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Paul Hastings hires from Latham in London
Oliver Browne, who recently helped UniCredit get an anti-suit injunction against a Gazprom venture, has left Latham & Watkins to join the partnership at Paul Hastings in London.
06 March 2024
Energy arbitration trends in transition
The latest ITA-IEL-ICC joint annual conference considered the future of international energy disputes amid global conflict, energy transition initiatives and heightened criticism of ISDS, while King & Spalding’s Doak Bishop was interviewed about his career. Sophia Sepulveda Harms of King & Spalding in Houston reports.
06 March 2024
BP pursues contractor on West African LNG project
BP is preparing to file an arbitration worth more than US$530 million against embattled US construction group McDermott over its failure to perform a contract to install subsea pipelines for an LNG project on the maritime border of Senegal and Mauritania.
05 March 2024
IBA committee releases updated conflict guidelines
The International Bar Association arbitration committee has proposed updates to its guidelines on conflicts of interest in international arbitration for the first time in a decade, expanding the definition of relationships between arbitrators and parties and providing new examples of when disclosure is required.
05 March 2024
Jaeger goes solo in Paris
Laurent Jaeger has left the partnership at King & Spalding in Paris to practise as an independent arbitrator.
05 March 2024
Mining claim against Ghana clears hurdle
An Australian mining company seeking US$275 million in damages from Ghana over a gold project says a tribunal has accepted jurisdiction over part of its claim and refused to stay the case.
05 March 2024
San Francisco prepares for disputes week and GAR Live
The city of San Francisco will next week play host to the latest edition of California International Arbitration Week, featuring a packed programme of conferences and networking events including the inaugural GAR Live Technology Disputes.
05 March 2024
Panama sees off ICSID claim by biofuels investor
Panama has defeated a US$100 million ICSID claim brought by an Italian-owned company that alleged the state had expropriated its biofuel operations and wrongfully fined it for environmental pollution.
04 March 2024
EU Commission urges member states not to block ECT reform
As Slovenia’s date of exit from the Energy Charter Treaty is confirmed, the European Commission has urged EU member states not to block the adoption of a modernised version of the ECT even as they consider a coordinated withdrawal from the existing treaty.
04 March 2024
Texan oil company reports win in Colombian dispute
A Texas-headquartered oil and gas exploration and production company says it has defeated a US$30 million ICDR claim brought over the exploration of hydrocarbons in Colombia.
04 March 2024