In common law legal systems, the doctrine of “privity of interest” is a narrow exception to the general rule that only parties to an arbitration are bound by the award. If it can be established that…
International arbitration stands at the threshold of another profound inflection point—one beyond artificial intelligence (“AI”). Even as practitioners and institutions grapple with the current and…
On 30 June 2025, the tribunal in ICSID Case No. ARB/20/46 (“Tribunal”) issued its final award (“Award”), ordering the Republic of Peru (“Peru”) to pay USD 40 million to a Canadian investor, Lupaka…
On August 12, 2025, Kyrgyzstan adopted a new Law on Investments (№ 198) that introduces reforms to the resolution of investment disputes. A key feature of this legislation is a multi-stage dispute…
On 27 November 2025, Queen Mary University of London hosted the 11th Annual EFILA lecture, sponsored by Control Risks. The lecture was delivered by Professor Maxi Scherer, who is “an Artificial…
In the past decade, Myanmar has made efforts to renew its archaic legal framework for arbitration. Myanmar acceded to the New York Convention 1958 in 2013, and also adopted a new Arbitration Law…
While the European Union and its Member States are still assessing whether to introduce a mechanism to review outbound investment for economic security reasons, the Netherlands appears to be ahead of…
When I first began teaching international economic law subjects to law students, the use of the Internet was just beginning to gain global traction. Today, some decades later, both the legal and…
Both Nigeria and England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been active when it comes to legislation recently. Nigeria itself underwent thorough revamping when it replaced its nearly 20-year-old law…
In CCC v AAC [2025] HKCFI 2987 (“Judgment”), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (Sir William Blair) ("Court") held that service of a Notice of Arbitration was validly issued via a link contained…
