Region: United Kingdom
Saudi Arabia lifts ban on Qatari sports broadcaster
Saudi Arabia is lifting its ban on Qatari state-backed broadcaster beIN Sport, paving the way for the potential settlement of a billion-dollar investment treaty dispute and a UK arbitration over the purchase of an English football club.
07 October 2021
Zimbabwe creditors race to enforce overlapping ICSID awards
Two sets of ICSID creditors have applied to a US court to enforce overlapping ICSID awards against Zimbabwe over land expropriations as they sue each other in London.
27 September 2021
After Brexit: the new landscape for English arbitration
While Brexit’s effect on the popularity of England-seated arbitration is still unclear, it poses significant practical difficulties for practitioners seeking to travel to participate in arbitrations in the EU. Stuart Dutson, Jonathan Schuman, William Dunning and Eliza Jones of Simmons & Simmons in London report.
24 September 2021
London boutique recruits from Linklaters
Mikhail Vishnyakov has joined London disputes boutique Cooke Young & Keidan as counsel after seven years at Linklaters.
24 September 2021
Ex-Cooley lawyer convicted of fraud
A court in London has convicted ex-Cooley lawyer Joshua Brien of defrauding the Commonwealth Secretariat and his former law firm out of over £600,000, including by misdirecting fees paid by an arbitration client and the government of the Maldives.
13 September 2021
Baker Botts names new practice heads
Baker Botts has named partners Johannes Koepp in London and Andrew Behrman in New York as co-chairs of its rebranded international disputes group, also appointing Alejandro Escobar as chair of the public international law practice within the group.
13 September 2021
Lalive hires from Skadden in London
Genevieve Poirier has joined Swiss firm Lalive as partner in London from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.
01 September 2021
Manchester City loses appeal over transparency in financial probe
Football club Manchester City has failed to block publication of arbitration-related court rulings shedding light on the English Premier League’s still-pending investigation of its financial dealings.
22 July 2021
Suez gets eco park dispute sent to LCIA
A UK court has ruled that a claim against France’s Suez over delays in the construction of a £103 million “eco park” for waste processing in southeast England should be heard in LCIA arbitration.
19 July 2021
Brazilian miner’s claim against Steinmetz entities can proceed
The Court of Appeal in London has ruled that an LCIA award does not preclude Brazil’s Vale from bringing a US$500 million claim against entities beneficially owned by Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz to claw back some of the proceeds of a rescinded mining deal in Guinea.
16 July 2021