An award is rendered in an ICC arbitration with its place of arbitration in Hanoi. The losing party applies to set it aside. The Vietnamese court declines jurisdiction because it determines that,…
On March 27, 2026, the German Hamm Higher Regional Court (“OLG Hamm”) referred questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) that go beyond the familiar terrain of Achmea and…
Vietnam’s International Financial Centre (“VIFC”) contains a striking arbitration innovation: parties may agree to waive the right to ask a Vietnamese court to set aside an arbitral award.At first…
Early into 2026, three superior courts decided whether a state's adherence to a multilateral convention waives its sovereign immunity at the enforcement stage. On 24 February 2026, the Singapore High…
On 25 March 2026, the Supreme Court of India (“Supreme Court”) rendered its decision in Nagaraj v. Mylandla v. PI Opportunities Fund-I (“Nagaraj”), formally endorsing the doctrine of transnational…
Since 2022, the conventional wisdom among Western counsel has been that enforcing foreign arbitral awards in Russia is not worth attempting. That advice is often correct. But it is becoming imprecise…
The 4th ITA Conference on International Arbitration in the Mining Sector was held in Toronto on March 4-5, 2026. The conference panels explored the lifecycle of risk in the mining and natural…
The impact of Russia-related sanctions on the enforcement of arbitral awards has previously been considered by courts across a number of jurisdictions, including the EU (see the discussion on the…
Facts and Procedural BackgroundOn 25 November 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal dismissed an application to set aside an arbitral award rendered on 10 March 2022 under the ICC Rules in a dispute…
