Organisation: Columbia University

Kostiantyn Likarchuk has left his role as head of disputes at European firm Kinstellar to rejoin Avellum, the Kiev firm he co-founded, as a senior partner and head of international arbitration.

04 February 2021

GAR's sister publication Who’s Who Legal has revealed its list of the top international arbitration lawyers and expert witnesses for 2021.

08 December 2020

Pilar Colomés Iess, who has acted for and against Spain in investment treaty arbitrations, has joined Eversheds Sutherland as counsel in Madrid from Kirkland & Ellis.

26 October 2020

A Thai coal-mining company has made good on its threat to file a new UNCITRAL claim worth US$450 million against Laos over the termination of a power plant project, after a prior award it won over the same matter was set aside by the Malaysian courts.

15 July 2020

There should be a moratorium on treaty claims by private corporations against governments during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as a permanent ban on claims related to government measures in response to the crisis, according to a letter circulated by a US think tank yesterday.

07 May 2020

A Thai coal-mining company has threatened to bring a new UNCITRAL arbitration against Laos over the termination of a power plant project, more than seven years after the Malaysian courts set aside a US$56 million award in its favour relating to the same dispute.

20 April 2020

Holland & Knight has promoted Katharine Menendez de la Cuesta, who is currently acting for Guatemala at ICSID, to partner in Miami.

31 January 2020

Lalive has promoted a practitioner who specialises in construction and energy disputes to counsel in Zurich.

20 January 2020

Former managing counsel at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Wesley Pang has joined the partnership at Eversheds Sutherland.

16 January 2020

GAR and its sister publication Who’s Who Legal has revealed its list of the top international arbitration lawyers and expert witnesses for 2020.

10 December 2019