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German court dismisses Spain’s request for anti-enforcement injunction directed against intra-EU ICSID award
Apr 24, 2024 -
Analysis: ICSID tribunal in Koch v. Canada finds that emission trading allowances do not qualify as NAFTA-protected investments, but it notes that this is a “close case”
Apr 24, 2024 -
LCIA arbitrator enforces sovereign guarantee by Pakistan in relation to hydro project
Apr 23, 2024 -
[Updated] SIAC tribunal awards damages to oil services investor in dispute with Singaporean state-owned shipyard
Apr 19, 2024 -
Russian court enjoins HKIAC arbitrations and Hong Kong court proceedings, but denies RusChemAlliance’s request for monetary fine
Apr 18, 2024 -
Jordan’s state electricity company reportedly prevails in ICC arbitration
Apr 17, 2024 -
Singapore High Court refuses to set aside award on allegations of forgery and lack of authority to contract, and grants 734,660 USD in costs to Shanghai Electric in dispute with Reliance
Apr 16, 2024 -
Analysis: Svea Court of Appeal sets aside Triodos v. Spain award, on intra-EU grounds
Apr 16, 2024 -
Analysis: Annulment committee in RWE v. Spain sees no manifest excess of powers or failure to state reasons in ECT award that upheld jurisdiction over intra-EU dispute and declined to apply EU law on the merits
Apr 16, 2024 -
Iran’s National Oil Company is ordered to hand over 100 million GBP London property impermissibly transferred to evade payment of award
Apr 15, 2024 -
Uranium miner to lodge ECT claim against Spain
Apr 10, 2024 -
Pakistan reportedly prevails in arbitration dispute with oil concession holder
Apr 08, 2024 -
European Commission proposes to trigger ECT’s denial of benefits clause against investments controlled by Russian and Belarussian entities
Apr 05, 2024 -
Analysis: Tribunal hearing resubmitted treaty arbitration against Peru declines state’s request for bifurcation of jurisdictional issues
Apr 03, 2024 -
[Updated] Russian court enjoins Austria’s OMV from pursuing international arbitration against Gazprom
Apr 02, 2024 -
[Updated] Gas distribution company lodges ICSID claim against Peru
Apr 02, 2024 -
[Updated with RfA] Portuguese individual lodges BIT arbitration against Angola
Apr 01, 2024 -
Cavinder Bull is tapped to chair trio of ECT arbitrations against Denmark, Germany, and the European Union
Mar 30, 2024 -
Greece’s DEPA Commercial reportedly files for arbitration against Gazprom, seeking gas price revision
Mar 29, 2024 -
Croatian energy company puts Bosnia and Herzegovina on notice of treaty dispute over termination of wind park concession
Mar 28, 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 -
Chinese state-owned oil and gas company initiates arbitration under consortium agreement for Guyana oilfield
Mar 22, 2024 -
[Updated with Decision] ICSID ad hoc committee upholds RWE v. Spain award
Mar 21, 2024 -
[Updated] European Commission sets out 3-pillar process for implementation of coordinated withdrawal from Energy Charter Treaty, modernisation process, and exclusion of intra-EU arbitrations
Mar 21, 2024 -
Romania reportedly ordered to pay 42.2 million EUR to renewable energy investor under ECT
Mar 21, 2024 -
Renewable energy investor makes good on earlier threat to lodge ICSID claim against Belarus
Mar 20, 2024 -
Analysis: Investors’ claims in Encavis v. Italy fail on the merits, as tribunal finds that amendments to Italian renewable energy incentives scheme served legitimate public purpose and fulfilled proportionality requirement
Mar 19, 2024 -
Analysis: ICSID tribunal in Encavis v. Italy upholds jurisdiction, dismissing intra-EU and forum selection clause objections in ECT dispute
Mar 19, 2024 -
[Updated with Award] ICSID tribunal dismisses emissions trading claim against Canada
Mar 14, 2024 -
Mexico is hit with treaty-based renewable energy claim
Mar 14, 2024 -
Cypriot company lodges ICSID case against Hungary under Energy Charter Treaty
Mar 14, 2024 -
Three are in place to hear coal phase-out dispute with Germany under Energy Charter Treaty
Mar 14, 2024 -
ICSID tribunal in Encavis et al. v. Italy dismisses all claims on the merits
