Region: Europe

Turkmenistan has defeated a US$2 billion ICSID claim filed by a Russian telecoms multinational over the alleged expropriation of its business in the country.

15 June 2023

Canadian software company Blackberry is facing a JAMS arbitration over a collapsed US$600 million deal to sell most of its patent portfolio.

14 June 2023

Privatbank, Ukraine’s largest retail bank, has sought to capitalise on the last-minute absence of two of its founders at a civil trial in London where the pair are accused of defrauding the bank of nearly US$2 billion.

14 June 2023

Thailand’s Stark Corporation says it is facing a €608 million claim at the German Arbitration Institute, or DIS, after pulling out of a deal to buy an automotive cable business.

13 June 2023

Three Spanish investors are pursuing a treaty claim against Venezuela over their investment in a dairy venture, it has emerged.

13 June 2023

Italian utility Edison has launched an LCIA claim against the operator of an LNG plant in Louisiana over unfulfilled deliveries under a long-term supply agreement – with other buyers also rumoured to be pursuing claims.

12 June 2023

An Italian construction group has reportedly brought an ICSID claim against Cameroon over a terminated contract to build a sports stadium, as several claimants abandon a separate case the state is facing at the centre.

12 June 2023

Dalibor Valinčić has left his role as co-head of international arbitration at Wolf Theiss to join the partnership at European boutique Queritius in Zagreb.

12 June 2023

A Canadian appeals court has confirmed that Russia can present new evidence in its challenge to a jurisdictional award in a US$700 million Energy Charter Treaty claim brought by an investor in defunct oil company Yukos.

08 June 2023

Julian Lew KC has been presented with a Liber Amicorum to mark his recent 75th birthday and his extraordinary contributions to the development of both the theory and practice of international arbitration.

08 June 2023