Geopolitical shocks — oil price spikes, trade route disruptions, sanctions regimes — do not respect contractual deadlines. When the cost of performing a contract doubles overnight due to events no…
Soon after receiving an open letter dated March 19th, 2026, from over 220 economic and legal scholars, President Petro reaffirmed that Colombia would withdraw from the international arbitration…
On 23 December 2025, the ICSID Tribunal rendered its award in Kappes v. Guatemala, a dispute brought under the CAFTA-DR and the ICSID Convention by US national Daniel W. Kappes and his Nevada-based…
This article examines the “economic-financial equilibrium” provision introduced in Venezuela’s 2026 Hydrocarbons Law and argues that the concept only becomes operational once tribunals distinguish…
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…
In September 2025, Roberto Castro de Figueiredo argued on this Blog that President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs could distort competition among multinationals investing in the U.S. and thereby trigger…
In Singapore, the courts have long adhered to the principles from earlier English cases such as Emirates Trading Agency LLC v Prime Mineral Exports Pte Ltd [2015] 1 WLR 1145, asserting that failure…
In its second issue for this year, Arbitration continues to target and engage with pressing questions which lie at the heart of international dispute resolution.In her Editorial to this issue,…
The long debates about the pros and cons of party-appointed arbitrators, as opposed to the institutions appointing all three arbitrators, have missed a far more important distinction which bears on a…
On 17 February 2026, ICSID published its report on cases registered in 2025. This report revealed that a record number of cases were filed against states in Sub-Saharan Africa. Indeed, ICSID’s…