Mar 12, 2024 -
Belgium is facing commercial arbitration over nuclear plants
Mar 11, 2024 -
France and Germany submit notes verbales addressing consequences of their withdrawal from Energy Charter Treaty
Mar 06, 2024 -
Analysis: ICSID tribunal sees insufficient evidence of control by Italian nationals over Panamanian claimant, dismissing BIT claim against Panama
Mar 06, 2024 -
Pleadings in Slovakian oil and gas dispute detail parties’ disagreements on “social license to operate”, use of DCF valuation without investment track record, and need for active investment
Mar 05, 2024 -
ICSID tribunal dismisses claim by bioethanol company against Panama, finding insufficient evidence of foreign control
Mar 04, 2024 -
European Commission proposes draft Council decisions that would not block adoption of modernized ECT
Mar 01, 2024 -
ICSID ad hoc committee is formed to hear Spain’s bid to annul 25 million EUR award
Feb 29, 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 -
Energy Charter Treaty Secretariat receives treaty denunciation from Slovenia
Feb 26, 2024 -
ICSID tribunal dismisses security for costs request in fracking dispute with Slovenia
Feb 23, 2024 -
Renewable energy arbitration against Sri Lanka concludes with award
Feb 23, 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 -
[Updated with Award] Analysis: Tribunal majority in EBL v. Spain finds discrete ECT violation on the merits, but declines to award damages and orders claimants to pay costs
Feb 20, 2024 -
Chinese-led consortium involved in arbitration against Cyprus over LNG terminal dispute
Feb 19, 2024 -
In recently-released discontinuance order, RWE v. Netherlands tribunal finds respondent’s request for costs “inherently contradictory” with decision to seek German anti-arbitration injunction
Feb 19, 2024 -
Electricity company reportedly submits notice of dispute to Honduras
Feb 16, 2024 -
Spain files for annulment of award that saw tribunal split on legitimate expectations analysis
Feb 15, 2024 -
Shell and ExxonMobil lodge contract arbitration against the Netherlands over Groningen field
Feb 13, 2024 -
Analysis: Jurisdictional decision in Cambodia Power v. KOC confirmed consolidation of claims stemming from multiple contracts, and declined jurisdiction over state-owned company for lack of designation under Article 25(1) ICSID Convention
Feb 13, 2024 -
Analysis: In recently surfaced Cambodia Power v. Cambodia award, ICSID tribunal dismissed all claims in contract-based arbitration over energy project
Feb 13, 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: Tribunal in Natland v. Czech Republic awards damages based on hypothetical European Commission decision regarding compatibility of Czech solar incentives scheme with EU state aid rules
Feb 07, 2024 -
USA files amicus curiae submission before US appeals court, supporting Spain’s attempts to reverse anti-anti-enforcement injunction and review intra-EU argument at enforcement stage
Feb 06, 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 -
Paris Court of Appeal upholds ICC award stemming from contract dispute with Eni/Libya joint-venture
Feb 02, 2024 -
Naftogaz restrained from pursuing ICC arbitration against Gazprom under threat of 150 million USD fine
Feb 01, 2024 -
Kyrgyzstan claims victory in heretofore undisclosed investment arbitration brought by Kazakh state-owned company
Jan 31, 2024 -
Poland is hit with ECT claim over renewable energy venture
Jan 31, 2024 -
French court rules that BIT cases lodged by claimant do not amount to waiver of related contract award against Egyptian state-owned entity; previously undisclosed treaty case comes to light
Jan 29, 2024 -
Spain files for annulment of Infracapital award
Jan 29, 2024 -
Public hearing to be held in NAFTA legacy windfarm dispute with Canada
Jan 29, 2024 -
UK High Court temporarily upholds registration of ICSID award against Spain, but final ruling is postponed until Court of Appeal’s decision on intra-EU issue
Jan 26, 2024 -
Tribunal hearing gas dispute with Peru is reconstituted
Jan 26, 2024 -
