Region: Laos
Chinese-Lao hydro dispute heads to SIAC
A Chinese state-owned power company has filed a US$555 million SIAC claim against a Lao electric utility over unpaid revenue from a Belt and Road hydropower project.
06 March 2025
Laos seeks off bulk of treaty claims in casino feud
An ICSID-administered tribunal has mostly dismissed a pair of treaty claims against Laos worth over US$638 million arising from the failed settlement of a long-running dispute over a casino venture.
03 January 2025
Laos court refuses to enforce gaming company’s award
A court in Laos has refused to allow a Macau-based gaming company to enforce its US$175 million ICC award against its former partners in a slot-machine club venture, saying the dispute had already been decided by the country’s courts.
23 July 2024
Hong Kong cement investor warns Laos of treaty claim
A Hong Kong company has threatened Laos with an investment treaty claim over the expropriation of a cement production enterprise serving China’s Belt and Road initiative.
06 September 2022
Singapore court upholds duty to consider corruption
The Singapore International Commercial Court has upheld two BIT awards favouring Laos in a billion-dollar dispute with two gaming companies, ruling that arbitrators have a “public duty” to review evidence of corruption presented to them.
10 September 2021
Thai company files new claim against Laos
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
Debevoise censured over “fraud” in casino dispute
A SIAC tribunal has censured Debevoise & Plimpton and its Texan co-counsel for making misrepresentations in a dispute over the sale of a casino in Laos, it has emerged.
02 February 2018
ICC award set aside in Paris in Russian-Ukrainian dispute
A Russian company has secured the rare set aside of an ICC award in France on public policy grounds, in a dispute with Ukrainian companies over the transfer of shares in a gold mining company in Laos.
18 January 2018
Laos cements set-aside in Malaysia
Malaysia's top court has refused to reinstate a US$56 million UNCITRAL award against Laos, a month after it was denied enforcement by a US appeal court.
11 September 2017
US appeal court upholds award "de-enforcement"
A US appeal court has upheld a lower court's controversial decision to reverse its own enforcement of a US$57 million UNCITRAL award against Laos after it was set aside at the seat of arbitration, Malaysia.
24 July 2017