Topic: Russia-Ukraine conflict
Uniper withdraws ECT claim
Uniper has withdrawn its controversial Energy Charter Treaty claim against the Netherlands over climate change legislation as a condition of a €34.5 billion bailout from the German government.
21 March 2023
Ukraine can defend Russian bond claim in UK trial
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that Ukraine can defend its non-payment of a US$3 billion Eurobond debt to Russia at a full trial, but only on limited grounds of duress.
16 March 2023
Russian court rules against Siemens in rail dispute
A Russian court has ruled that a Siemens entity must fulfil a billion-euro contract for high-speed trains after disapplying an Austrian arbitration agreement – as another German multinational fails to lift a freeze on its Russian assets.
01 March 2023
Russian court restrains SCC case against Rosneft entity
A Russian court has ordered a Texas oil company to refrain from pursuing a Stockholm Chamber of Commerce arbitration against a Rosneft subsidiary or face a US$148 million penalty – as a final award in the dispute comes to light.
22 February 2023
French utility pursues Gazprom over supply shortage
French utility Engie says it is pursuing arbitration against Gazprom’s export arm, accusing the Russian state entity of gas delivery shortages following a payment dispute.
21 February 2023
Czech energy group brings ICC claim against Gazprom
CEZ, the majority state-owned Czech energy group, says it has launched a US$45 million ICC arbitration against Gazprom – the latest in a wave of claims over undelivered Russian gas supplies.
10 February 2023
Czech Republic threatens claim over exit from Soviet-era banks
The Czech Republic has threatened arbitration against two Moscow-led development banks created during the Soviet era, as the state looks to recover its investments after it withdrew its membership following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
06 February 2023
Energy disputes and war in Ukraine
A virtual panel hosted by Squire Patton Boggs considered potential energy disputes arising from the war in Ukraine. Olha Martynevych and Kateryna Shokalo, Ukrainian lawyers in the firm’s New York office, report.
24 January 2023
Gazprom faces second German gas supply claim
RWE has reportedly launched arbitration against Gazprom over halted gas supplies – a week after another German energy company Uniper brought a multibillion-euro claim against the Russian state entity.
05 December 2022
CAS hears Russian and Ukrainian football claims
Two panels at the Court of Arbitration for Sport have begun hearing claims brought by Russian and Ukrainian football clubs over FIFA’s decision to allow their foreign players to leave due to the ongoing war between the countries.
05 December 2022