International Arbitration Newsletter - February 2021

Brexit: A boost for international arbitration?

Joe Tirado

The departure of the United Kingdom from the EU will not affect the enforceability of English arbitration awards. Accordingly, in international commercial contracts, arbitration could be a more attractive alternative to litigation as it entails fewer risks to contracting parties in the new post-Brexit legal landscape.

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Regional overview

THE AMERICAS

• Brazil. Pulp maker ordered to sell controlling share 
• Canada. Mexico barred from appealing NAFTA ruling
• Chile. ICSID dismisses claim by owners of Transantiago transport operator companies against the Chilean government
• Chile. Concession-holder for Nueva Pudahuel airport announces it will commence arbitration proceedings at ICSID against Chilean government
• Peru. Peru claimant ordered to reveal funder´s identity

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EUROPE

• France. French court refuses to enforce an award issued by convicted arbitrators
• Germany. German Constitutional Court’s decision accelerates the end of intra-EU BITs
• Lithuania. Tajik State airline escapes Lithuanian award
• Netherlands. Court in The Hague unfreezes Albanian revenues
• Spain. Spanish constitutional court gives recognition to arbitration
• Spain. Miner threatens Spain over uranium ban

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MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

• Ghana. Beijing-based construction company sues Ghana
• Ghana. Ghana is found liable for cancellation of an energy project
• Qatar. UAE prevails in an ICJ claim over Qatar embargo
• Nigeria. Shell files for ICSID arbitration against Nigeria

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ASIA PACIFIC

• China. CIETAC and AIA renew their Cooperation Agreement
• Laos. Laos tries to block second claim
• India. SIAC emergency order is enforced in India
• South Korea. US real-estate investor threatens South Korea with an ICSID claim

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News

INSTITUTIONAL NEWS

• IBA publishes updated evidence rules

TEAM NEWS

• Mónica Van der Schraft takes part in 3rd International Conference on Women In Arbitration organized by Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje
• Joe Tirado (London) was panellist on "State's Consent to Arbitrate: Defining Investor and its Nationality for the Purposes of Investment Treaty Arbitration, V Moscow FIAMC Conference", held online on 19 February 2021 
• Joe Tirado (London) partner and Co-Head of International Arbitration and ADR sat as an Arbitrator-Judge in the Final of the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration V FIAMC Moscow Pre-Moot held on 21 February 2021.

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