Region: Europe
Rosneft asks Russian court to restrain BP arbitration
Rosneft has asked a Moscow court to block BP from pursuing an international arbitration – with the British company confirming the dispute does not relate to its ongoing effort to divest its stake in the Russian state-controlled entity.
27 September 2023
Spain seeks annulment of renewables awards
Spain has applied to annul a pair of Energy Charter Treaty awards that held it liable to Japanese and Dutch investors over reforms to its renewable energy subsidy regime.
26 September 2023
Besson award surfaces in uranium trading dispute
UPDATED: A French-owned uranium trader has asked a US court to enforce an ICC award issued by Swiss arbitrator Sébastien Besson over supplies of uranium ore destined for a plant in Argentina.
26 September 2023
Edinburgh hosts inaugural ArbFest
The inaugural Edinburgh International Arbitration Festival, or ArbFest, took place on 21 and 22 September, featuring discussion of emerging technologies and ESG, the advantages of smaller institutions and ISDS. Lilit Nagapetyan, PhD candidate at the Queen Mary School of International Arbitration, reports.
26 September 2023
UK court grants another injunction in support of foreign-seated ICC clause
In a further UK decision on interim anti-suit relief in support of foreign-seated arbitrations, the Commercial Court in London has prohibited a party from pursuing litigation in the Russian courts – again enforcing an ICC arbitration clause with a Paris seat.
25 September 2023
Italian court won’t enforce partially annulled ICC award
An Italian court has ruled it has no power to enforce the surviving parts of an ICC award relating to a Malaysian steel plant after it was partially set aside at the seat of the arbitration in Singapore.
22 September 2023
Repsol brings claim against LNG supplier
Spanish energy company Repsol has reportedly filed a US$100 million ICC claim against US exporter Venture Global – the fourth known case the supplier is facing over its alleged failure to provide contracted deliveries of liquefied natural gas.
21 September 2023
Serbia defeats Bulgarian miner’s ICSID claim
An ICSID tribunal has rejected a Bulgarian company’s €35 million claim against Serbia over the alleged expropriation of an underwater coal mine.
20 September 2023
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