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Greece’s DEPA Commercial reportedly files for arbitration against Gazprom, seeking gas price revision
Mar 29, 2024 -
Dutch Supreme Court confirms attachment of Russian assets by creditors of Yukos shareholders awards
Mar 25, 2024 -
Analysis: Dutch Advocate General opines that three judgments that upheld treaty awards against Russia should be confirmed, while judgment that failed to engage with material evidence of illegality should be remanded
Mar 25, 2024 -
Dutch Advocate General advises Supreme Court to uphold treaty awards against Russia – with one exception for judgment that failed to sufficiently address Russia’s illegality objection
Mar 22, 2024 -
Gazprom Round-Up: New claims and anti-arbitration injunctions against Gazprom’s former European partners and other arbitration-related updates
Mar 18, 2024 -
Azerbaijan and Iranian investor lay out very different stories in ongoing UNCITRAL case involving conduct by state’s ruling families
Mar 01, 2024 -
Finnish energy company lodges multi-billion-euro treaty arbitrations against Russia
Feb 27, 2024 -
[Updated] Despite contradictory statements, Rosatom v. Fennovoima arbitration sees no decision yet
Feb 26, 2024 -
CIS Round-Up: Updates on UK and US enforcement proceedings in Yukos shareholders dispute, arbitration-related developments before Russia’s courts, a new arbitration threat against Belarus, and the conclusion of a motorway dispute with Moldova
Feb 26, 2024 -
[Updated with analysis] Amsterdam Court of Appeals rejects Russia’s latest bid to set aside 50 billion USD Yukos shareholders awards
Feb 20, 2024 -
Ukraine’s national energy company is preparing treaty claim against Russia over post-2022 events
Feb 15, 2024 -
Uncovered: Tribunal in Grand Express v. Belarus declares claims inadmissible after finding that claimant defrauded its Belarusian partner and sent falsified documents to Eurasian Development Bank
Feb 15, 2024 -
[Updated] Sanctioned Russian company wins multi-million-dollar award in arbitration against PetroVietnam
Feb 12, 2024 -
Rosneft reiterates threat of legal action against Germany in light of planned nationalization of its German assets
Feb 09, 2024 -
Analysis: ICJ considers clean hands doctrine inapplicable in inter-state disputes, finds violations of CERD and ICSFT by Russia in the aftermath of Crimea’s annexation, and decides that Russia breached provisional measures order – but several claims are dismissed
Feb 09, 2024 -
Analysis: International Court of Justice upholds jurisdiction over claim for declaration that Russia wrongly accused Ukraine of genocide, but sees no ground to adjudicate Russia’s invasion of Ukraine under Genocide Convention
Feb 07, 2024 -
Resubmission tribunal is in place to hear gold mining dispute with Kazakhstan
Feb 05, 2024 -
Analysis: UK Court of Appeal overturns High Court’s decision and grants anti-suit injunction, finding that choice of Paris as arbitration seat did not negate choice of English law as the governing law
Feb 02, 2024 -
Tribunal dismisses treaty claims against Belarus, finding that Russian claimant engaged in fraudulent conduct
Feb 02, 2024 -
Appointing authority dismisses Russia’s challenges to Pierre-Marie Dupuy and Vaclav Mikulka in two Crimea arbitrations
Feb 01, 2024 -
Naftogaz restrained from pursuing ICC arbitration against Gazprom under threat of 150 million USD fine
Feb 01, 2024 -
CIS Round-Up: UK Court of Appeal grants anti-suit injunction, Azerbaijan introduces new arbitration law, and Kazakh Senate approves investment treaty with Qatar
Feb 01, 2024 -
Kyrgyzstan claims victory in heretofore undisclosed investment arbitration brought by Kazakh state-owned company
Jan 31, 2024 -
ICJ finds that Russia breached Convention for Suppression of Financing of Terrorism, CERD, and provisional measures ordered by the court – but rejects a majority of the grounds advanced by Ukraine
Jan 31, 2024 -
Yukos shareholders cannot compel Russia’s counsel to hand over allegedly-privileged documents
Jan 25, 2024 -
Revealed: Russia succeeds in disqualifying two arbitrators in ongoing and heretofore-confidential Crimea arbitration
Jan 23, 2024 -
Belgium may face treaty arbitration over sanctioned Russian assets
Jan 17, 2024 -
Three are in place to hear Azerbaijan v. Armenia ECT arbitration
Jan 17, 2024 -
[Updated] Ukraine’s state-owned hydro energy company prepares arbitration against Russia
Jan 16, 2024 -
Analysis: Co-arbitrators uphold challenge against Rolf Knieper over his concurrent appointments as expert for Turkmenistan in two pending cases
Jan 12, 2024 -
ICSID tribunal tasked with hearing construction dispute with Turkmenistan is reconstituted
Jan 02, 2024 -
CIS Round-Up: Russian court refuses to issue interim anti-arbitration injunction against Ericsson but finds that it has jurisdiction over case despite arbitration clause; Yukos appeals move forward, and Ukraine announces wins in recent arbitrations
Dec 26, 2023 -
Ukraine’s Naftogaz reportedly obtains recognition of 4.2+ billion USD award against Russia
Dec 19, 2023 -
Ukraine government proposes denunciation of Belarus-Ukraine BIT
Dec 19, 2023 -