Analysis: Tribunal in ACF v. Bulgaria finds that measures interfering with renewable energy incentives violated clear expectation of regime stability
Jan 26, 2024 -
Privilege Master rules on production of USMCA negotiation documents in Keystone XL pipeline dispute
Jan 25, 2024 -
Yukos shareholders cannot compel Russia’s counsel to hand over allegedly-privileged documents
Jan 25, 2024 -
Analysis: Tribunal majority dismisses contract and treaty claims in ICSID dispute between small hydro investors and Peru
Jan 23, 2024 -
Spain is hit with one of biggest renewable energy awards yet against the state
Jan 19, 2024 -
Three are in place to hear Azerbaijan v. Armenia ECT arbitration
Jan 17, 2024 -
Stay of ECT arbitration against the EU is lifted, as Nord Stream 2 posts security for costs
Jan 15, 2024 -
Svea Court of Appeal sets aside entire ECT award favoring Poland on intra-EU grounds, despite non-EU nationality of one of the claimants
Jan 11, 2024 -
[Updated with Award] Renewable energy arbitration against Bulgaria concludes in favour of investor
Jan 09, 2024 -
Analysis: In Worley Parsons v. Ecuador, arbitrators decline jurisdiction due to illegality and bad faith during making of investment; tribunal splits on whether illegality during investment’s operation pertains to admissibility or merits
Jan 08, 2024 -
Tribunal majority dismisses claims in ICSID dispute between small hydro investors and Peru
Dec 26, 2023 -
[Updated with Award] UNCITRAL tribunal dismisses claims in treaty arbitration over refinery and gas liquefaction ventures
Dec 23, 2023 -
Analysis: In Orazul v. Argentina, full tribunal upholds jurisdiction over claims stemming from post-crisis electricity pricing regime, seeing no limitation period absent specific provisions; majority dismisses all claims on the merits
Dec 22, 2023 -
Venezuela’s PdVSA settles arbitrations over Curaçao refinery
Dec 21, 2023 -
Three are in place to hear dispute between Alberta’s Petroleum Marketing Commission and the USA
Dec 21, 2023 -
Ukraine’s Naftogaz reportedly obtains recognition of 4.2+ billion USD award against Russia
Dec 19, 2023 -
Analysis: Tribunal in GEB v. Guatemala finds that FTA’s mandatory bifurcation provision does not prevent it from postponing certain preliminary objections to the merits; arbitrators refuse to import umbrella clause through MFN detour and dismiss fork-in-the-road objection
Dec 19, 2023 -
Pakistan initiates LCIA arbitration over alleged breach of LNG supply agreement
Dec 19, 2023 -
[Updated] Quebec investment fund lodges CPTPP claim against Mexico
Dec 18, 2023 -
ICSID tribunal in Orazul v. Argentina upholds jurisdiction, but majority dismisses all claims on the merits; David Haigh would have found breach of electricity investor’s legitimate expectation
Dec 15, 2023 -
Indian state-owned entity lodges 1.8 billion USD arbitration claim against German successor of Gazprom
Dec 14, 2023 -
ICSID arbitration over Peruvian refinery is discontinued following withdrawal of claimant’s counsel; Peru is awarded costs, but tribunal finds it lacks power to discontinue case with prejudice
Dec 13, 2023 -
Investors withdraw claims over amendments of Romanian tax regime for offshore energy producers
Dec 13, 2023 -
Dyala Jimenez tapped to chair NAFTA legacy arbitration against Mexico
Dec 11, 2023 -
Zachary Douglas replaces Michael Reisman in suspended billion-dollar arbitration against Ukraine
Dec 08, 2023 -
Sinopec announces settlement of oil field dispute with Petroecuador
Dec 08, 2023 -
Analysis: Contract-based tribunal hearing dispute over city of Vilnius’ heating network finds that it cannot rely on unauthenticated evidence of corruption; both parties are awarded damages, but city comes out ahead
Dec 07, 2023 -
Canadian oil and gas company lodges third arbitration over Tunisian operations
Dec 06, 2023 -
Peru requests rectification of IC Power award
Dec 06, 2023 -
Three are in place to hear oil concession dispute with Tunisia
Dec 04, 2023 -
SCC arbitration pitting Veolia against Municipality of Vilnius concludes with award that dismisses respondents’ allegations of corruption; tribunal upholds some claims and counterclaims
Dec 01, 2023