An Emirati conglomerate has threatened to bring a treaty claim against Lebanon over the alleged freezing of its funds by the state’s embattled central bank.
10 January 2024
Squire Patton Boggs has opened an office in Beirut, led by international arbitration partner and co-chair of the firm’s Middle East practice Gassan Baloul.
09 October 2023
An ICC panel is hearing a Lebanese businessman’s bid to revive a US$120 million claim against US-based Marriott International over a Beirut hotel that has spawned multiple arbitrations over the past two decades.
26 May 2023
A Lebanese power plant investor’s claim against Iraq under the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation investment agreement is underway at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, as a parallel contract-based claim worth US$108 million plays out at ICSID.
09 May 2023
Alem & Associates has promoted Mazen Ghosn, who acted in the high-profile Kabab-Ji dispute, and Rana Kahwagi to partner in its arbitration team in Beirut.
25 November 2022
A joint venture between Kuwaiti logistics group Agility and France’s Orange has won a fraud claim against a Lebanese bank concerning an investment in an Iraqi mobile operator that is the subject of two ICSID cases.
05 October 2021
A Hong Kong court has enforced a Lebanese steel trader’s LCIA award against a Chinese state-owned entity that was found to have used “guerrilla tactics” in the arbitration after its parent company went bankrupt.
17 August 2021
A German businessman who suffered a net loss in his billion-dollar ICSID claim against Lebanon over the revocation of his private jet company’s aviation licences has instructed new counsel as he applies to annul the award.
21 May 2021
The Paris Court of Appeal has upheld an ICC award requiring a Saudi prince’s media group to pay US$22 million to a Lebanese television station.
16 March 2021
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