On 16 January 2025, Advocate General Capeta (“AG Capeta”) rendered her opinion (the “Opinion”) in Case C-600/23 – Royal Football Club Seraing v. FIFA et al. (“RFC Seraing”). She purports to be…
On 16 January 2025, Advocate General Capeta (“AG”) issued her opinion in a dispute concerning third party ownership (“TPO”) rules between Belgian football club RFC Seraing and the International…
In this blogpost I will explain why the European Union (“EU”) failed to meet its own constitutional requirements as set forth in Art. 21 of the Treaty on European Union (“TEU”) when it decided not to…
The term "EU arbitration law" may take some getting used to. After all, there is no EU arbitration act that would be comparable to, for instance, the English Arbitration Act 1996 or Chapter 12 of the…
On 25 April 2024, the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (“EFILA”) held its 9th Annual Conference at Clifford Chance in Frankfurt. The conference was opened by the Chair of the…
In a judgment dated 3 April 2024, the Swiss Supreme Court (the “SSC”) rejected Spain’s challenge of an arbitral award rendered in an intra-EU arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty (the “ECT”)…
As part of 2024 Paris Arbitration Week, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP hosted a webinar on “Swords and Shields: Navigating Current Trends in Enforcing Arbitral Awards.” The event featured…
On 21 December 2023 the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) handed down its decision in Case C-124/21 P, International Skating Union v. European Commission.
The CJEU agreed with the 16…
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in Komstroy (C-741/19, Sept, 2021) that the dispute resolution mechanism of the 1994 Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) does not apply in intra-EU…
