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Inaugural conference of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration: 23 January 2015
The European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA) will be holding its inaugural conference on 23 January 2015 at the Senate House in …
Repaving the Southeast Asian Silk Road: EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement negotiations concluded
In the wake of the recent agreement of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (EU-Canada CETA) and after just over a year of …
Upcoming webinar: The recast Brussels Regulation: what it means for commercial parties
Wednesday 19 November, at 12.45 – 1.45pm GMT The EU rules governing has jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments will change significantly from 10 …
Long-awaited EU-Canada trade agreement agreed - a blueprint to set the standard for future investment protection?
On Friday 26 September, after five years of negotiations, the EU and Canada agreed in principle to a text for the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement …
New regulation sets out financial responsibility for investor-state disputes between the European Union and third countries
Today (17 September 2014) a new European Regulation enters into force (EU No 912/2014) with wide-ranging implications for the global investment …
Cutting through the politics of the Scottish Independence Referendum: The International Law Implications of Independence Audio Webinar
As Scotland is poised to decide on its future, a number of questions remain unexplored and unresolved in the politics of the Referendum debate. In our …
Sanctions Update: EU and US introduce further sanctions in response to the situation in Ukraine; EU amends sanctions against Libya, Central African Republic and Syria
Herbert Smith Freehills has published its latest Sanctions Update e-bulletin, on the latest developments in sanctions regimes in Ukraine, Libya, …
Christian Leathley speaks at BritishAmerican Business event with keynote speech by EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht: "TTIP and the Investment Dimension: What is the State of Play?"
International arbitration partner Christian Leathley spoke on a panel at an event organized by transatlantic business organization BritishAmerican …
Europe consults on investment protection and ISDS in the TTIP
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on its proposed approach to investment protection and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) …
Breach of fair and equitable treatment standard (ICSID)
In Ioan Micula and others v Romania (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/20), an ICSID tribunal considered whether Romania was in breach of the Sweden-Romania …
Does the Brussels I Regulation forbid recognition of arbitral anti-suit injunctions? Lithuanian Supreme Court refers question to CJEU
Last month, the Lithuanian Supreme Court (the Supreme Court) made a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) asking …
English High Court considers: arbitability of civil claims with a criminal aspect; its discretion to enforce awards under s66 of the Arbitration Act 1996; and the scope of the arbitration exception to immunity under s9 of the State Immunity Act 1978
In The London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v The Kingdom of Spain and the French State [2013] EWHC 3188 (Comm), the High Court had …
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