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Cadwalader partner joins Quinn Emanuel in London
Melis Acuner has left the partnership at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft in London to join Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
19 September 2023
A&O makes construction hire from White & Case
Construction partner Daniel Garton has left White & Case, where he acted in a multibillion-dollar ICC dispute over the expansion of the Panama Canal, to join Allen & Overy in London.
19 September 2023
Geopolitics and Asian commercial disputes
A panel at GAR Live Singapore considered the impact of geopolitics on arbitration in Asian jurisdictions, including relations with China and disputes involving Russian parties.
19 September 2023
Vietnam fails to halt treaty claim by dual national
A French court has upheld an UNCITRAL tribunal’s decision to hear a dual national’s US$2.5 billion treaty claim against Vietnam over the cancellation of a thermal power project.
18 September 2023
Indian injunction halts Singapore arbitration over matchmaking business
An Indian authority has issued an interim injunction to prevent a Mauritian private equity fund from pursuing a Singapore-seated ICC arbitration against the founder of an online matchmaking service – months after the Singapore courts affirmed the dispute was arbitrable.
18 September 2023
Japanese solar investor pursues Spain in US court
A Japanese company has applied to a US court to enforce an ICSID award requiring Spain to pay over €23.5 million for changes to its incentives regime for solar power plants, putting the award in the public domain.
18 September 2023
Signature recruits from Kirkland in London
Philipp Kurek has left the partnership at Kirkland & Ellis to join Signature Litigation in London.
18 September 2023
Three Crowns barrister moves to Paul Hastings
English-qualified barrister Maanas Jain, who serves as co-chair of Young ICCA, has left Three Crowns after nearly a decade to join Paul Hastings in London.
18 September 2023
Failed BIT claim leads to human rights complaint
A Spanish-Venezuelan businessman has complained to the European Court of Human Rights over the Dutch courts’ refusal to review the dismissal of a US$240 million investment treaty claim against Venezuela.
15 September 2023
Singapore court unconvinced there is “more appropriate forum” to enforce interim measures
Singapore’s High Court has rejected arguments that the city-state is not the proper forum to enforce interim measures granted in a SIAC arbitration between shareholders in a financial technology company.
15 September 2023