International Arbitration Newsletter - April 2019

Administered or unadministered arbitration: what is the difference?

Reference is often made to administered or unadministered arbitration, but what does this mean in practice? What set out below a brief explanation.

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Regional Overview

THE AMERICAS

• Ecuador. Consortium lead by Repsol withdraws pipeline claim against Ecuador
• Mexico. Mexico faces claim from Ocean Exploring company
• Panama. Panama faces ICSID claim from Enel 
• Uruguay. ICC tribunal holds Uruguay liable in Petrobras´ concession dispute
• Venezuela. US oil company ConocoPhillips wins oil dispute against Venezuela

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EUROPE

• Belgium. Brussels Appeal Court asks of preliminary ruling regarding Micula brothers’ attempt to enforce ICSID award
• England. English court updholds freezing and search orders against Essar Steel
• France. Italian businessman files ICC claim against French partner in eyewear merger dispute
• Poland. Paris Court dismisses US investor attempt to reopen treaty claim against Poland
• Spain. Duro Felguera defeats Samsung subsidiary in SIAC arbitration on Australian mining project

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MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

• Egypt. UK Energy company Petroceltic files treaty claim against Egypt 
• Kenya. Canadian mining company seeks to annul ICSID award won by Kenya
• Kuwait. Claimant files interim measures in treaty claim against Kuwait
• Arabia Saudí. Qatari pharma company files treaty claim against Saudi Arabia
• Tanzania. US Court confirms in default judgment ICC award against Tanzania

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ASIA PACIFIC

• Cayman Islands. Cayman Islands Court upholds ICC disclosure order 
• China. Chinese courts allowed to order interim measures in support of Hong Kong arbitrations 
• Indonesia. UNCITRAL tribunal dismisses treaty claim against Indonesia
• Singapore. Anti-enforcement injunction against Hilton hotel group lifted in Singapore
• Singapore. Singapore High Court upholds an ICC award in favour of a South Korean state-owned company

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News

INSTITUCIONAL NEWS

• ICSID releases updates rule drafts
• LCIA releases 2018 caseload report

TEAM NEWS

Accolades

• Global Arbitration Review (GAR) has once again been recognized Garrigues´ arbitration practice as one of the world’s leading international arbitration group’s in its latest (12^th) GAR100 edition.

Recent speaking engagements

• Partner Mónica van der Schraft (Chile) spoke on public order as a ground for nulidity of arbitration awards in an event hosted by the Centro Internacional de Arbitraje y Mediación de Quito, Ecuador (CIAM)
• Partner Joe Tirado (London) spoke on Transparency in Investor-State Arbitration at the XII Conferencia de Arbitraje Internacionalin Quito, Ecuador
• In his capacity as Supervisory Board Member, Joe Tirado also addressed by video the official launch of the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre in Paris on 3 April 2019

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