ICSID AF arbitration against Tajikistan concludes with award
Dec 11, 2023 -
Zachary Douglas replaces Michael Reisman in suspended billion-dollar arbitration against Ukraine
Dec 08, 2023 -
[Updated] Belarus claims victory in hotel construction arbitration
Dec 07, 2023 -
[Updated] ICSID arbitration against Turkmenistan concludes with award
Dec 04, 2023 -
ICSID tribunal orders claimant to post security for costs
Nov 29, 2023 -
Belarusian state-owned company reportedly initiates BIT arbitration against Lithuania
Nov 14, 2023 -
CIS Round-Up: Russian courts issue anti-arbitration injunctions against Europol Gaz and Siemens, oil companies threaten arbitration against Kazakhstan, and possible arbitration claims stemming from Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Nov 10, 2023 -
Analysis: UNCITRAL tribunal in DTEK Krymenergo v. Russia upholds jurisdiction over claim for expropriation of Crimean assets, rejects corruption allegations, and awards 200+ million USD to the Ukrainian investor
Nov 09, 2023 -
Carlsberg puts Russia on notice of dispute, alleging that the state illegally expropriated its business in the wake of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Nov 08, 2023 -
[Updated with Award and Separate Opinion] DTEK v. Russia Crimea arbitration concludes with 267 million USD award in favor of Ukrainian claimant
Nov 02, 2023 -
Arbitrators comings and goings: A successful arbitrator challenge, a new tribunal, and a resignation
Nov 01, 2023 -
UK High Court finds that Russia is precluded from relitigating arbitration tribunal’s jurisdiction in support of immunity defence against enforcement
Nov 01, 2023 -
Gold miner lodges resubmission proceedings in ICSID dispute with Kazakhstan, shedding light on unpublished annulment decision
Oct 17, 2023 -
Azerbaijan is facing ICSID claim from real estate investors
Oct 17, 2023 -
Russian construction company reportedly threatens to lodge arbitration against Ukraine
Oct 16, 2023 -
Analysis: UK High Court grants anti-suit injunction against Russian domestic court proceedings lodged in violation of ICC arbitration clause, distinguishing SQD v. QYP
Oct 11, 2023 -
Hong Kong court grants continuation of anti-suit injunction against sanctioned entity during pendency of HKIAC arbitration
Oct 06, 2023 -
[Updated] Dutch Advocate General supports attachment of Russian assets by Yukos shareholders
Oct 03, 2023 -
Revealed: UNCITRAL arbitration against Russia is discontinued
Oct 02, 2023 -
UK High Court reverts to rejecting anti-suit injunction against sanctioned Russian party, this time in inter-partes proceedings – distinguishing recent Court of Appeal decision
Sep 29, 2023 -
Kyrgyzstan claims victory in UNCITRAL arbitration over metallurgical plant
Sep 29, 2023 -
CIS and Ukraine Round-Up: A new award, updates on arbitration-related court proceedings, and other news regarding the region
Sep 26, 2023 -
Analysis: Contract-based tribunal hearing hydroelectricity dispute between Russian and Ecuadorean state-owned entities finds that contract was wrongfully terminated and awards damages to Inter Rao
Sep 21, 2023 -
Nord Stream 2 is ordered to post security for costs in UNCITRAL/ECT arbitration against the EU; tribunal declines to terminate the proceedings
Sep 13, 2023 -
Russian appeals court upholds preliminary measures for seizure of property in Linde case, while anti-arbitration injunction case against Goldman Sachs moves forward to hearing
Sep 11, 2023 -
Analysis: UK High Court grants anti-suit injunction against Russian domestic court proceedings, disagreeing with days-old decision
Sep 11, 2023 -
CIS Round-Up: Updates on arbitration-related court proceedings, new developments in cases involving Georgia, and other news involving CIS region arbitrations
Aug 28, 2023 -
Rosneft is preparing investment arbitration claim against Germany over the state’s decision to place the company’s assets under trusteeship
Aug 16, 2023 -
Analysis: Tribunal unanimously upholds jurisdiction under Kyrgyzstan’s foreign investment law, but splits on jurisdiction under BIT; dissenter opines that reference to ICSID arbitration cannot be used to access arbitration under ICSID’s Additional Facility Rules
Aug 15, 2023 -
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence reports favourable arbitration award in dispute with foreign supplier of military equipment
Aug 08, 2023 -
Jurisdictional decision, award, and dissents issued in arbitration against Kyrgyzstan come to light, as the state files for set-aside in the USA
Aug 07, 2023 -
[Updated] Russian court dismisses state-owned company’s request to compel LCIA arbitration of Eurobond dispute
Aug 03, 2023 -
UK national puts Belarus on notice of treaty dispute over failed solar project
Aug 01, 2023 -
[Updated] Finnish majority state-owned energy company submits treaty-based notices of dispute to Russia
Jul 13, 2023 -
Gazprom Round-Up: An update on arbitration-related developments involving the Russian gas giant
Jul 12, 2023 -
Analysis: Naftogaz tribunal majority finds that all investments fall within the temporal scope of the Ukraine-Russia BIT, and orders Russia to pay 4.2 billion USD on account of an expropriation of the claimant’s Crimean assets
