With its launch underway, the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (“PMAC”) is set to become the new hub for resolving patent disputes outside of court. The PMAC was established under the same…
The EU-Angola Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement (“SIFA” or the “Agreement”) aims at facilitating sustainable investments. Contrary to traditional investment treaties, it does not include…
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…
On June 24, 2024, the European Union (“EU”) has introduced Council Regulation 2024/1745 which imposes the 14th package of sanctions against Russia, intensifying its response to Russia's continued…
On October 2, 2024, the EU General Court delivered a much-anticipated decision in the long‑running Micula saga, upholding the European Commission’s qualification of the award in Ioan Micula, Viorel…
Early this year, the European Union (“EU”) finalized the required internal procedures for the entry into force of the Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement concluded between the European…
The present post focuses on the latest European development on the modernization of the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”). It will do so by putting it in a broader geopolitical context and linking it to…
On 26 June 2024, 26 of the 27 EU Member States, along with the EU, signed a Declaration on the Legal Consequences of the Judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) in Komstroy and a Common…
The European Commission’s “Proposal for a Council Decision on the partial suspension of the application of the Energy Charter Treaty between the Union and any legal entity that is owned or controlled…
Several recent developments across the EU portend increased availability of third-party funding by parties to EU-seated arbitral proceedings, albeit within a context of regulation of that funding…
