People and firms
CAS leader moves to private practice in Lausanne
The former deputy secretary general of the Court of Arbitration for Sport William Sternheimer has joined specialist boutique Morgan Sports Law, where he will head the firm’s newly opened Lausanne office.
10 January 2019
Lawyers charged in Geneva over fake arbitration
Swiss authorities have charged Matthew Parish and two other Geneva-based lawyers with fabricating an arbitration as part of an effort to implicate senior Kuwaiti officials in a coup plot and corruption scandal.
03 December 2018
Hoffmann departs Clyde & Co to set up independent boutique
Dual qualified English-German lawyer Anne K Hoffmann has left Clyde & Co in Dubai to establish her own arbitration boutique in the emirate.
29 October 2018
US alleges kickbacks by law firms in Venezuela cases
The US Department of Justice has alleged that unnamed law firms representing Venezuela in international arbitrations arranged to pay “kickbacks” to the relative of a Venezuelan government official.
01 August 2018
Noury takes helm at Freshfields in London
Sylvia Noury has taken over as London head of international arbitration at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in the group's second leadership change this year.
01 May 2018
Debevoise censured over “fraud” in casino dispute
A SIAC tribunal has censured Debevoise & Plimpton and its Texan co-counsel for making misrepresentations in a dispute over the sale of a casino in Laos, it has emerged.
02 February 2018
Burford poaches from rival funder
Third-party funder Burford Capital has hired Vannin Capital senior counsel Jeffery Commission, who was previously at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, as a director in Washington, DC.
15 December 2017
Clifford Chance partner fined over role in third-party funded lawsuit
A UK disciplinary body has fined Clifford Chance and a member of its international arbitration practice, Alex Panayides, £50,000 each over their role in a controversial litigation that left a group of third-party funders on the hook for tens of millions in legal costs.
04 December 2017
Van Houtte quits Hague tribunal
Belgian arbitrator Hans van Houtte has resigned as president of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague after seven years in the role.
09 June 2017
Blackaby looks back
At an event in Houston, Nigel Blackaby, the Washington, DC-based head of international arbitration at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, reflected on his career in the field and the most rewarding moments of his professional life to date.
12 May 2017
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