International Arbitration Newsletter - April 2019
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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.
Regional Overview
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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 (12th) 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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