Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 2018-2019 Edition
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Arbitration News from Spain
Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Spain
SPAIN
Victor Mercedes, José Ramón Casado, Enrique Silvente and Isabel Pasquau
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES
A.1 Approval of Royal Decree-Law 17/2019, dated 22 November, which adopts urgent...
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
Winter Academy on International Arbitration
On January, 11-16 the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration will hold the Academy on International Arbitration titled “Beyond the Imaginable Borders: Transformation of Arbitration”.
The...
Switzerland to introduce legal basis for arbitration clauses in articles of incorporation
In recent years, corporate arbitration has played only a minor role in Switzerland. One of the main reasons for this is the legal uncertainty...
9th Baltic Arbitration Days 2020
The 9th Baltic Arbitration Days will be held in Riga, Latvia at the Dzintari Concert Hall in Jurmala and the Riga World Trading Center....
The Swedish Court of Appeal again rejects Spain’s request of a preliminary ruling from...
In May 2018, Spain requested the set-aside of an arbitral award in front of the Swedish Svea Court of Appeal. In the award, the...
Arbitration Statistics 2019- How did arbitration institutions fare in 2019?
The International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") recently published its full statistical report for the year 2019, which revealed a slight increase in the number...
The International commercial chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed in its first...
Paris Court of Appeal, 25 February 2020, No 19/1507575; 19/15816; 19/15817; 1915818; 15/819
The International commercial chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal has recently...
Disputes involving sanctions against Russian persons must now be settled in the Russian state...
On 19 June 2020, a new Russian Law (Federal Law No. 171-FZ dated 8 June 2020, known as the “Lugovoy Law,” named after its...
Higher Regional Court Frankfurt Finds Publication of a Dissenting Opinion to be Ground for...
German law strictly protects the secrecy of the deliberations of a court and therefore does not allow the publication of dissenting opinions of lower...
