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21 March 2017

Important Second Circuit Decision on Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards

In a significant recent judgment, CBF Industria De Gusa S/A v. AMCI Holdings, Inc. (2d Cir. 2017), the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second …

16 October 2014

Exxon Mobil is awarded US$1.6 billion in ICSID claim against Venezuela – to be set off against award in parallel contractual arbitration

On 9 October 2014, a tribunal of H.E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume (President), Professor Kaufmann-Kohler and Dr. Ahmed Sadek El-Kosheri rendered a final …

26 September 2014

Upcoming webinar: Instability in Iraq and the implications for international energy contracts

Tuesday 21 October 2014, London, Dubai, Tokyo 9.30 - 10.30am BST 12.30 - 1.30pm GST 5.30 - 6.30pm JST As the turmoil in Iraq shows no sign of …

29 August 2014

French Supreme Court refuses to set aside ICC award in favour of the Congo

In Groupe Antoine Tabet c/ la République du Congo, Cass. Civ. 1re, n° 11-16444 of 25 June 2014, the French Supreme Court (Cour de …

03 July 2014

New ruling of the French Cour de cassation in the Tecnimont judicial saga on challenge of an arbitrator

In Avax v Tecnimont (Civ. 1ère, 25 June 2014, pourvoi n° 11-26.529) the French Supreme Court reviewed the Paris Court of Appeal’s decision regarding the …

23 May 2014

Cukurova v Sonera: Privy Council dismisses backdoor attempt to challenge tribunal's findings at the enforcement stage

In the case of Cukurova Holdings AS v Sonera Holding BV [2014] UKPC 15, the Privy Council considered an appeal from the Court of Appeal of the BVI. The …

28 February 2014

The English Commercial Court considers whether a party's failure to pay its share of the advance on costs is a repudiatory breach of the arbitration agreement

In BDMS Limited v Rafael Advanced Defence Systems [2014] EWHC 451 (Comm), the English Commercial Court considered whether the Respondent's failure to pay …

09 September 2013

Pakistan Supreme Court declares a contract – and the arbitration clause within that contract – void on public policy grounds

In a decision earlier this year the Pakistan Supreme Court declared that a joint venture agreement between a local development authority and BHP for the …