In a highly anticipated ruling published last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in NextEra Energy v. Spain that U.S. district courts have jurisdiction to enforce arbitral awards issued in intra-EU...more
On 29 July 2024, an ICC arbitration tribunal, chaired by Stephen Drymer and including Jean Kalicki and Charles Adams as co-arbitrators, issued, by majority, an award in favour of the Government of Georgia in a high-profile...more
On 21 July 2023, as part of its 56th annual session in Vienna, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) adopted a Code of Conduct for Arbitrators in International Investment Dispute Resolution (the...more
On July 1, 2022, the amended Regulations and Rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) (the 2022 Rules) will come into effect after being approved by the Member States on March 21,...more
The 2021 ICC Rules, which will enter into force on January 1, 2021, include a new requirement for disclosure of third-party funding arrangements. On October 8, 2020, the International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") announced...more
We are pleased to present the latest edition of Quantum Quarterly, a publication of King & Spalding’s International Arbitration Practice Group. This edition kicks off with an interview with Howard Rosen of Secretariat in...more
• The current reform of the ICSID Rules, launched in October 2016, is the most far-reaching amendment process in over 50 years. • The reform aims at modernizing and simplifying the Rules, enhancing the balance between...more
The Selection of international arbitrators is one of the most important aspects of the arbitral process. Established methods span from the selection of arbitrators by agreement between the parties to the selection by...more
Privy Council clarifies the nature of arbitration clauses, but uncertainties about the clauses’ effect still remain. “Non-exclusive” arbitration clauses provide that disputes “may” be referred to arbitration (rather than...more