Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 2018-2019 Edition
Click here for the chapter on Italy in the 2018-2019 Arbitration Yearbook.
Arbitration News from Italy
Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Italy
ITALY
Lorenzo de Martinis, Silvia Picchetti and Gaetano Iorio Fiorelli
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES
A.1 Legislation
Arbitration in Italy continues to be governed by articles 806 to 840...
Italy: State courts’ decisions on appointments and removals of arbitrators are not subject to...
Article 111(7) of the Italian Constitution grants parties with the right to file an extraordinary appeal with the Supreme Court on grounds of error...
Investor State Arbitration under CETA: Key Provisions and What to Watch for in 2017
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ('CETA') between the European Union and Canada was signed October 30, 2016. The deepening of Canadian and European...
USA: NY Convention gives no jurisdiction over action to enforce foreign judgment conflicting with...
In Albaniabeg Ambient Sh.p.k. v. Enel S.p.A. and Enelpower S.p.A., No. 15 Civ. 3283 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 11, 2016), the District Court for the Southern...
Italy withdraws from Energy Charter Treaty
The Italian government has recently declared its withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty ("ECT"). The ECT is a multilateral treaty between 53 countries across...
Arbitration News from Europe
Part I of a Trilogy: State measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
States around the world have adopted measures in reaction to the unprecedented nature and scale of the COVID-19 pandemic to curb the spread of...
Young IMA Conference and Moscow Vis Pre Moot
The Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration is pleased to announce the XII Moscow Pre-Moot for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
The Moscow...
Baker McKenzie & WBCSD ESG Litigation Event
Join Baker McKenzie and WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) on Thursday 25th February in an interactive webinar to understand the complexities of...
Revision of form requirements for an arbitration clause in Swiss international arbitration law
Switzerland has revised its international arbitration law during summer 2020. The revised provisions of the 12th Chapter of the Private International Law Act ("PILA")...
CAS arbitration clause improper under EU law? The General Court of the EU disagrees
The General Court of the European Union ("Court"), in case no. T-93/18 between the International Skating Union ("ISU") and the European Commission ("EC"), had...
Swiss Supreme Court upholds the request for revision of an arbitral award based on...
In a recent decision published on 15 January 2021, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ("SFSC") upheld a request for revision of an arbitral award...
German Federal Court of Justice applies CISG to validity of the arbitration agreement
The arbitration agreement is a separate agreement from the substantive agreement (= doctrine of separability). As a result, the arbitration agreement can be governed...
Swiss Supreme Court confirms principle of ‘kompetenz-kompetenz’ as a rule of chronological priority
In its decision published 2 November 2020, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ("SFSC") upheld an arbitral award referring to the widely recognized principle in...
New Inter-State-Arbitration Mechanism under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
All well that ends well? After more than four years since the Brexit vote and just one week before the end of the Withdrawal...
The Year Ahead: Developments in Global Litigation and Arbitration in 2021
The Year Ahead – our publication looking at key developments in global litigation and arbitration for 2021 – is now available in English, Spanish and...
