In a recent decision, the European Commission ("EC") concluded that any payment by Spain on the basis of the arbitration award rendered in 2018 and established under the auspices of the International…
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…
There is no dull moment in the intra-EU realm. Pandora’s box has long been opened by the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") with its Achmea decision leading to numerous ongoing…
In a recent judgment dated 14 March 2024, European Commission v UK Case C-516/22, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled that the UK failed to comply with its obligations under EU…
As part of Day 1 of Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”), Laborde Law held its first PAW event of the week at the Hotel Plaza Athénée, which included two panels addressing issues related to investor-State…
In line with the Blog’s tradition of “year-in-review” series, this post looks back at some of the key investor-State arbitration developments that took place in Europe in 2023 as we covered them on…
The English High Court’s judgment in Infrastructure Services v Spain is one of the most important developments of the past year in relation to the enforcement of intra-EU investment awards. It arises…
Seven years ago, Germany's Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) set off an avalanche that buried most of the European investment arbitration landscape. The BGH’s order of June 3rd 2016…
In our 2021 in Review post, we predicted that 2022 would not disappoint; it would be another busy year with several investment arbitration-related developments in the European Union (EU). In line…
The last decade was not easy for investment arbitration in general, but it faced particular difficulties within the European Union ('EU'). In recent years, the European Commission has pursued (with…
