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…
In recent years, the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (“ISDS”) mechanism has attracted widespread criticism from countries, practitioners and academics, which has been the subject of a vast amount…
On March 18, 2025, the Office of the Paraguayan Presidency’s Legal Counsel submitted to the Paraguayan Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) its draft to modernize Law No. 1879/2002, the…
On 20 March 2025, a working group consisting of arbitration practitioners, judges, arbitrators, and academics submitted a report to the French Minister of Justice. The report included proposals to…
2024 witnessed significant developments concerning the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”), ranging from a new wave of withdrawals to the adoption of the modernised ECT in December. This post reviews the…
Following the Blog’s established tradition, this post provides an overview of key developments in the field of arbitration in a selection of jurisdictions in Eastern Europe. This year’s highlights…
In a year marked in France by the Paris Olympics and political instability, 2024 proved to be somewhat less eventful in terms of arbitration-related developments than previous ones (see 2023, 2022,…
This past year brought significant developments in international arbitration across East and Central Asia, shaping the region’s dispute resolution landscape. China’s latest draft amendment to its…
2024 appeared to be one of the busiest years for investor-State dispute settlement (“ISDS”) reform, with significant advances in the United Nations Commission on Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”) Working Group…
The modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”), which essentially started in 2018, resulted in an agreement in principle (“AIP”) on modernising the ECT in June 2022. The modernised ECT should…
