As part of the 2025 Year in Review series, this post highlights the most significant arbitration-related decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (“SFSC”) in 2025 and further developments related…
Over the last few years, Russian courts have been issuing anti-suit, anti-arbitration and anti-enforcement injunctions under Articles 248.1 and 248.2 of the Arbitrazh Procedure Code of the Russian…
On 10 July 2025, the Grand Chamber (“GC”) of the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) issued its judgment on the application brought by South African athlete Mokgadi Caster Semenya against…
The Swiss Arbitration Centre's Supplemental Swiss Rules for Trust, Estate, and Foundation Disputes ("TEF Rules"), accompanied by an Explanatory Note, came into force on 1 July 2025. They mark an…
In a recent case, the Swiss Federal Court upheld an arbitral award declining jurisdiction over a dual national’s claim against Venezuela under the Spain-Venezuela BIT. It confirmed that the BIT is…
As part of the 2024 Year in Review series, this post highlights the most significant arbitration-related decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (“SFSC”) in 2024. The 2024 decisions provide…
During the 2024 Olympic Games, as the public watched world-class athletes perform, international arbitration came into the spotlight. The decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) to “…
The Swiss Arbitration Summit is back! Following the resounding success from its first edition in Geneva last year, the second edition of the Summit is scheduled to take place this year in Zurich from…
Over the last decade, the Czech Republic has defeated several treaty claims that were brought by investors following reforms in the Czech solar power sector. The state's winning streak ended in June…
On 11 June 2024, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (the “Court”) rendered another pair of decisions in the high-stakes arbitration saga Crescent Petroleum Co. International Ltd. ("Crescent") v.…