Global Arbitration Review

Italy’s UniCredit has asked a UK court to lift an anti-suit injunction it won against a Gazprom joint venture because it faces “potentially draconian financial consequences” in parallel proceedings in Russia – and says two other European banks have made similar applications. Jack Ballantyne reports. #antisuitinjunction #ASI #Russia #arbitration

A group of Kuwaiti investors and Egypt have both applied to partially annul an ICSID award that dismissed the bulk of a multibillion-dollar investment treaty claim over a cancelled project to build a city south of Cairo. The investors are using King & Spalding while Egypt is represented by ESLA and a team from Paris boutique Wordstone Dispute Resolution. Toby F. reports.

Benjamin Graham, who represented Spain in a high-profile battle over the US enforcement of several intra-EU awards, has been promoted to partner at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, DC. Toby F. reports.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has set aside a NAFTA award that dismissed a US motorcycle manufacturer’s US$3 billion claim against Mexico, agreeing with a lower court's finding that the conduct of the state’s appointed arbitrator gave rise to an appearance of bias. Susannah Moody reports. #Mexico #NAFTA #arbitration #bias

Austrian energy group OMV says it has won an SCC award worth €48 million against Russia’s Gazprom over a terminated gas supply contract – months after winning another award against the Russian entity over a separate agreement. Jack Ballantyne reports. SCC Arbitration Institute #gazprom #gas #russia

Alexander Marcopoulos, who helped France’s Areva to settle a multibillion-dollar dispute over a Finnish nuclear reactor, has left A&O Shearman to join the partnership at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in Paris. Susannah Moody reports.

A DC court has enforced a Turkish contractor’s US$22 million investment treaty award against Libya, refusing the state’s application to stay the action pending the outcome of other enforcement proceedings. Susannah Moody reports.

Munia El Harti Alonso has joined Madrid-based litigation boutique Ius + Aequitas Trial Lawyers as counsel focusing on international arbitration. Toby F. reports.

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