Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 10th Anniversary Edition 2016-2017
Click here for the chapter on Spain in the 2016-2017 Arbitration Yearbook.
Arbitration News from Spain
Tribunal dismisses investor’s claims because of breach of admissibility requirements under the applicable BIT...
Tribunal dismisses investor's claims because of breach of admissibility requirements under the applicable BIT in the ICSID case Supervisión y Control S.A. v. Republic...
Swedish Appeal Court rules that arbitral tribunal should not have heard Yukos claims
In its judgment of 18 January 2016, the Svea Court of Appeal overturned the Stockholm District Court’s judgment and approved the Russian Federation’s plea...
Rising number of arbitration procedures against the Government of Spain involving investments in renewable...
The reform of the renewable energy industry in Spain has resulted in more than ten arbitration procedures filed by foreign or foreign-controlled investors, given...
Arbitration News from Europe
Germany: Federal Court of Justice Lowers the Bar for the Annulment of an Award...
In its decision of May 2017, the Federal Supreme Court of Germany (Bundesgerichtshof) laid down a new principle for setting aside an arbitral award...
A Stepping Stone Without Overstepping The Mark – English Commercial Court Outlines What Constitutes...
In the recent anonymised judgment of P v Q and others EWHC 194 (Comm), the England & Wales Commercial Court gave some important...
U.S. Second Circuit Confirms Annulled Award Cannot Be Enforced
Two years after its noted decision enforcing an annulled award in the Pemex case, the Second Circuit again took up the issue of enforcement...
Security for costs – Renunciation of the standards set up in “RSM v. Saint...
Can a tribunal order an impecunious claimant to pay security for costs? This is an often debated topic both in commercial and in investment...
Investor-State Arbitration – An Introduction
A. Introduction
While investor-state arbitration remains a relatively new area of international law, the number of cases commenced under international investment agreements (IIAs) has grown...
New EU-Japan Trade Deal: EU declares ISDS “dead”
The European Union and Japan have announced the main elements of a new economic partnership agreement, which has been hailed as the most important...
Summary of Arbitral Rules
This table can provide a general overview only. The rules listed may not be applicable in all circumstances. Where rules distinguish between domestic and...
Gender Diversity in International Arbitration – Statistics
Moving towards more gender diversity in international arbitration has gained traction. In our last year’s article, we predicted that “more arbitral institutions will publish...
