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Alex Fawke, who specialises in disputes involving governments and public bodies, has been promoted to the partnership at Linklaters in London.

28 March 2025

Irène Léger, a French national and co-chair of the French Arbitration Committee’s under-40 group, has been promoted to the partnership at Dutch disputes boutique Staunch.

28 March 2025

An ICDR tribunal has awarded US$354 million to US private equity investors in a “deeply troubling” dispute with the majority shareholders of a Guatemala-based telecoms company, who were found to be responsible for a campaign of intimidation against the claimants and arbitrators. 

27 March 2025

Romania is seeking to annul an Energy Charter Treaty award that reportedly granted US$85 million to a Russian-owned petrochemical investor over the seizure of a refinery.

27 March 2025

Zachary Sharpe has left Jones Day in Singapore to return to Seoul as co-head of international arbitration at Lee & Ko.

27 March 2025

The Korean Commercial Arbitration Board’s international division has appointed former ICC counsel Pui-Ki Emmanuelle Ta as its new secretary-general. 

27 March 2025

The International Bar Association’s arbitration under-40 group has announced several new additions to its steering committee. 

27 March 2025

Samsung’s engineering arm and Saipem have filed SIAC proceedings against a Thai state-owned oil company over its enforcement of security for a US$4 billion refinery expansion project.

26 March 2025

Switzerland’s highest court has rejected two challenges to an ICC award that requires French transport infrastructure group Alstom to pay over €63 million to its Japanese and Turkish partners for terminating a project to upgrade a commuter rail line in Istanbul.

26 March 2025

Twelve panels have formed at ICSID in recent weeks, including first-time appointments for former HKIAC secretary general Sarah Grimmer, Paris-based barrister Peter Turner KC and Croatian-US academic Davor Babić.

26 March 2025