Region: International

After a career practising as counsel in Russia, central and Eastern Europe and China for various firms, Brenda Horrigan has stepped down from her latest role as head of international arbitration in Australia at Herbert Smith Freehills to become an arbitrator in Singapore.

27 April 2021

Allen & Overy has promoted Sunil Mawkin in London and José Luis Terron in Madrid to counsel in its international arbitration team.

27 April 2021

Eight new panels have been formed at ICSID in the past four weeks, including first-time appointments for Jordan’s former prime minister Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh and ex-Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler partner Sabina Sacco.

31 March 2021

The International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the international arm of the American Arbitration Association, has updated its arbitration rules – including new provisions on arbitrator impartiality, videoconferencing, handling of awards and third-party funding.

12 March 2021

Norton Rose Fulbright has promoted arbitration practitioners to the partnership in London, Sydney, Singapore and Hong Kong.

14 January 2021

Koch Industries, the US conglomerate headed by prominent Republican Party donor Charles Koch, has launched a NAFTA claim against Canada over the cancellation of an emissions trading programme – while a French national has launched a US$493 million ICSID claim against Kuwait relating to the 1MDB scandal.

18 December 2020

King & Spalding has promoted Charlene Sun in New York and Andrea Stauber in London to partner in its international arbitration team – after the firm hired three new partners last month.

04 December 2020

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27 January 2020

27 January 2020