Jun 26, 2023 -
Awards in Naftogaz v. Russia surface in the context of US enforcement proceedings, after tribunal agrees to correction of clerical errors
Jun 23, 2023 -
[Updated] Russian investors are reportedly contemplating treaty claims over freezing of their assets held by European central securities depositories
Jun 19, 2023 -
[Updated with Award] Revealed: Tribunal rejects telecom claims against Turkmenistan on the merits, finding that state authorities had full discretion not to renew framework agreement
Jun 19, 2023 -
Telecom arbitration against Turkmenistan concludes, with state prevailing on the merits against Russian investor
Jun 15, 2023 -
Ontario’s Court of Appeal finds that judges can admit new evidence in set-aside proceedings directed against treaty-based jurisdictional award
Jun 06, 2023 -
Looking Back: In Lemire v. Ukraine (2), ICSID tribunal grappled with jurisdiction under settlement agreement recorded in an award, differences between FET and MST, discriminatory and arbitrary measures, moral damages, and much more
May 31, 2023 -
CIS Round-Up: New decisions, hearing updates, cases nearing an end, and other developments in arbitration proceedings involving countries of the region
May 30, 2023 -
Gazprom Round-Up: Claims by Slovenian Petrol and Polish EuRoPol GAZ add to the pile of arbitrations against Gazprom; earlier claim by the Russian gas giant against Polish PGNiG comes to light
May 19, 2023 -
ICSID tribunal hearing uranium mining dispute dismisses Kyrgyzstan’s request for bifurcation of quantum issues
May 19, 2023 -
[Updated with new developments] Ukraine’s legislature is discussing bill on termination of the state’s BIT with Russia, in light of Russia’s invasion
May 16, 2023 -
Gazprom Round-Up: New arbitration claims by Italian oil major Eni and Czech Net4Gas, hearing dates, and other developments in pending cases against the Russian gas giant
May 10, 2023 -
Looking Back: Global Trading v. Ukraine tribunal was first to dismiss all claims as manifestly without legal merit under ICSID Arbitration Rule 41(5), finding that claimants had no protected investment
May 03, 2023 -
Grand Chamber of European Court of Human Rights awards 130 million EUR to Georgia for human rights violations stemming from the treatment of its nationals by Russian forces during the occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
May 01, 2023 -
Claimants in ICSID case involving Ukrainian oligarchs reply to the USA’s attempt to dismiss case for manifest lack of legal merit, arguing that complex issues cannot be addressed in the context of the expedited procedure set out in Rule 41(5)
Apr 28, 2023 -
Russia places Uniper’s and Fortum’s assets under temporary administration; treaty remedies may be available
Apr 26, 2023 -
European Court of Human Rights upholds jurisdiction over Georgia v. Russia inter-state claim, seeing no abuse of process by Georgia and finding that Russia has effective control over Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Apr 20, 2023 -
Energoatom puts Russia on notice of arbitration dispute in relation to treatment of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and other assets in the context of the war in Ukraine
Apr 16, 2023 -
Naftogaz is awarded 5 billion USD in Crimea-related BIT arbitration against Russia
Apr 13, 2023 -
Ukraine’s richest man initiates BIT arbitration against Russia over interference with Donbass assets
Apr 11, 2023 -
Kazakhstan reportedly initiates arbitration proceedings against international oil companies over oilfield operation dispute
Apr 05, 2023 -
[Updated] Real estate arbitration arising out of Russia’s 2014 takeover of Crimea concludes with an award
Mar 30, 2023 -
Uzbekistan is reportedly facing arbitration claim by Spanish investor
Mar 29, 2023 -
CIS Round-Up: Under-the-radar cases, ECHR claims by previous ISDS users, Stati-related developments, and other insights from the region
Mar 21, 2023 -
Ukraine Round-Up: A pair of ISDS-related Supreme Court decisions, a series of wartime property seizures affecting previous ISDS users, a potential war reparations mechanism, and other recent developments
Mar 13, 2023 -
Looking Back: ICSID tribunal in Azpetrol v. Azerbaijan decided that e-mail exchange qualified as binding settlement agreement, and dismissed the case after finding that there was no dispute left to be resolved
Mar 06, 2023 -
Wintershall says it is looking into legal claims against Russia in relation to expropriation of its Russian assets
Feb 24, 2023 -
Navigating Russia-Ukraine war sanctions regime, SCC tribunal hearing dispute with Rosneft subsidiary decides to continue the arbitration and proceeds to issue an award; Russian court responds with anti-arbitration injunction
Feb 23, 2023 -
Nagorno-Karabakh dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan – which has given rise to investor-state arbitration threats – sees provisional measures orders from the International Court of Justice
Feb 22, 2023 -
French gas major is involved in arbitration against Gazprom over gas delivery dispute
Feb 22, 2023 -
Energy company threatens Kazakhstan with ECT arbitration
Feb 10, 2023