunct Austrian bank.
14 March 2024
London International Disputes Week 2024 will feature a closing keynote speech from departing ICSID secretary-general Meg Kinnear – as well as an international arbitration day focusing on key jurisdictions such as Saudi Arabia.
14 March 2024
The French Court of Cassation is poised to rule on whether an allegedly corrupt “wedding gift” to Libreville’s former mayor justified the annulment of an ICC award against Gabon – a case that practitioners hope will settle controversy over the French courts’ approach to corruption allegations. Kevin Cubeddu of Latham & Watkins, who attended the court hearing last month, reports.
14 March 2024
DLA Piper’s Michael Ostrove is chairing the tribunal that will hear a Bulgarian businesswoman’s €128 million treaty claim against Albania over the seizure of a television station and other investments.
13 March 2024
A German investment fund has lost its Energy Charter Treaty claim against Italy concerning reforms to the state's solar power sector.
12 March 2024
Romania has defeated a closely watched ICSID case worth US$4.4 billion plus interest brought by a Canadian mining company over the denial of an environmental permit for a gold and silver project in an area now recognised as a UNESCO world heritage site.
11 March 2024
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