Arbitration Notes

The EU takes action: New Sanctions to Counter Russian Measures

The European Union ("EU") has introduced EU Regulation 2024/1745 which imposes the 14th Sanctions Package against Russia.

Herbert Smith Freehills' global arbitration practice ranked fifth in the world

Global Arbitration Review (GAR) has unveiled its annual ranking of the world’s leading international arbitration practices, with Herbert Smith Freehills …

CROSS POST: STATE IMMUNITY PREVAILS: UK COURT OF APPEAL DENIES ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION AGAINST VENEZUELA

In a significant ruling in the case of UK P&I Club & Anor v Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela [2023] EWCA Civ 1497, the UK Court of Appeal has …

ICSID Releases Latest Caseload Statistics for FY2022

On 4 August 2022, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) released its latest Annual Report for FY2022. We discuss the …

REMINDER: 43RD FA MANN LECTURE TAKING PLACE 18 NOVEMBER 2021: “INTERNATIONAL LAW BEFORE UNITED KINGDOM COURTS – A QUIET REVOLUTION”

43RD FA MANN LECTURE TAKING PLACE 18 NOVEMBER 2021: “INTERNATIONAL LAW BEFORE UNITED KINGDOM COURTS – A QUIET REVOLUTION”

ECUADOR IS NOW OFFICIALLY A CONTRACTING STATE OF THE ICSID CONVENTION

DEALING WITH SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS: IMMUNITY CONCERNS AND PRACTICAL STEPS TO MITIGATE THEM

MALAYSIAN HIGH COURT GRANTS FIRST ANTI-ARBITRATION INJUNCTION ON THE GROUNDS OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY

A BALANCE OF OBLIGATIONS: THE RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND INVESTMENT TREATY PROTECTIONS

HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS SECURES MAJOR VICTORY FOR KINGDOM OF SPAIN IN INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION

ICSID RELEASES 2019 CASE STATISTICS