Region: United Kingdom
Ali leaves Dechert for solo practice
Arif Hyder Ali, who headed Dechert’s international arbitration team, has left the firm after nearly a decade to set up his own practice.
06 January 2025
Newmans Row supports three more arbitrators
US-based Henry Weisburg and Richard Levin and former England and Wales law commissioner and reformer of the 1996 Arbitration Act Sarah Green are the latest practitioners to turn to London-based Newmans Row to support their recently launched solo arbitrator practices.
03 January 2025
DLA Piper appoints new practice co-chair
DLA Piper has named London-based partner Anna Mills as global co-chair of its international arbitration practice.
19 December 2024
UK referred to CJEU over intra-EU BITs
The European Commission has referred the UK to the Court of Justice of the European Union over its failure to terminate several bilateral investment treaties with EU member states.
18 December 2024
UK appeal court refuses to enforce Spanish oil spill judgment
The Court of Appeal in London has upheld an earlier ruling that refused to enforce a €855 million Spanish court judgment over a major oil spill, finding a related arbitral award made enforcement contrary to English public policy.
16 December 2024
King & Spalding promotes in London
King & Spalding has promoted Simon Maynard to the partnership in London.
11 December 2024
Lahore-based practitioner joins 3VB
Feisal Naqvi, a Lahore-based commercial arbitration practitioner and Pakistan's representative on UNCITRAL Working Group III, has joined 3 Verulam Buildings in London as an associate member.
06 December 2024
Former Skadden practice head goes solo
David Kavanagh KC has begun taking appointments as an independent arbitrator and mediator after retiring from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom in London, where he was formerly global co-head of disputes.
05 December 2024
Kurdistan wins billion-dollar dispute over oilfields
An LCIA tribunal has found that the Kurdistan regional government of Iraq validly terminated production-sharing contracts for two oil and gas fields, dismissing a US$1.75 billion counterclaim by a London-listed energy company.
03 December 2024
Barclays halts Russian bank's LCIA claim
The Commercial Court in London has ruled that a Russian state-owned bank’s US$150 million claim against Barclays should be heard in the English courts rather than LCIA arbitration.
03 December 2024