Vietnam recently implemented sweeping reforms to streamline its government structure including its court system. Vietnam has also created an international financial centre (“IFC”) that is subject to…
In a unanimous decision issued on 9 July 2025, the Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice ("STJ") declined to overturn a lower court’s ruling of February 2025 that recognised a 2014 ICSID arbitral award…
A foreign arbitral award that provides for a payment obligation that is contrary to EU sanctions violates public order pursuant to Article V(2)(b) of the New York Convention and thus cannot be…
Third time’s a charm—on 6 May 2025, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) hosted its conference in Manila, the Philippines for the third consecutive year. The number of Philippine…
On February 14, 2024, the Sixteenth Collegiate Court in Civil Matters of Mexico City (the “Sixteenth Collegiate Court”) decided two related cases (Amparo en Revisión 402/2023 and Amparo en Revisión…
In a recent decision, the European Commission ("EC") concluded that any payment by Spain on the basis of the arbitration award rendered in 2018 and established under the auspices of the International…
The Achmea judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) declaring intra-EU investment arbitration contrary to EU law has been hotly debated (see previous KAB posts here), but ever since, the…
The high costs of international arbitration create a playing field where financial strength often determines the outcome rather than legal merit. For claimants facing well-funded corporations or…
Enforcing arbitral awards has been a recurring topic throughout the London International Disputes Week (“LIDW”) events. Just when the enforcement regime appears to be stabilizing, new challenges…
