Region: Poland
Spain announces withdrawal from ECT
Spain says it is withdrawing from the Energy Charter Treaty because of climate concerns, a week after the lower chamber of Poland’s parliament voted near-unanimously to exit the treaty.
13 October 2022
Poland moves to exit ECT
The Polish government has prepared draft legislation to withdraw the country from the Energy Charter Treaty, citing the need to comply with EU law and a lack of progress in efforts to modernise the treaty.
02 September 2022
Lithuanian state entity declares win in power plant dispute
A Lithuanian state-controlled energy company says it has won a Stockholm Chamber of Commerce award holding a Polish contractor liable in a dispute over a €150 million contract for an unfinished biomass incineration unit.
09 August 2022
Gide promotes in London and Warsaw
Saadia Bhatty, co-host of the Arbitration Station podcast, has been promoted to partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel in London, while the firm has also named Krzysztof Ciepliński as partner in Warsaw.
20 July 2022
Spat over Shaq leads to ICC award
A Polish foundation has sought to enforce an ICC award over a failed plan to bring retired American basketball player Shaquille O’Neal to Warsaw to participate in events celebrating the 100th anniversary of Poland’s independence.
14 July 2022
Poland defeats second bid to revive treaty claim
The Paris Court of Appeal has for a second time rejected a bid to revive a US$125 million treaty claim against Poland over the collapse of a vegetable fats business, even after the US claimants were permitted to raise new jurisdictional arguments they hadn’t made in the arbitration.
31 May 2022
Polish utility brings fresh claim against Gazprom
Polish state gas company PGNiG says it has launched a fresh arbitration against Gazprom concerning interest on overpayments for gas supplied over a six-year period.
19 May 2022
Arbitrations likely after Gazprom halts supplies
Practitioners have weighed in on Gazprom’s “extraordinary” decision to halt gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria and how it may fare in the arbitrations that are likely to ensue.
27 April 2022
Poland secures landmark annulment of intra-EU BIT awards
In a landmark pair of judgments, a French court has set aside two intra-EU BIT awards against Poland on the basis of the European Court of Justice’s ruling in the Achmea case.
19 April 2022
Poland overturns denial of justice award
A Brussels court has set aside a US$10 million UNCITRAL award that held Poland liable for a denial of justice – in what is thought to be the first time an investment treaty award has been annulled in Belgium.
01 March 2022