Region: International
Mishcon hires from Eversheds
Greg Falkof has left Eversheds Sutherland after 13 years to join Mishcon de Reya’s international arbitration practice in London.
21 November 2022
Dutch court enforces Iraqi sea wall award
The Hague Court of Appeal has enforced a US$105 million ICC award against an Iraqi state entity over the construction of the longest sea wall in the world, after rejecting its state immunity defence.
21 November 2022
Gibson Dunn promotes three to partner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has promoted Charline Yim in New York, Nooree Moola in Dubai and Piers Plumptre in London to the partnership.
16 November 2022
UN backs call for war claims mechanism against Russia
The United Nations General Assembly has recognised the need for an international mechanism to seek reparations from Russia for its war in Ukraine, while recommending the creation of a register of damage to substantiate future claims.
15 November 2022
Dos Santos loses final appeal over telecoms award
A company owned by Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos has lost a final appeal in the French courts relating to a US$646 million award, failing on arguments that the ICC was wrong to appoint all five members of the tribunal itself or that an arbitrator failed to disclose potential conflicts.
15 November 2022
Saudi centre launches in Dubai
The Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration has launched "SCCA Dubai", its first office outside Saudi Arabia.
13 November 2022
CIArb elects new presidents
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators has elected Jonathan Wood of RPC in London and Mohamed Abdel Wahab of Zulficar & Partners in Cairo as its presidents for 2024 and 2025 respectively, also adding new trustees.
11 November 2022
Lebanese partner joins Teynier Pic
Lebanese practitioner Danny Rifaat has joined the partnership at Teynier Pic in Paris, months after his Beirut firm formed a strategic alliance with the French boutique.
10 November 2022
Freshfields Lecture: The Road Not Taken
Inspired by Robert Frost's famous poem on the divergence of paths in a yellow wood, Andrea Bjorklund considered the roads not taken in investor-state dispute resolution in the first live Freshfields Lecture since the pandemic, held in impressive new surroundings.
08 November 2022
Shanghai pharma company wins put-option dispute
A Shanghai-based pharmaceutical company has sought to enforce an ICDR award worth over US$40 million against the founder of a New Jersey-based medical practices network who has been implicated in a bank fraud conspiracy.
07 November 2022